Author : Kelly Vodden
Release : 2013
Genre : Rural development
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Understanding Regional Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador by : Kelly Vodden
Download or read book Understanding Regional Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador written by Kelly Vodden. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We would like to acknowledge the financial contributions and ongoing engagement of staff provided by Service Canada and the provincial Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment (now Advanced Education and Skills). [...] A research team and an Advisory Committee representing a cross-section of government and regional organizations involved in labour market and regional economic development guided this initiative. [...] In particular the following students took lead roles in the research and writing for the following report sections: Economic and Labour Market Development - Patrick Curran and Ekaterina Lysenko Social Development - Janelle Skeard, Lynn Guppy, and Brian Woodford Environment and Natural Resources - Jennifer Daniels, Victoria Belbin, Ahmed Khan and Nicole Renaud Community Development and Multi-Object [...] The project objectives included: • The development of an innovative and dynamic regional economic capacity index (RECI) that stakeholders can use at the community and regional level to help address their labour supply and demand imbalances; • An assessment of existing information and data from current initiatives and programs to examine the impacts of, and the strength of relationships among tradi [...] The research presented in this report represents one of the most extensive assessments and inventories of regional governance activities and regional organizations (e.g.