At the Federal Level

In order to ensure
coordinated and

cohesive development, the
Francophone community has,
for a third year, adopted a
Global Development Plan
(GDP) that outlines develop-
ment priorities for the next
five years.

Creation of the new GDP
began with the FFCB starting
a consultation process within
the community in early 2003.
It focused on assessing the
previous agreement and its
processes and the communi-
ty’s new priorities. As part of
the consultation, the FFCB
distributed a questionnaire
to Francophone organizations
regarding the community's
strategic objectives. It also
sent the questionnaire to
individuals asking them what
kinds of events and activities
they would like to see within
the community and it held
community and sector meet-
ings throughout the province.
Then it partnered with the
Agreement Secretariat to set
up a day-long working meet-
ing to draft the final version
of the 2004-2009 GDP. The
new GDP was adopted at
the Annual General Meeting
in June 2003. Today, the
community has access to

a document that contains
primary development objec-
tives for the next five years
and expected outcomes.

In this document, there are

8 sectors that are considered
key, 36 objectives are set out
and 55 expected outcomes.
Completing all of the activi-
ties set out in the GDP would
cost an estimated $60
million: $19.5 million will be
requested from the Canada-
Community Agreement and
the remaining funding will
come from other federal
departments (primarily those
governed by Section 41 of
the Official Languages Act)
and from provincial ministries
and from various community
activities (fund raising, prod-
uct and service sales, etc.).

To fulfill its 1999-2004 GDP, the
community received:
> Canada-Community Agreement: $12,060,000

> Federal departments subject to Section 41:
$12,294,470

> Provincial ministries: $1,977,963
> Other governments: $549,361
> Other sources: $7,579,732

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