Partnerships Fund

2008/2009 Call for Proposals

Objectives

The Partnerships Fund is designed to assist partnership initiatives between not-for-profit, public and private organizations and institutions to connect all Canadians with the riches of Canada's heritage by making Canadian cultural collections held by provincial, municipal and local cultural organizations available via the Internet in both official languages.

At this time, the Department of Canadian Heritage is particularly seeking projects for the development of online content, which:

• Provide a meaningful and seamless access to content that helps deepen an understanding of Canada and its rich diversity, particularly for the benefit of youth, students and lifelong learners in the areas of:
  • Canada's contemporary culture and artistic expression;
  • Aboriginal culture;
  • Francophone community content;
  • Canada's cultural diversity, including the content of minority groups in Canada.
• Are of high quality, innovative and undertaken by institutional and organizational networks, or "Partners" from across the cultural heritage sector.
• Exhibits or presents through a Web site, in at least one of Canada's official languages, content from one or more existing cultural collections.

Who can apply?

• Registered or incorporated Canadian not-for-profit organizations active in the Canadian cultural or heritage sector;
• Public educational institutions, i.e. university, college, etc.;
• First Nation (band or tribal council), Métis settlements or Inuit equivalent governments. The applicant's main role must be to serve one or more Aboriginal communities and it must be active in promoting the culture of that (those) community(ies);
• Municipal or regional governments;
• Agencies of a provincial or territorial government.

What is the deadline?

The deadline for the 2008-2009 Call for Proposals has passed. The application guidelines for this specific call are posted for reference purposes only.

Application Guidelines

Application Guidelines

Budget Example

Technical Standards and Guidelines for Canadian Culture Online Funded Initiatives

This document outlines technical requirements and provides some best practices for Canadian Culture Online funded projects.
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General Application Form

General Application Form for all of the Canadian Culture Online funding programs.
(printable PDF format)

Sample Contribution Agreement

This document is a generic version of a contribution agreement for the Partnerships Fund and is provided for general reference only. Please note that contribution agreements are customized to the projects being funded and may also contain additional clauses not found in the sample contribution agreement below.

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Note: to read the PDF version you need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (or later) on your system. You can download the Acrobat Reader here. If the Adobe download site is not accessible to you, you can download Acrobat Reader from an accessible page. If you choose not to use Acrobat Reader you can have the PDF file converted to HTML or ASCII text by using one of the conversion services offered by Adobe.

Applicants may go to CCO's "Applicant Resource Centre" for a complete list of all CCO funding program guidelines and support documents.

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