- A high level of demand by communities and individuals to meet basic
developmental needs warrants the extension of the CLN program by HRDC.
The CLN program can be used as a key community resource for the Skills
and Learning Agenda. If the goals of the skills, training and access
agendas are to lead to social inclusion, citizen engagement, skills
portability and flexibility for individuals and, development opportunities
for communities, than a range of community organizations and institutions,
and businesses need to be involved. A broad-based, integrated community
approach will facilitate the needs of service organizations, and address
the wide range of needs of individuals. HRDC’s CLN program is
ideally suited to act as a catalyst to facilitate greater coordination
and delivery of services at the community level. It is also a useful
model that could help coordinate and link various federal resources
and other forms of support for more effective access and use by community
organizations.
- HRDC’s CLN program should consider establishing Community Assistance
Teams at the regional or provincial levels. These teams could help community
organizations through sharing expertise on strategies and activities
to address issues related to developing CLNs, access, training, partnerships,
capacity development and resources. Such teams should be made up from
a pool of individuals from community organizations in a province or
region. These individuals should have had success and developed expertise
in these different activities. To be effective, such teams would need
to work closely with HRDC regional and national personnel.
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