1. 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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

9. Thank-you Discussion