Small and medium sized companies may access up to $50,000 in funding to assist with international market development activities. We cover up to 50% of costs for export marketing of your products and services in international markets where you have little or no sales.
Did you know that the Government of Canada buys approximately $22 billion worth of goods and services each year? Would you be surprised to learn that many of these contracts are awarded to small businesses in Canada?
Let Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) guide you through the procurement process so you can decide if selling to the Government of Canada is the right strategy for your business. You will learn:
Wednesday, Feb 9 2022 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Host: Embassy of Canada, Washington DC – Trade Commissioner Service
Agenda
Please join the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, and Actuparo’s Joseph Jordan for a webinar discussing the basics of U.S. federal civilian procurement as well as special considerations for Canadian companies looking to succeed in this market.
Topics include:
The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session. All attendees will receive an online copy of our complimentary new guide, “U.S. Public Procurement 101 for Canadian Companies.”
Who should attend: This webinar is for Canadian companies who are either interested in or currently selling to the U.S. federal procurement market. This program will be of particular interest to companies in the clean tech, information technology, and infrastructure sectors.
In collaboration with the Canadian Embassy in Norway and the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa, we are hosting a Virtual Energy Symposium with focus on the Hydrogen (H2) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chains. The Symposium will include keynote speakers from Canada and Norway and showcase Norwegian technology and solutions providers.
15 February
09:00 – 12:00 (MST)
17:00 – 20:00 (CET)
16 February
09:00 – 11:55(MST)
17:00 – 19:55 (CET)
Please click here to view the program.
Norwegian and Canadian companies, research institutions and universities have over the last decades developed strong competence and experience in H2 and CCS technologies. These sectors are important parts of Norway’s decarbonization strategy.
There are many similarities between Norway and Canada, including an abundance of natural resources and closeness to the Artic. Both are fossil fuel rich countries committed to environmentally sustainable resource management and shifting to a net zero economy. There is a national push to further develop the CO2 value chains and CCUS as a solution to cutting GHG emissions. The Canadian government launched its Hydrogen Strategy in 2020 and a CCUS strategy is expected to be released this spring:
Since H2 and CCS are important focus areas for both Norway and Canada, with growing expertise and capabilities in both countries, collaboration in these areas would accelerate our respective decarbonization efforts.
Norwegian industrial actors have produced and utilized hydrogen in large scale since 1927. Companies like Norsk Hydro developed their own electrolyser technologies that are today used all around the world.
Today, hydrogen technologies, solution providers and projects in Norway are emerging across the entire value chain, including;
Norway has extensive experience with CCS, both capture, transport, offshore storage and injection/monitoring with projects like Sleipner and Snøhvit having injected CO2 successfully for more than 2 decades.
In 2010 Norway established a large-scale carbon capture demonstration facility (Technology Centre Mongstad – TCM). Several new well-stream and post-combustion capture technologies have emerged from this facility.
In February 2021, Norway took FID on the Longship project capturing CO2 from industrial sources and transport and storage in Northern Lights project, the world’s first open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. Through these initiative, a lot of technologies/solutions have emerged and ongoing R&D is high on the agenda.
Ocean Leaders Impact Program Guidelines – Call for Proposals
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) has launched a second Canada-wide Call for Proposals under its Ocean Leaders Impact Program (OLIP). The program focuses on developing new opportunities and building on the experienced talent pool in Canada’s ocean economy. The Call will address important challenges in the innovation ecosystem by investing in projects that forge new partnerships, build on existing talent resources, and foster creative solutions that support small and medium-sized ocean enterprises (SMEs) as they grow.
The Ocean Leaders Impact Program Call for Proposals is designed for projects with a term ending by March 31, 2023. The OLIP Call is specifically targeting strategic opportunities that will attract experienced ocean talent and invest in current ocean leaders, partnering with projects that will:
The Ocean Supercluster will host a virtual information session on the Ocean Leaders Impact Program Call for Proposals on January 27, 2022, at 2 p.m. Atlantic time. To register, email OLIP@oceansupercluster.ca.
