Knowledge Mobilization Update Presentation to Advisory Committee St. John’s, NL January 11, 2010 Purpose: Set the context and background for the presentations to follow Provide overview of the evolution of NRE with an emphasis major learnings thus far, and how NRE2 is structured. General acknowledgements: All presentations are collaborative in nature, and have benefited from efforts of all the members of the research network Funding from many sources over the years has made our work possible, especially that of SSHRC and the Rural Secretariat, and others including Health Canada and Statistics Canada Funding support provided by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Development Agreement

Website www.municipalitiesnl.com Launch January 21, 2010 Project-related events Publications Discussion groups Pilot site data GIS tools

Municipal Engagement Municipal News Face-to-face 2009 MNL Convention Session 2010 Municipal Symposium

Pilot Regions Update sessions in each site in November Research and profiles shared with local partners Considerable variation in response

Other Stakeholder Engagement ACOA Policy Office and Executive Combined Councils of Labrador MA Policy Forum OECD/CRRF Conference

Next Steps Moving from input on design to input on use Public policy leaders Municipal and NGO clients Build awareness of lessons Integration into existing, emerging processes MNL Economic Development ICSPs LMDA REDB Performance Management

Thank-you Discussion