Workplace Skills Initiative
The Workplace Skills Initiative (WSI) 2008-2009 Call for Proposals is now closed. The WSI would like to thank all those who applied and/or expressed interest in this Initiative.
The Workplace Skills Initiative (WSI) funds demonstration projects which respond to a range of skills-related challenges in Canadian workplaces, in order to improve productivity and position Canada to effectively compete in the global knowledge-based economy.
The WSI invites eligible organizations and their partners to develop concept papers that address one of the following priority areas:
1. To identify, test, and demonstrate innovation in employee skills development in Canadian workplaces with a view to addressing skills shortages. This could include innovative management and leadership practices; vertical mobility and lateral experiences/opportunities; and/or working with employees to identify and upgrade skills and knowledge. Approved projects will contribute to the body of innovative models that provide Canadian employers with a range of approaches to improving their HR practices and the skills of employees.
2. To identify, test and demonstrate innovative approaches to organizational changes to workplace environments that contribute to the improved productivity of Canadian firms. This could include employee engagement and decision making; teaming and/or other collaborative work design processes; management/leadership practices; and/or scheduling or organization of work. Approved projects addressing this priority will form the basis of a body of best practice models contributing to the impact on workplace productivity achieved through organizational changes in management culture, human resource practices and work structure and organization.
Federal contributions under this Call for Proposals must not exceed a maximum of $3 million per year with project completion expected by March 31, 2010.
The Workplace Skills Initiative 2008-2009 Call for Proposals is now closed.