Thank you to our friends at the Canada Cleantech Alliance for summarizing the relevant references to clean growth in the Federal Government’s Fall 2021 Economic Update:
Tax Incentive for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Budget 2021 proposed an investment tax credit for capital invested in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects with the goal of substantially reducing emissions. The new investment tax credit would be available for a broad range of CCUS applications across different industrial subsectors (e.g. concrete, plastics, fertilizers, fuels), including blue hydrogen projects and direct air capture projects but not enhanced oil recovery projects. The government will outline the final design of the proposed investment tax credit in Budget 2022 based on stakeholder consultations.
Green Bond
The government plans to publish its green bond framework in the final quarter of 2021-22. The inaugural green bond issuance will target $5 billion and is planned by the end of 2021-22, subject to market conditions. This will be Canada’s first green bond and the government intends for it to be a regular offering.
econext works one-on-one with its members to help them become more productive and competitive, help them pursue growth and funding opportunities, and help them become more environmentally sustainable in their operations. It represents the collective membership in its efforts to accelerate clean growth in Newfoundland and Labrador.
econext engages its members one-on-one to help identify opportunities for growth and challenges to productivity, and work to connect them to the resources that exist to help them succeed.
We work with entrepreneurs, owners, and business development professionals to help them answer the following kinds of questions:
econext acts as a broker between its members, business development experts, and agencies that provide support and financing mechanisms.
econext members have access to experts in the marketing and communications technology field who can offer advice and insight on branding, strategic planning, website development and e-commerce, social campaigns, creative and design, and much more to help you effectively communicate in a targeted fashion and take advantage of the growing global interest in clean technology and environmental services. Contact us and we can set up a complementary 1-on-1 meeting with our professional partners.
econext also follows your social media activities and re-broadcasts your content through its own networks. Your firm is listed on econext’s member directory and is featured on our social media channels. Using our multiple newsletter channels, our website and by being able to access other econext members, we help advance your firms marketing and communications capabilities a significant amount.
econext members and their employees enjoy reduced rates at all of econext’s events including conferences, workshops, training courses, and more. Where your firm has training needs, econext can work with you to provide solutions either by finding and facilitating delivery of the appropriate programming, or by developing custom solutions to meet niche needs.
econext is at the centre of the province’s clean technology and environmental services sector – a network of entrepreneurs, environmental professionals, business owners, researchers, and policymakers that spans many industries and organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador. As a member of econext, your firm belongs to this exclusive group and can make the most of the associated networking opportunities.
Through our strong relationships with municipal, provincial, and federal governments as well as industry leaders, econext members have a voice with key decision-makers and in the public forum. Where your firm identifies issues or opportunities, econext advocates on your behalf to address challenges or barriers. Via econext’s Board of Directors, its committees, and regular direct membership engagements your firm also has direct input into the association’s policy and sector growth strategies.
The internationalization of firms from Newfoundland and Labrador is a top priority for econext. The association supports its members in exploring new or expanding upon existing opportunities abroad – whether that be through export, joint venture / partnership, licensing technologies, accessing capital, etc.
econext has specific long-term programming around export to Caribbean markets and business development in Europe, but also works with its members one-on-one to assist them in:
If you have any questions about membership benefits with econext, please contact us. We are always willing to chat about how we can best serve our members, so if there’s a benefit you think is missing, let us know!
econext (still NEIA at the time) is proud to have facilitated the Transition 2050 project throughout 2019 and 2020. Funded by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and in partnership with Fundamental Inc., the project led a cohort of six NL municipalities through a climate action planning process – the target being a transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The process began by measuring the carbon footprint of each Town’s municipal operations, and the resulting action plans were kicked-off via a keystone project.
The video above highlights the solar energy projects undertaken in the Town of Bauline and the Town of Torbay.
Podcasts highlighting the initiatives of the other partner municipalities – Town of Stephenville, Town of Paradise, Town of Channel-Port Aux Basques, Town of Baie Verte – will be launched shortly.
Read more here: //fundamentalinc.ca/projects/transitions-2050-federation-of-canadian-municipalities-fcm/
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