Municipal Training - Municipal Affairs

Municipal Training

Mandate:
Municipal Training is a departmental initiative serving the incorporated municipalities of Newfoundland and Labrador. The program exists to strengthen and improve the leadership, administrative, operational and other job related skills of municipal clerks, managers, councillors and other municipal employees. The program accomplishes this primary goal by providing training and continuing educational opportunities in areas of importance to municipal councils and their staff. The program also develops quality resource materials that municipalities can use as guides to improving the management and operational capabilities at the local level.

In November of 1999, the Department signed a Memoradum of Understanding with the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities (NLFM), Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Municipal Administrators (NLAMA) and the CCL forming a formal Municipal Training and Development Partnership. The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to give effect to the vision of the partners for municipal training and development:

Our vision for the future of municipal training and development is strong, effective and self-sustaining municipal government provided by knowledgeable competent elected officials and qualified professional staff through a partnership process between the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs, the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Municipal Administrators, and the Combined Councils of Labrador.

Municipal Training and Development Partnership is responsible to:

identify training needs of appointed and elected municipal officials
establish training priorities
prepare strategic municipal training plans
ensure that appropriate courses and materials are developed
research and develop training standards
develop and recommend training programs as required
research and develop alternate methods of delivery, as appropriate
develop communication mechanisms to coordinate training with other groups (e.g. Emergency Measures Division and The Office of the Fire Commissioner)
schedule and deliver training courses
conduct course and overall program evaluations
identify, access and manage appropriate resources, including those external to the partnership
undertake any other relevant municipal training and development activity

Contact Information:
Keith Warren, Director
Department of Municipal Affairs Main Floor (West Block)
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL
A1B 4J6

Telephone: (709) 729-5928
Facsimile: (709) 729-0477

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