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Advocacy
9 Aug 2018

The Policy Readiness Tool is a self-administered questionnaire that can be used to assess a community or organization’s readiness for policy change. Included in the questionnaire is a series of strategies for working with communities

Advocacy
8 Aug 2018

As part of RMA’s resolution process, municipalities are encouraged to submit resolutions to their districts for discussion and endorsement prior to forwarding them to RMA for inclusion on the resolution agenda at each convention. To

Advocacy
2 Aug 2018

Submit your application before August 20th if your municipality interested in hosting While there are a few spaces left for SDAB clerk training, the workshops being offered by AUMA, RMA, and Municipal Affairs for SDAB

Advocacy
2 Aug 2018

Provide feedback to the Minister of Transportation or through a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) submission. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act is applicable to any person importing, offering for transport, handling, or transporting certain

Advocacy
2 Aug 2018

Innovators in biotechnology, electricity, and sustainable transportation are being challenged to bring their best technology ideas forward. Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced the BEST (Biotechnology, Electricity and Sustainable Transportation) Challenge, with $70 million in

Advocacy
2 Aug 2018

This is the sixth year that Alberta Open Farm Days has celebrated Alberta’s agriculture and agri-tourism industry. Farms and those in the agriculture industry will once again be opening their doors for Alberta Open Farm

Advocacy
2 Aug 2018

The Government of Alberta has announced a continuous intake period for Investing in Canada Plan applications. Originally, the first intake period closed August 1, 2018, with a second intake period to be determined later in

Advocacy
26 Jul 2018

The RMA, AUMA and IAMA have wrapped up the asset management workshops held in Spring/Summer and workbooks from the sessions are now available online. The asset management workshops that were held across Alberta over four

Advocacy
26 Jul 2018

The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) is improving how it reports on human footprint information in Alberta. A comprehensive overview of the status of the human footprint is now available as an interactive online report

Advocacy
26 Jul 2018

Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) and Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), with Municipal Affairs are offering FREE workshops SDABs are an essential part of the land use planning and development framework in Alberta. The board

Advocacy
26 Jul 2018

The RMA will be sharing the province’s moisture situation reports throughout the summer and fall in the side bar of the RMA Contact Newsletter. The Government of Alberta regularly provides moisture reports for the entire

Insurance
19 Jul 2018

A fire can be an unpredictable and frightening event. Although we always hope that no one will ever have to face a fire in one of your facilities, we always recommend that it is best

Advocacy
19 Jul 2018

If you have not yet attended the Government of Alberta ICF and IDP workshop, this is what you need to know The Government of Alberta is creating an electronic fillable document to be used when

Advocacy
18 Jul 2018

The Investing in Canada plan is a federal program that will contribute approximately $3.4 billion in infrastructure funding to Alberta over ten years. For more details on the Investing in Canada plan, click here or

Advocacy
18 Jul 2018

The conference offers a number of valuable sessions for municipalities and agriculture producers. Several rural municipalities, the Government of Alberta, and non-profit organizations have come together to put on a one-day event focused on building

Advocacy
12 Jul 2018

As per the Municipal Government Act (MGA), it is mandatory for training to be taken before April 1, 2019 The MGA includes a requirement for SDAB members and clerks to undergo mandatory training based on