Further to the response provided to the Member for Great Slave on February 25, 2025, the following additional information is provided:
During our exchange, we were discussing the Strengthening the Non-Profit and Charitable Sector External Advisory Committee Report and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) commitment to new and updated efforts to support the Non-Governmental sector.
I have written to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development and offered a briefing and would also like to take this opportunity to expand on these efforts and the next steps.
This project is broadly linked to the implementation of Integrated Service Delivery and the review and modernization of the Anti-Poverty and Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGO, Stabilization funds and focuses on strengthening GNWT relationships both at the NGO sector level and with individual organizations through the following steps:
Implementation of all recommendations outlined in the 2023 “Strengthening the Non-Profit and Charitable Sector External Advisory Committee – Final Report”;
Modernization, implementation and monitoring of the “GNWTs’ Program Mangers’ Guide for Funding NGOs”;
Refocusing and enhancing GNWT inter-departmental awareness and support to the NGO sector;
Identifying real and perceived barriers to changes needed to improve responsiveness;
Modernizing policy and procedures to support effective and efficient service delivery;
Training of appropriate GNWT staff in collaborative relations and community engagement; and
Fostering internal corporate change in attitudes, behaviours and practices.
I will continue to update the Standing Committee on Social Development on this work.
