Mission
New North – SANC Services Inc. (Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities) is organized to:
- Advocate the issues and concerns on behalf of the Northern Communities within the Northern Administrative District (NAD) of Saskatchewan;
- Organize and co-ordinate capacity building training and development activities for the municipal governments and organizations; and
- Build and maintain strategic relationships.
Advocacy includes identifying the issues of importance to northerners and northern municipalities and communicating with other governments and organizations to inform them of the issues and the ways to resolve these issues. It includes acting and speaking on behalf of northern municipalities in meetings and activities set up by governments to discuss issues that affect the northern people and municipalities.
Capacity Building is about improving the knowledge, skills and abilities of northerners and northern municipalities. It should include governance, management, and community economic development. There is a need to raise the capacity to some minimum level and to look at structural means of building capacity for municipal governments of small communities.
Strategic Relationships are constructive relationships, partnerships and cooperative arrangements with other organizations and governments to promote the interests of northerners or to achieve mutual benefits.
Goals
In attaining its mission, SANC:
- Will promote fair and equitable policies and procedures for all Northern Communities.
- Will speak and act on behalf of the Northern Communities in pursuit of both common objectives and issues of common interest.
- Shall provide leadership for Northern Communities and create a forum to raise public and government awareness of Northern specific issues; and
- Shall support existing and future community initiatives
- Implement North Strategic Action Plan with its emphasis on community capacity building.
