Partnership Development Project (Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation and Rural Municipality of Pipestone)
- Location: Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, Rural Municipality of Pipestone, MB
- Project Partners: Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Indigenous Services Canada, and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Project Description
Funded by Indigenous Services Canada, the Waste Management Partnership Development Program (PDP) is an interactive capacity-building program focused on building positive relationships and establishing partnerships between First Nations and their neighbouring municipalities to support improved solid waste management. PDP establishes joint working groups between First Nations and Municipal governments and provides neutral third-party facilitation of those meetings to assist in the regionalization of solid waste management in Manitoba. A key method of achieving this is at the community-level is through the development of mutually-beneficial long-term solid waste service agreements between First Nations and neighbouring municipalities.
Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and the Rural Municipality of Pipestone agreed to work in partnership to support improved solid waste management in their region. With the term of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and the Rural Municipality of Pipestone’s solid waste services agreement coming to a close, both parties were interested in working together to develop a new and improved agreement. The two communities formed a working group and met regularly over the course of a year with neutral third-party facilitation provided by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources.
Funded by Indigenous Services Canada, the Waste Management Partnership Development Program (PDP) is an interactive capacity-building program focused on building positive relationships and establishing partnerships between First Nations and their neighbouring municipalities to support improved solid waste management. PDP establishes joint working groups between First Nations and Municipal governments and provides neutral third-party facilitation of those meetings to assist in the regionalization of solid waste management in Manitoba. A key method of achieving this is at the community-level is through the development of mutually-beneficial long-term solid waste service agreements between First Nations and neighbouring municipalities.
Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and the Rural Municipality of Pipestone agreed to work in partnership to support improved solid waste management in their region. With the term of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and the Rural Municipality of Pipestone’s solid waste services agreement coming to a close, both parties were interested in working together to develop a new and improved agreement. The two communities formed a working group and met regularly over the course of a year with neutral third-party facilitation provided by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources.
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Project Results:
- Working Group established with members from Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and the Rural Municipality of Pipestone
- Regular working group meetings to discuss regional solutions to local problems such as solid waste management, invasive species control, and water and wastewater services
- Monthly working group meetings over the course of a year
- Signed a three-year solid waste services agreement