Yeah, so when the school of community government got developed, it was to help the communities when it was with the -- or the college and that. The problem was is that it didn't meet the needs of the communities. So these programs that we developed were for the communities. They did have a committee, an evaluation committee that looks at it and that there. But for further detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.
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Thank you. I don't have much more to add to what the Minister said. But there are a series of technical committees that provide administrative oversight and to help with the curriculum offered by the school. So that's how we do the -- you know, that ensuring those technical requirements are there and that the staff actually delivering the training to community governments has the proper technical background. Thank you.
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
One question, does the school of community government also offer the governance process with the leaders that are elected? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Thank you. Thank you. School of community government, questions? Member for Great Slave.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just looking at the website for A Brilliant North Program, and I note that it was -- the action plan was developed in 2010, and a lot of the targets and such are from around that time. So I'm just curious to know what the $565,000, what sort of phase or stage of this project is it in? Is it just continuing on with the work that Brilliant North did, or is there a new action plan since 2010? Thank you.
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Thank you. Actually there are discussions happening right now between us and the local government administrators of the NWT to determine is the action plan that we've been using all along, is it something we need to revisit or are we happy with it, or do we need a new one. So those discussions are ongoing right now. Thank you.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you for that. I'm glad to hear that. It seems -- and I'm going to actually dive further into this action plan later so I can get more details on it. But it seems like a good thing.
We've heard the department mention LGANT a couple times now, which is the Local Government Administrators of the NWT. And I know it's part of a national body. Can the Minister of the department speak to, like, how many people are in LGANT here in the North, like how does that work? It's, like, a third -- third party NGO-type scenario? Thank you.
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Thank you. So MACA primarily deals with two organizations. One is the NWT Association of Communities, which is the group that represents mayors and Chiefs. And the administrators group is the equivalent except at the senior administrative/Band manager level. So, you know, I deal a lot with LGANT/bureaucrat-to-bureaucrat versus the Minister dealing with the NWTAC at the political level. Thank you.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you. I appreciate that clarification. I think I knew that at some point in time and then sort of had this other vision because LGANT was always putting on -- or had for a while put on sort of events in the North. There was a fun disaster relief training one where everyone had to get together and figure out -- I think it came about because we were talking about a berm around Yellowknife if there had been a fire.
So I'm just curious to know is there more of that type of a thing being done with LGANT? It seemed like a great opportunity because then it's not just, you know, them getting together in the scenario of, like, always talking about necessarily work but almost forming a collegiate group of some sort. So I don't really know if I'm framing this right but maybe -- I see the DM nodding and hopefully she understands what I'm getting at. Thank you.
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Yes, so LGANT has an annual general meeting annually, and they do offer training. And their training is really geared to -- LGANT is really focused on supporting communities to recruit and train and retain their community government staff and sometimes focus really on those key administrative positions, so the senior administrative officer, the Band manager, or the, you know, director of corporate or the director of finance, those positions. And the -- you know, they really are about building public service capacity at the community government level. And they often frequently do get together and provide training to their membership or meet on areas of common interest. Thank you.