Sept.16, 2008 B

Owen Fitzgerald- Exec Director Alex Paul, Director Training

Oct.23, 2012 E

CANDO Conference 2012 Membertou

“Partnerships & Capacity Building”

City of Sydney, Nova Scotia Membertou, Bottom Right

Membertou Convention Centre

Building a New Economy

• Local Mi’kmaq were not part of the Industrial Revolution during the last century in Cape Breton

• Cape Breton is Building New Economy after closure of its Coal and Steel Industry

• Five First Nation Communities in Cape Breton,

almost 10,000 Mi’kmaq, are now proud to be part of the effort to build a new Economy

• It Took Strong Leadership & Leap of Faith

Focus of Unama’ki Model For Economic Development

• Identifying New Economic Opportunities • Establish Partnerships

• Understanding Industry Needs and Work to Fill

those Needs

• Training to meet Industry Needs – Have partnership with Nova Scotia Community College

• From within the community, Providing Ongoing Support for those in Training, continuing even once they get Employed

• About Building Capacity

Strong Leadership Recognized…

• Importance of Taking a Business Approach to Pursuing Economic Opportunities

• Importance of Partnerships with Business & Government

• Importance of Education & Training

• Need for a Business Office to do Follow-up and make sure Good Intent becomes Reality

• The Immediate Opportunity was the $400 million Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup Project, the Legacy of 100 Years of Steel Making

• Leap of Faith by some Leaders!

Promising Jobs is not Enough

• Identifying Opportunities is not enough

• It’s not enough for Government or Industry to say, OK, we’ll hire X# of Aboriginals

• Training is not enough

• Need the Infrastructure to support these individuals, trained staff with knowledge of the communities, OR you are simply setting people up for failure

• Need willingness to try a new approach, such as the Unama’ki Model.

• Need an Aboriginal Procurement Policy

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The Immediate Opportunity Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup Project

A Six Year Project- Completion 2013

• 323,000 Tons of Gravel

• Or 21,000 truck loads

• 374,000 M2 of Clay

• 91,000 M2 of Top Soil

• Another 66,000 truck loads

• 554,000 M2 of Liners/Geotextiles

• 14 km of Siltation Fencing

• 600,000 M2 Hydro seeding

• $2.9m on Water Management

• $7m on Testing and Monitoring

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First NS Aboriginal Set-Aside A Tar Ponds Pilot Project

• First Set-Aside- October, 2007 For the cleanup of the Cooling Pond- A Pilot Project - $4 million contract

• Cooling Pond Set Aside a clear success!

• On Sept.25, 2008, the Provincial and Federal Government signed a new Unama’ki Procurement Strategy in Eskasoni, including $19 million in set-asides.

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• Cooling Pond Set-Aside- 3 Top bidding companies shared contract, to provide experience to more companies.

• Set requirement at 75% Aboriginal employment, based on dollars- not 30%, not 50%.

• Be careful you don’t set requirements too high- resulting in Aboriginal companies being unable to bid successfully.

• Increase Emphasis on MENTORING , also part of Tar Ponds agreement

• Included both on the job training, mentoring and classroom training as part of employment. (Enhanced Environmental Training program at Tar Ponds- as a Set-Aside- Does this)

Being Creative

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Planning set-Asides

• Both Sides Accountable, not just Aboriginals!

• Before agreeing to a Set-Aside, ensure capacity there to meet requirements.

• Require sufficient lead time to prepare.

• For Tar Ponds we insisted that we know what contracts we would get from the start of the project, looking out 6 years.

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Capacity Building

• Creative ways to build capacity- Mentors, job shadowing, combine training with work.

• Challenges around legal language, contract language, native language.

• Challenge of Bid Bonds!

13 Painting of Sydney- 1853- Before Steel Plant

14 Sydney Steel Plant- 1977

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Unique Economic opportunity For Local Aboriginals

Sydney Tar Ponds $400 Million Cleanup Project

16 Working on Cooling Pond Set-Aside -July 2008

17 Sydney Tar Ponds - April, 2011

18 Sydney Tar Ponds- South Pond Complete – Sept, 2012

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1990

Sydney Tar Ponds

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• In developed countries, 10 to15 percent of Gross Domestic Product is result of government procurement.

• Government Procurement is significant factor in local

and national economies.

• Government also places priority on Cost and Quality, or Value.

