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Municipal leaders respond with concern to news from Canada’s largest telecommunications companies that they intend to reduce or review the number of rural households that will receive improved broadband connectivity, following a recent CRTC decision.
- Northern and remote communities
- Rural communities
- Telecommunications
Case study
As the benefits of local economic development (LED) are becoming better known in Cambodia, the National League of Councils of the Kingdom of Cambodia (NLC), is fast becoming recognized as a national leader.
- Economic development
- International
Case study
Through FCM’s MPED program, the Municipality of Morogoro, Tanzania, formed a grain milling cluster (cooperative) to help provide sustainable sources of grain to the community.
- Economic development
- International
Case study
In 2017, CEDI staff visited one of the partnerships located in western Quebec. Through CEDI (Phase 1), Kebaowek First Nation (formerly Eagle Village First Nation), the Town of Témiscaming and the Municipality of Kipawa developed a tripartite friendship, agreed to pursue a shared tourism strategy and started to explore a coordinated approach to regional economic development.
- Economic development
- Indigenous partnerships
Tool
This guide gives you practical tips on how to engage your community in the international development work you're doing.
- Economic development
- International
To cut its dependence on diesel-generated electricity, the lakeside northern community of Whati studied construction of a hydroelectric system powered by running water from the nearby La Martre River Falls, which flow out of Lac Le Martre.
- Energy
- Northern and remote communities
- Sustainability
This learning module and toolkit focuses on community branding and marketing—an important part of any economic development strategy.
- Economic development
- International
Case study
In our Looking Back series of case studies, three long-time FCM municipal experts return to their overseas partner municipalities, ten years later.
- Economic development
- International