GOVERNANCE

Commitment 5.2.3 – We will work with Indigenous governments to jointly develop their human resource capacity, for example by finalizing and evaluating the existing pilot project with the Gwich’in Tribal Council.

The GNWT has been discussing the issue of capacity building with Canada and Indigenous governments in the context of fiscal and implementation side-tables associated with self-government negotiations, and at implementation committees associated with settled land, resources and self-government agreements.

The Gwich’in Tribal Council, GNWT and Canada have developed an intergovernmental Gwich’in Internship Program that will provide qualified Gwich’in candidates with on-the-job training, mentoring and skills development through consecutive one-year work placements with each government. The project is expected to employ nine interns in total, staggered over a five-year timeframe. The program began in September 2015.

Related Mandate Commitments

• Commitment 5.2.1 – We will seek to establish a joint committee between Cabinet Ministers and Regular Members to share information and discuss approaches on the advancement of land, resource, and self-government agreements as well as initiatives to enhance relationships with Indigenous governments.
• Commitment 5.2.4 – We will pursue an agreement with the federal government on the management of offshore resources.
• Commitment 5.2.5 – We will work to improve the NWT integrated resource management regime to ensure the regime reflects NWT interests and priorities.

For more information about this initiative, please contact the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs.