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(Return tabled) Question No. 454 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the Extractives Cooperation for Enhanced Economic Development (EXCEED) Program under the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD): (a) which officials from DFATD and other departments, including the Privy Council Office, will be responsible for administering this program; (b) what was the entire process, including consultation, leading to the establishment of the program and what were the related dates; (c) did an external audit and evaluation committee assess the creation of this program; (d) what are (i) the reasons for establishing this progr ...[+++]am, (ii) the objectives, (iii) the mandate, (iv) the operations of this program; (e) how many employees will be assigned to manage and administer this program and what are their responsibilities; (f) are projects required to focus exclusively on African countries; (g) why was Latin America not included in this program; (h) what is the process for submitting project proposals; (i) will there be a tendering process; (j) when will the next request for proposals be issued; (k) how many project proposals has the program received since it was established; (l) what are the selection criteria and what is the complete project selection process; (m) who is eligible for funding under the program; (n) can private-sector companies receive funding under this program; (o) will a webpage be created on the DFATD website; (p) how much does this initiative cost; (q) what type of funding does this program award; (r) can the public or businesses contribute to the program now or in the future; (s) why was an initial budget of $25 million allocated; (t) will the budget be increased or decreased; (u) why was this program not announced in Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2014; (v) what indicators and measurement tools will be used to assess the effectiveness of projects funded by the program; (w) what specific measures have been taken and wha ...

The main monitoring indicators of the programmes, i.e. creation of new jobs and businesses, showed good results: the Objective 1 and 2 programmes had altogether reached over 31% of the target set for new jobs, i.e. 245 535 out of 77 670 jobs, and ca 14% of the target for new businesses, i.e. 2 684 out of 19 100 businesses (this data is partly based on projections).

The main monitoring indicators of the programmes, i.e. creation of new jobs and businesses, showed good results: the Objective 1 and 2 programmes had altogether reached over 31% of the target set for new jobs, i.e. 245 535 out of 77 670 jobs, and ca 14% of the target for new businesses, i.e. 2 684 out of 19 100 businesses (this data is partly based on projections).

6. Considers that statistical indicators and benchmarking can be useful tools in the effort to make Europe more dynamic, but warns that the statistical burden and imposition of red tape on business, and particularly on SMEs, which are crucial to job creation, must be reduced;

While everything indicated the need to invest energetically in training and small business creation, the previous government took paltry, inadequate measures.

In spite of this methodological caveat, the first Observatory's report underlines a number of useful elements, namely as regards: - an indication to the existence of different problems, attitudes and behaviour within the SME sector, justifying the adoption of differentiated policy approaches aiming at micro, small and medium enterprises; - a differentiated contribution of SMEs to employment as only micro firms have been able to secure some net job creation in 1991-1992, these years being characterised by an important reduction in the ...[+++] number of both medium-sized and large enterprises as well as in their employment levels; - the importance to provide appropriate information and counselling, as well as adequate formation to newly created enterprises; - the Community's role in assisting cooperation and transnational business relationships, to stimulate the potential for cooperation, and to encourage those enterprises who are still apprehensive of cooperation; - the differences in financial problems, depending on the type of enterprise considered (size and sector) and the requirement to be met (creation, expansion, liquidity position or transfer); - the importance of the Community's efforts to provide assistance to enterprises and to promote economic development through transborder and transnational cooperation, namely by means of the INTERREG initiative and the intervention of Structural Funds; - the need of further improving the absorption of Community's funds by SMEs, alleviating financial burdens and helping develop financial institutions geared to the needs of SMEs, and assisting the development of managerial resources in less favoured regions.