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Staff Report
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REPORT TO: Committee of the Whole
DATE OF MEETING: December 9, 2013
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SUBMITTED BY: Rod Regier, Executive Director Economic Development,
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PREPARED BY: Rod Regier, Executive Director Economic Development,
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WARD(S) INVOLVED: All
DATE OF REPORT: December 3, 2013
REPORT NO.: CAO -13 -042
SUBJECT: 2014 Mission to Morogoro Tanzania
RECOMMENDATION:
That staff be authorized to participate in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities 2014
Municipal Partnership for Economic Development program in Morogoro, Tanzania.
BACKGROUND:
In 2011, Council approved staff participation in a 5 year Municipal Partnership for Economic
Development program run by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The purpose of MPED
is to support economic development capacity building among local municipalities in the
developing world. Kitchener is involved in the MPED Tanzania project and is specifically
working with the City of Morogoro.
REPORT:
A Local Economic Development (LED) training program for Morogoro staff is planned for late
February, 2014. The program will consist of a week long seminar on marketing and brand
development, strategic planning, partnership development and business planning skills. This is
to be followed by a week long Forum on LED involving municipal staff and practitioners from
across Tanzania. The Forum will be held in Morogoro to allow for knowledge transfer from the
Morogoro experience to participants from many other communities.
The mission will involve Chris Farrell, Manager of the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre
and Rod Regier.
It is anticipated that one more mission will be required to fully execute this project.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
This program is an important part of Kitchener's contribution to the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities and its International Development Program.
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
All direct costs for the mission will be covered by FCM. The City of Kitchener's contribution is
the time allocated for staff participation — approximately 10 working days for each.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
The City of Kitchener has hosted 2 missions of Morogoro staff and elected officials to Canada.
In those sessions, the participants have been introduced to the city as a whole and to
stakeholders with relationships to economic development in Africa.
CONCLUSION:
The FCM MPED program is founded on the principle that local government has the greatest
potential to affect the quality of life and development trajectory in the developing world. This
contribution by The City of Kitchener helps to advance global development by supporting sound
public administration and practice at the local level in economically disadvantaged economies.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Jeff Willmer, CAO
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