For the past several years, the A/OFRC has approved two types of administered projects. The majority of our field program involves First Nations whose projects are administered by the A/OFRC. This means that the A/OFRC provides an experienced project leader, pays for field expenses, supplies boats and equipment and processes the payroll for any crew members that were hired out of that community.
However, since the A/OFRC's inception in 1995, several communities have developed the capacity to administer their own projects. The A/OFRC is proud to have played a role in building the technical capacity of these communities.
These First Nations may now have a permenant fisheries unit, they may have experienced technicians on staff or they may have community members who have worked with the A/OFRC for many years and can hire these individuals to conduct the type of program the community has proposed. For these First Nations our involvement in their projects takes the form of financial support, technical advice, field auditing and the analysis, writing and distribution of technical reports.
As part of a larger re-organization of our processes and internal systems, we have developed a "First Nation Administered Project Application Form".
If your community has the capacity to undertake the program you proposed in your "Letter of Intent", the next step is to download and complete this version of our new application form.
Download project_application_2008.pdf
The deadline for Project Applications is Friday, October 31, 2008.
A/OFRC staff are available to answer your questions and guide your representative through this new form.
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