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National Services
Services
Volunteer Advisers work with our clients and partners in hundreds of different ways, including providing help with the start-ups and running of band-owned small businesses such as convenience stores and gas bars; establishing or improving businesses and community governments; advising on housing projects; and studying the economics of on-reserve enterprises like shopping plazas.
CESO Aboriginal Services
Economic Development Capacity Building Services - CESO works with individuals, businesses, communities and organizations to create economic opportunities:
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Community Economic Development
To provide technical assistance in community based business development in order to build capacity of communities in areas such as:
- Strategic planning and community capacity building process (e.g. asset mapping)
- Investments (e.g. lands & natural resources)
- Commercial Development (e.g. Real Estate Appraisals)
- Sector development (e.g. lands & natural resource development, Land Use Inventories)
- Social enterprise development
- Marketing & market analysis
- Cooperative development
- Policies & Planning
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Small and Medium Enterprise Development
To respond to the expressed needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for advice, training and mentoring in areas such as:
- Business structure for Aboriginal development corporations
- New business development & preparation of business plans, feasibility studies, marketing plans, etc.
- Investments & joint ventures
- Incorporation
- Human resource development, staffing, development, training
- SME planning, development, start-up & expansion
- Operational reviews
- Financial management & planning (e.g. accounting, bookkeeping, etc.)
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Entrepreneurial support
To respond to the expressed needs of new and established entrepreneurs, with emphasis on support to women and young entrepreneurs, for advice, training and mentoring in areas such as:
- New business development & preparation of business plans, feasibility studies, marketing plans, etc.
- Improving awareness of access to funds & credit
- Development of entrepreneurial attitudes & values
- Financial management & planning for improved management of small business
- Business expansion & operational improvements
- Aftercare, mentoring & ongoing support
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Supporting individual engagement in the local economy
Skill development and capacity building to improve opportunities for individual engagement in the local economy and in community economic planning and development, with a focus on:
- Life skills/business skill training
- Job search & resume building
- Entrepreneurship skills
- Establishing credit
- Proposal-writing
See information on the
Aboriginal Women for Tomorrow program
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Governance Capacity Building Services - CESO strives to build leadership, organizational, and community capacity in the following areas:
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Effective Management
To build managerial capacity by enhancing skills, competencies and knowledge necessary for
effective governance and to ensure services fit the needs of community members.
- Financial Management: Budgeting, Forecasting, & Accounting
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Institutional effectiveness
- Results based Management & Planning
- Business Development Support
- Management of Natural Resources
- Managerial Skills
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Policy and Organizational Development
To support the development of policies and procedures that improve effective governance and respect the centrality of tradition and culture.
- Organizational Development
- Policy Development & Procedures
- Board Development
- Chief/Council/Boards: Roles & Responsibilities
- Human Resources Development
- Land Use Policy development
- Partnership Building
- Policy & legislative development to address regulatory voids
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Civic Engagement
To strengthen the capacity of individuals and communities to promote fair governance, toparticipate in decision making, and to influence decisions that will affect their lives.
- Participatory process
- Knowledge sharing
- Partnership development
- Community development
- Capacity Building - Youth, Women, Elders, Urban Aboriginal Peoples
- Building Community Capacity - empowerment, civic engagement, active participation
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Strong and effective Leadership
To build strategic leadership capacity that focuses on the needs of communities and community members.
- Leadership skills development
- Visioning
- Strategic Planning (proactive, short & long-term)
- Effective decision making
- Good process
- Communication & Accountability
- Conflict resolution
- Priority setting
- Needs assessment
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