The Government of Canada has announced an Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan. The plan focuses on maximizing opportunities for firms across the Atlantic region to participate in the $33-billion federal shipbuilding initiative announced late last year. It was launched today in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, by Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and La Francophonie and Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defense and Regional Minister for Nova Scotia.
The Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan includes:
Making sure Atlantic Canada small and medium-sized enterprises are fully aware of the process and the requirements to access supply chain opportunities;
Giving small and medium-sized enterprises access to Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency programs to proactively support their development so that they can capitalize on these opportunities in areas such as marketing, acquisition of certification, process improvements, training, and technology acquisition;
Engaging with community colleges and the provincial governments on skills and labor force research and planning; and
Holding supplier development sessions in each Atlantic province as well as an Atlantic Marine Industry Forum.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, in partnership with Irving Shipbuilding Inc., will host "Supplier Development Sessions" in Bathurst and Moncton, New Brunswick; Summerside, Prince Edward Island; Truro and Shelburne, Nova Scotia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador between February 21 and March 12, 2012. These information sessions will provide Atlantic small and medium-sized enterprises with an overview of the shipbuilding initiative and the critical information they need to become suppliers with marine supply chains.
The Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan includes:
Making sure Atlantic Canada small and medium-sized enterprises are fully aware of the process and the requirements to access supply chain opportunities;
Giving small and medium-sized enterprises access to Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency programs to proactively support their development so that they can capitalize on these opportunities in areas such as marketing, acquisition of certification, process improvements, training, and technology acquisition;
Engaging with community colleges and the provincial governments on skills and labor force research and planning; and
Holding supplier development sessions in each Atlantic province as well as an Atlantic Marine Industry Forum.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, in partnership with Irving Shipbuilding Inc., will host "Supplier Development Sessions" in Bathurst and Moncton, New Brunswick; Summerside, Prince Edward Island; Truro and Shelburne, Nova Scotia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador between February 21 and March 12, 2012. These information sessions will provide Atlantic small and medium-sized enterprises with an overview of the shipbuilding initiative and the critical information they need to become suppliers with marine supply chains.