Welcome to COCo’s October E-bulletin

COCo Note

Performance Anxiety: Reporting to funders and related hairy topics

by Laila and the COCo team

Next month, COCo will release the final report from our three-year In the Know project. Amongst other findings, the study reveals that Québec community groups have had a much harder time securing global mission (core) funding since 2003. There are far fewer new monies being made available for core funding and those who are receiving it may find that what they’re getting is just not enough – 56% of the groups we consulted reported that this type of revenue covers less than half their overall budget.

Then there’s another challenge – the intense annual crunch when reporting time comes around. To help groups get through reporting more smoothly and effectively, we’ve come up with a few basic tips to help us all through the process.

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Close Up – Quebec implements “activity-based funding”

In the budget speech of March 20, 2012, the Minister of Finance of Québec, Raymond Bachand, announced the formation of an expert panel mandated to prepare the gradual implementation of “activity-based funding” in the health and social services sector. In this analysis, IRIS-Recherche rings the alarm bell over how this funding model will damage Quebec’s public health system, and suggests alternative approaches.

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Big Picture – results-based funding pressure

Within the aided development sector the success or failure of community organizations is often measured against their ability to deliver results that more often than not are dictated by the expectations of the funding organization. Consequently, the goal in developing organizational capacity is quite narrowly defined and involves strengthening the management capabilities needed to deliver quick development results. These include …

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Commun-IT Tech Corner

Check-out the new COCo Website!

We have redesigned the COCo website to make it more interactive, dynamic, and easier to use. Please explore the site and let us know if you have any feedback.

We decided to retire our old website which was built on a Drupal platform, and we developed this new site with …

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Community Events

If you have enabled images for this email then you will see a listing of community events below. Click on the calendar image below or click here to browse events on the Community Calendar on COCo’s website.

Job Offers

COCo Job Offer: Project Coordinator for “Portes Ouvertes” – COCo est à la recherche d’un(e) coordinateur(trice) pour Portes Ouvertes

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Job Offer: Event coordinator, Black Theatre Workshop

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Job Offer: Financial coordinator, Head & Hands

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Job Offer: Food distribution and volunteer coordinator, NDG Food Depot

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Job Offer: Coordinateur Généraction – Apathy is Boring

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Job Offer: Employee and volunteers needed, ASEQ

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Le Centre de crise de l’Ouest de l’Île de Montréal est à la recherche d’un Directeur Général

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Other Community Postings

New Resource: Graduate student volunteers available for community development work

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QAHN Launches Project: The Identity of English-speaking Quebec in 100 Objects

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Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Third Annual “Local Legends Reading Series”

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Co-op pre-school spaces still available for 2012-13

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CEGEP seeking community organizations to host unpaid interns

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A free new service for caregivers: “Respite Saturdays”

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Besoin de logement

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AMI-Quebec: Free Support Groups October 2012

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