Length: 1.5 to 2 hours
Audience: All employees, especially those who interact directly with municipalities on PEI
This session provides a high-level, practical introduction to municipal governance in PEI, with a focus on how municipalities deliver services and interact with provincial government departments. The goal is to strengthen multi-level governance collaboration by helping government employees better understand municipal responsibilities, constraints, and opportunities.
Objectives:
- Educate: What is a municipality? What do municipalities in PEI do?
- Awareness: Do you live in a municipality? Does your client live in a municipality? Share the tools available to answer these questions.
- Understand: How does each department interact with PEI municipalities? What are the services that municipalities deliver? Such as managing infrastructure, conducting land-use planning, waste management, and planning for emergency response.
- Act: What role does the Municipal Affairs have? How do municipal government decisions impact the provincial government?
Applications in the workplace:
- Ability to identify how one's department works with the municipal level of government and recognize intergovernmental connections.
- Staff will be aware of the capacity of municipalities to engage in provincial programs or funding opportunities.
- To reflect on how municipalities in PEI play a role in the social, cultural, and economic life of Islanders living in a municipality. Understand how this interacts with the ongoing work of government.
Facilitators: Internal - Staff from the Municipal Affairs Division
Upcoming session: TBA
Location: Virtual (Microsoft Teams)