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Rural-Urban Interaction in Newfoundland and Labrador: Project Update
Corner Brook, NLSarah-Patricia Breen
October 8, 2008
Overview
Timeline Summer 2008 Update
Data collected Preliminary results Relationship mapping Background paper
Researcher Updates David Freshwater – Active Labour Market strategies Alvin Simms– Functional Regions Analysis Rob Greenwood – National perspective Ryan Lane– Knowledge mobilization
Revised Timeline
Timeline
Phase I: May 07-May 08 Data collection Consultations Milestone I – Interim Report
I Phase II: May 08-May 09
Labour Market Attractiveness Index
Milestone II – Interim Report II
Phase III: May 08-October09 Sustainability Index Milestone III – Final Report
and Operational Tool Milestone IV - Community
Workshops Phase IV - Evaluation
Completed Functional Regions Analysis Regional Governance
Questionnaires Pilot Region Engagement Active Labour Market Paper Milestone I
Remaining Data collection ongoing Completion of Regional
Governance Background Paper
Phase II - IV
Activity Achievement
Summer 2008 Data Collection Questionnaires
Regional and Local NGOs Businesses
Pilot Region Profiles History, Economic, Social, Cultural,
Environmental Regional Asset Mapping
GPS & Photos Additional Data
Twillingate / New World Island Agency Directory
Summer 2008 Data Collection
Questionnaires: 18/31 (NGOs) 22/56 (Businesses)
Profile: complete Regional Asset
Mapping: data collected
Agency Directory
Questionnaires: 21/40 (NGOs) 17/37 (Businesses)
Profile: in progress Regional Asset
Mapping: data collected
Twillingate / New World Island
Labrador Straits
Preliminary Results - Questions
What area do you consider to be your region?
How optimistic do you feel about the future of your community?
What do you feel are the greatest challenges facing your organization / business today?
Preliminary Results – Q#1
Question #1 - Regions Businesses:
(#1)Notre Dame Bay, (#2) Twillingate /NWI, (#3) Central NL
NGOs: (#1) Twillingate NWI, (#2) Grand Falls-Gander-Twillingate Triangle, (#3) Tie - other
Question #1 - Regions Businesses: (#1)
Labrador Straits, (#2) Labrador Straits + Quebec Lower North Shore OR L’Anse au Clair to Cartwright
NGOs: (#1) Labrador Straits, (#2)Labrador Straits + Blanc Sablon, (#3) Tie - other
Twillingate / New World Island
Labrador Straits
Preliminary Results – Q#2
Question #2 - Future Businesses: 14/18
were optimistic or somewhat optimistic
NGOs: 13/17 were optimistic or somewhat optimistic
Question #2 - Future Businesses: 13/17
were optimistic or somewhat optimistic
NGOs: 13/15 were optimistic or somewhat optimistic
Twillingate / New World Island
Labrador Straits
Preliminary Results – Q#3
Question #3 - Challenges Businesses: increasing
costs, population change, finding and retaining skilled workers
NGOs: human resources issues (population change, volunteer numbers, retaining skilled workers) and organizational finance/costs/funding
Question #3 - Challenges Businesses: increasing
costs and finding and retaining skilled workers
NGOs: human resources issues (population change, volunteer numbers, retaining skilled workers) and organizational finance/costs/funding
Twillingate / New World Island
Labrador Straits
Relationship Mapping
Social Network Analysis Relationship Mapping Asset Mapping
Application for project
Examples
One example:
Kittiwake/Twillingate-New World Island agencies involved in similar labour market-related activities
Are they connected, collaborating, building on one another’s efforts? Are there gaps?
Background Paper
November 2008
Project Purpose Governance Overview Regional Governance Models in NL
Economic and Labour Market Development
Social Development Environment and Natural Resources Community Development Regional Services and Local Government Aboriginal Governance Political Boundaries
Emerging Trends in Governance Conclusion
Regional Governance: RDAsFall 2008
Est. 27 active RDAs, 13 have participated in project Highlights
Mandate: community economic development Half said boundaries are provincially designed 69% don’t have annual operating budget, 67%
generate revenue through administration fees and renting building space
Heavily reliant on volunteers 95% of RDAs collaborate with local organizations
Includes information sharing and project partnerships Accomplishments include: creation of economic
opportunities, improved social conditions, and labour market development
Challenges: funding and volunteers
Regional Governance: REDBs
Fall 2008 10/11 identified have identified distinct sub-regions
Key stakeholders: municipalities and businesses
Respondents indicate their regions are very or somewhat collaborative
9/11 have a mandate for labour market development, 2/11 indicate they are involved but all have activities in support of labour market development
Active Labour Market Policy: Implications for Local Labour Markets and Regional Development
Dr. David Freshwater
Dept. of Geography
Memorial University
Active Labour Market Policy Paper: Summary Literature Review Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP)
Efforts by government to alter workings of labour markets
Addresses structural unemployment problems 3 Approaches
Modify supply of labour Increase demand for labour Improve functioning of labour market
Examples of Implementing ALMP Job Matching Job Training Job Subsidies
Labour Market AnalysisDr. Alvin Simms
Jamie Ward (M.Sc. Candidate)
Dept. of Geography
Memorial University
Labour markets disappearing
Comparison of 2001 and 2006 Journey to Work Data:
Labour markets becoming more localized
When journey to work numbers are reduced to a minimum (e.g. 10 workers) a labour region will not be formed.
The employment concentration index (ECI) determines if employment in a particular industry ( e.g. fish processing) is concentrated in a few communities or shared among many communities throughout the region.
The employment dependency index (EDI) identifies how dependent a community , within a labour market region, is on a particular industry (e.g. fish processing)
High dependency on fish plant jobs in a majority of communities produces high to very high dispersion for the region suggesting that the jobs, regionally, are distributed amongst the communities fairly evenly. This analysis provides insight to employment dependencies within a region and the vulnerability of labour markets to fluctuations in a particular industry.
Revised Timeline
Remaining: November 2008 Data collection ongoing Completion of Regional Governance Background Paper Pilot Region Results Functional Regions Analysis Presentations: NL REDA, Provincial Cabinet Committee,
Federal-Regional Council Phase II: May 08-May 09
Labour Market Viability Model and Attractiveness Index Strategic Labour Market Planning Analysis Paper Milestone II – Interim Report II
Phase III: May 08-October09 Sustainability Index Formal integration of project components Milestone III – Final Report and Operational Tool Milestone IV - Community Workshops
Phase IV - Evaluation
Activity
Questions?
For copies of documents please e-mail requests to s.breen@mun.ca
October 8, 2008
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