IN THIS ISSUE:

Regional Strategy Update

Education Summit

Student Success

Miminiska Island Clean Up Project

Welcome New Staff and more....

The Matawa First Nations are getting closer to completing the Community Driven Regional Strategy Framework Agreement. Each community has provided valuable recommendations which have been submitted for inclusion in the agreement. The Provincial Government has accepted the majority of the changes. The Chiefs will continue to meet this winter to work towards completion of the agreement. Once the Regional Framework Agreement is signed, our communities will move into the next phase. Phase 2 is the negotiation phase where our First Nations will work out with Ontario the details of the Agreement. Our communities will be leading the decision making with the 3 Regional Pillars: Land Management, Revenue Sharing, and Capacity Building.

Phase Two will include:

Budgets and workplans for technical, legal, coordination, community consultations;

Community-driven consultation process to provide input and directions;

Studies i.e. socio-economic, education, health, infrastructure, environmental, etc;

Economic Development strategies, Community infrastructure and Regional infrastructure.

MATAWA M E S S E N G E R

January 2014

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Regional Strategy Update

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