Nabila Ghernati, Local Initiatives Agent.

BIL 2008-2009:

The Budget d’initiatives locales (BIL) is a fund that provides for local initiatives projects that develop the employment potential of unemployed persons. Projects help persons integrate the labour market through new approaches to existing problems. Priority is given to projects whose clientele receive Employment Assistance benefits, Employment Insurance benefits or who are without revenue, whose precarious financial situation represents a barrier to the development of their employment potential.

Project selection is carried out by a Table ad hoc de concertation composed of 6 members representing intervenors in labour force development from the whole of the area covered by the CLE du regroupement de l’Ouest. This Table has retained the services of the CDEC CDN/NDG as expert resource in labour force development consultation with responsibilities which include (among others) the promotion of the BIL in each territory, support and guidance to promoters around the submission of their BIL project ideas, analysis and recommendation of eligible projects submitted to the Table ad hoc, and followup of accepted projects.

There is a separate BIL fund attached to each of the the 3 areas served by the CLE du regroupement de l’Ouest. Each fund is available to duly constituted nonprofit organizations (NPOs) located in the territories of the CDN, Saint-Laurent, and West Island CLEs.

Please note that projects may be submitted for analysis by the Table ad hoc de concertation up until the point that monies available for the 2008-2009 BIL have been disbursed.

For more information or to submit a project contact:

• Territory of CLE CDN (CDN/NDG borough) : nabila.ghernaticdeccdnndg.org

• Territory of CLE Saint-Laurent (St-Laurent, Outremont, Hampstead, Côte-St-Luc, Mont-Royal) : nabila.ghernaticdeccdnndg.org

• Territory of CLE de l’Ouest-de-l’île (Dorval, Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Kirkland, Beaconsfield, Baie d’Urfé, Pierrefonds, Roxboro, Sainte-Geneviève, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville, Île Bizard) : nabila.ghernaticdeccdnndg.org

The following support documents and forms are available in French only :

DOSSIER DE PRÉSENTATION DU BIL (MsWord) : click here

FORMULAIRE D'APPLICATION BIL 2008-2009 (MsWord) : click here

2006-2007 BIL Projects (CDN/NDG) :

1) Projet d’intégration en emploi pour des travailleurs manuels II (Centre de recherche d’emploi CDN) : Individual support in English and French for 15 newly-arrived persons in order to develop their employment potential and to establish contacts with employers.

2) Projet de préparation et de réintégration à l’emploi (Communauté vietnamienne du Canada) : Pre-employment workshops and a work experience in order to minimize the isolation of 10 persons and mobilize their reintegration into the labour market. Total training time = 240 hours.

3) Groupes de soutien en employabilité II (Centre Multiethnique NDG) : Bilingual support groups for highly educated immigrant job searchers in the fields of accounting and engineering. Training time = 176 hours.

4) Stage-clef d’intégration pour jeunes immigrants II (CJE NDG) : Labour market insertion for 10 recently arrived educated, young immigrants via an unpaid work experience (stage). Training time = 206 hours.

5) Empowerment Towards Employment (NDG Food Depot) : Offered to 10 socially isolated Food Depot clients not currently using available employment resources. Individual & group interventions. Followup from partners such as CSSS, CJE NDG, and t Head and Hands. Training time = 270 hours.

6) Formation en CDAO fabrication mécanique (APCDAO) : Training in CDAO and INVENTOR with a 4-week unpaid work experience, offered to 14 engineers trained overseas. Training time = 575 hours. Project cost is divided equally between CDN/NDG and St-Laurent as an equal number of participants come from each territory.

2007 – 2008 BIL Projects : Territory of Saint-Laurent

Accélérer l’intégration des femmes immigrantes : Moyens et mesures
(« Ways & Means of Accelerating the Integration of Immigrant Women »)

This project offers a series guided activities to a group of 10 immigrant women in the areas of skills assessment, cultural adaptation, and job search techniques as well as a work internship. The promoter is the CEJFI (Centre d’encadrement des jeunes filles immigrantes). Project activities are offered in French. .

2007 – 2008 BIL Projects : Territory de Ouest-de-l’île

T@ place au travail (« Your Place At Work »)
This project aims to prepare 10 persons to integrate into the labour market or to return to school, via 3 training modules : personal competencies (‘soft skills’), labour market information, and computer and internet basics. The promoter is Cloverdale Multi Ressources, located in Pierrefonds. Project activities are offered in French.

1998 to 2006 project descriptions for the Budget d'initiatives locales are now available in PDF: click here