Assistance program for partnerships and industrial clusters

Website and Administrative Organization(s):		Assistance program for partnerships and industrial clusters Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation (Government of Quebec)
Relevance:		Program or service that provides support to a wide range of firms, with no specific emphasis on innovation or technology.
Industry:		All Industries
Location:		Quebec
Objective(s):		The assistance program for partnerships and industrial clusters supports exceptional projects involving partnerships with regional or Quebec-wide organizations representative of their sector and whose primary mission is focused on Quebec's economic development.
Focus:		Financing Cluster Inception and Networking Market Information Information Sharing
Eligibility:		Eligibility criteria: non-profit organizations having their head office in Quebec; and sectoral organizations or associations of businesses in the private sector, cooperatives or social economy businesses having their head office or principal place of business in Qubec and whose projects to assist sectoral or regional collaboration, or market development are directly related to carrying out the mission of the ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation.
Value:		Project contribution: Non-refundable contribution of up to 40 percent of eligible expenses incurred to carry out the project. Funding provided by organizations with intervention funds from municipal, provincial and federal government agencies must be included in total government funding.
Application Process:		Contact a local regional office.