Solicited call - Skills for Success

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Application period

Solicited organizations can apply from July 26, 2021 to August 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Description

Skills for Success are the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life. These skills are:

• reading
• writing
• numeracy
• digital
• problem solving
• communication
• adaptability
• creativity and innovation, and
• collaboration

The Skills for Success program will help Canadians at all skill levels improve their foundational and transferable skills to better prepare for, get and keep a job, and adapt and succeed at work.

Eligible organizations can apply for funding up to $75,000,000 per project for a maximum duration of 5 years.

Projects are expected to begin in Fall/Winter 2021.

Objective

This solicited call will fund projects that help Canadians at all skills levels to improve their foundational and transferable skills to better prepare for, get and keep a job, and adapt and succeed at work, by:

• implementing the Skills for Success model through the inclusion of at least one of the skills identified in the model:
  • reading
  • writing
  • numeracy
  • digital
  • problem solving
  • communication
  • adaptability
  • creativity and innovation, and
  • collaboration
• providing skills training opportunities to support individuals to be better prepared to meet on-the-job skills demands (foundational and transferable skills); and/or
• developing online assessment tools and training resources to be made available for free.

Find information on funded grants and contribution projects in proactive disclosure

Organizations solicited for this funding

We determined that a solicited call for proposals was the most effective process. We identified the organizations and invited them to apply under this funding for the following reasons:

• their knowledge and experience in delivering literacy and essential skills programming
• their ability to quickly implement large-scale projects
• their capacity to integrate foundational and transferable skills into their programming
• their mandate

Eligibility

The Skills for Success solicited intakes are open to invited organizations only.

Specific criteria used in selection were:

• ability to meet the program objectives
• experience delivering literacy and essential skills programming and the capacity to integrate foundational and transferable skills into their programming

Other criteria include:

• The project must be national in scope. Activities will be delivered within a specific region, but have the potential to be replicated in other parts of the country that are facing similar skills and labour market issues
• At least 50% of funding supports under-represented groups, including Black Canadian and those that are racialized, Indigenous, women, persons with disabilities, newcomers and members of official language minority communities which applies to both training and tool development

Eligible applicants

Groups and sectors eligible for this funding process are:

• non-governmental organizations
• not-for-profit organizations and academic institutions
• provinces and territories

Contact us

If you have questions, or would like to apply, please email us at EDSC.CPR-SFS.ESDC@servicecanada.gc.ca before August 25, 2021 at 12:00 pm Eastern time.