Funding: Foreign Credential Recognition Program – Eligibility

2. Eligibility

Priorities for funding under the Foreign Credential Recognition Program include projects that:

are national in scope
address priority occupations and sectors representing skill shortages in Canada, and/or
have been identified as a priority by provincial and territorial governments

Eligible recipients include:

provincial and territorial governments
regulatory bodies
professional associations
industry associations
public health institutions
not-for-profit organizations
unions
municipal governments
school boards
universities
colleges
CÉGEPs; and
consortia composed of all or some of the aforementioned types of recipient organizations

Funding is available for activities that involve the following:

research, analysis or testing of new approaches to reduce barriers for entry to practice
improve career advancement of skilled newcomers in targeted occupations and sectors
development, validation and implementation of tools and processes to enable regulatory authorities and other stakeholders to assess, support, and provide international credentials recognition, work experience, competencies, and knowledge of skilled newcomers
development and implementation of Pan Canadian certification or licensure pathways that can enhance labour mobility
development and implementation of gap training courses or programs for targeted occupations and sectors, and
development and provision of alternative career pathways and employment support services for skilled newcomers

The following costs are eligible for funding (please note that all eligible costs are subject to evaluation and negotiation)^{Footnote 1} :

administrative costs, for example:
- wages
- general operational expenditures
- equipment rental and
- employment-related costs for staff
capital costs^{Footnote 2}
professional fees, for example:
- research
- legal
- consultants
- facilitation
- IT, and
- technical expertise
travel costs, and
other costs reasonably associated with operation of a non-for-profit association or ad-hoc consortium and related to the objective of the project