• Can use Procurement to Enhance Business Development

Government Procurement

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• 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples lead to Federal Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business -PSAB

• PSAB introduced in 1996 to address the under-representation of the Aboriginal community in federal government contracts.

• Good Idea, Good Intent, but • Lack of firm Targets • Lack of Monitoring • Lacking Accountability • Lacking Transparency • Lacking Enforcement • Lack of support for New Businesses.

Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business

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• Two positive examples of application of Federal Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) • Vancouver Olympics

• Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup Project- First Application

of Federal Policy in Nova Scotia.

• Intent was for any Projects-Procurement by the Federal Government for over $100 million, was to require Accommodation of Aboriginals.

Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business…

Judge us on Our RESULTS! Negotiated $19 million in Aboriginal Set-Asides for the

Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup Project

Local Aboriginal Companies are now involved in $71 million in contracts at the Tar Ponds

We leveraged almost $3.5 million in funding for long term Training, through ASEP

480 Individuals Assessed, and 316 Trained under ASEP, 182 Full time Jobs Created so far through Unama’ki ASEP Training program

Plus 45 Full Time Construction Industry Jobs- Tar Ponds

Plus 7 Full-Time Jobs at UEBO

Communities Cooperating A strength for us is that the five First Nation Communities

in Cape Breton all agreeing to cooperate and support the creation and operation of our office.

We take great effort to keep communities and our partners informed.

Ongoing Communication is critical, with communities and with our partners, Industry and Government.

Our Steering Committee is another strength, our way of engaging the communities and the front line workers.

National Recognition

National CANDO Award Sept. 2010

For Economic Development Efforts

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Steering Committee Meeting Aug 2009

Community Driven!

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Sydney Tar Ponds cleanup Was Just the Beginning!

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Broadening Horizons • The Tar Pond project is still a critical part of this

economic development effort- Will be complete by 2014

• It provided valuable experience and Helped Build Capacity, Expertise and CONFIDENCE!

• Some officials took a LEAP OF FAITH, believing this was important and this could work.

• The Success has Allowed our Office to BROADEN ITS HORIZONS and explore other economic opportunities and partnerships.

• Building Capacity

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How we Engage our Partners • Once an Industry Partner buys in, and Recognizes they

need to take a different approach;

• We make them an integral part of our whole process

• From Planning the Training

• To Recruitment

• To Selection

• Delivery of Training

• To On the Job Training

• Evaluation

• To Hiring

• We provide Support Throughout

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EMERA Partnership…

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BELL Aliant Partnership…

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NewPage Partnership…

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Building Environmental Expertise BEAHR Program

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Construction Technical Support (CTS) Civil Tech

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Canadian Coast Guard College

• Aboriginal Academic Upgrading Program (ACC) is meant to help raise the Math and Science skills

• Leading to Opportunities with Canadian Coast Guard

College.

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Preparing for

FUTURE Opportunities

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Port of Sydney

$200 Million Container Terminal • Major plans for Development of the Port of Sydney and the

Strait, possibly including a $200 Million Container Terminal.

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R&D Partnership: CENTRE FOR Sustainability in Energy & Environment Cape Breton University

• Huge importance to the whole world, making it a great opportunity

• Partnership in R&D at CBU, Centre for Sustainability In Energy and the Environment.

• Seeking ways to engage more young Aboriginals in fields of Science & Business Dan Christmas and Dr. Ross McCurdy at Cape Breton University

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VISIT to Lower Churchill Falls Nov.26, 2010

MEETING WITH EMERA-NFLD PRESIDENT JUNE 7, 2011

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Canada’s $35 Billion Ship Building Program

Irving Shipbuilding May 2011, at CSEE, CBU

IS THIS AN OPPORTUNUTY FOR ABORIGINALS?

UEBO Steering Committee Tours Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax

June 13, 2011

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The Unama’ki Model

• Collaborative Approach

• Business Approach

• Community Driven

• Partner with Industry- SIMPLE- Identify their needs, work to fill their needs

• Provide support- when in Training and when in Employment

• Exploring Economic Opportunities for the future and preparing Local Aboriginals so they can be part of these opportunities

• RESULTS! 220+ Jobs so far

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• Engaging Aboriginals.

• Consider the Unama’ki Model.

• The Return on Investment could be Huge!!

• Thank You!

To Business & Government Take A Chance

Sept.16, 2008 Wela’lioq

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