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Memorandum of Understanding

between

Association of Canadian Community Colleges
(hereinafter referred to as “ACCC”)

and

The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council
(hereinafter referred to as “CAHRC”)

(Hereinafter also jointly referred to as the “Parties”)

Background:

ACCC is the national and international voice of Canada’s colleges and institutes. Its mandate is to:

• To provide a forum in which member institutions share insight and experience and also learn from each other.
• To act as an advocate for member institutions, including the development of policy advice to government in human resources development and in areas that impact on life-long learning.
• To market the capabilities and capacity of member institutions to meet the education and training needs of Canada and other countries.
• To encourage partnerships among institutions, other agencies and organizations.

ACCC’s “Affinity Groups” are representatives of member institutions who share a similar position, a similar sectoral focus or some other common areas of interest and come together to share ideas, exemplary and problematic practices, advocacy concerns and who occasionally organize joint activities for knowledge exchange and to explore and promote their common interests.

Sector Councils are partnership organizations that address skills development issues in key sectors of the economy. Sector Councils work as a uniting element to engage businesses, workers, educators, professional associations and government in a strategic alliance that is focused on determining the skills and human resource needs that will enable the sector to thrive.

The objectives of ACCC’s Sectoral Liaison Initiatives are:

• to enhance the coordination of the college/institute network in assessing sectoral labour market challenges
• to increase the relevance and responsiveness of the college/institute network to emerging sectoral needs and requirements
  

ACCC and the Sector Councils wish to establish formal partnerships to address common issues related to human resource development. A key element of the collaborations will be the active engagement of the Association’s Affinity Groups.

Partnership:

CAHRC is the national human resource Sector Council for the agriculture industry. Its vision is to contribute to a thriving and internationally competitive Canadian agriculture sector with a skilled, well-trained, and technologically advanced workforce; its mission is to identify and develop innovative solutions to human resource issues in response to the needs identified by the Canadian agriculture sector. To accomplish this mission and achieve this vision, the Council must respond to the immediate human resource issues that are facing both employees and employers in this sector. CAHRC must also build a greater awareness amongst the agriculture industries, governments, and education institutions of human resource management issues and best practices–and the Council’s role in addressing these issues.

Whereas both parties have identified common areas of collaboration, it is understood that the Background and Partnership sections form an integral part of this Memorandum of Understanding, and the parties have freely and voluntarily agreed to the following:

Article I – Purpose

ACCC and CAHRC agree to work together to develop, implement and achieve joint projects and initiatives in pursuit of shared objectives in the field of human resources development, and in areas that impact education and training in the agricultural sector.

Article II – Areas of Collaboration

Whereas ACCC has an Affinity Network related to this sector, the Canadian Agricultural Education Network (CAEN), it is acknowledged that CAEN will be the core reference group in helping achieve the areas of collaboration.

ACCC and CAHRC agree to focus on the following areas of collaboration:

1. Participate in national partnership meetings
2. Develop a work plan detailing targeted activities and expected outputs for the periods April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009 and April 2009-March 31, 2010.
3. Work on collaborative Agriculture Initiatives and/ or Projects
   

Article III – Representation

ACCC will assist in identifying a community college/ cégep/ institute/ university-college representative to serve as an ex officio member of CAHRC’s Board of Directors.

Article IV – Term

This Memorandum of Understanding will be effective upon the date of the last signature until March 31, 2010 and may be amended and renewed upon mutual agreement of the parties.

Article V – Termination

This Memorandum of Understanding may be terminated by either party at any time.

Each of the signatories represents and warrants that he/she has the full authority to sign and enter into this Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the organization.

Jim Knight
President
Association of Canadian Community Colleges

Terry Murray
Chair
Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council