Fact Sheet:
Justice Partnership and Innovation Program

Introduction

The Justice Partnership and Innovation Program is designed to provide support for short-term projects that facilitate access to justice through various means such as the development of new approaches, the dissemination of law-related information and the testing of pilot projects with a view to contributing to policy development to ensure that the justice system remains accessible, efficient and effective and reflects Canadian values.  The objectives of the Program are:

• To promote and encourage involvement in the identification of emerging trends, issues and/or gaps and possible responses with respect to the justice system.
• To promote innovations in the justice system to ensure greater access to the justice system.
• To build knowledge, awareness, understanding and informed dialogue among justice stakeholders and/or the public on justice issues including access to justice, racism, official languages, anti-terrorism, sentencing and other emerging justice issues, including justice related issues in the international fora.
• To inform Canadians about access to justice issues and the justice system in order to contribute to increased public understanding, participation, confidence and trust in the justice system.

Considerations

• Projects must link to at least one of the priorities of the Program in order to be eligible for funding consideration.
• The same project will not be funded for more than three consecutive years.
• The decision regarding funding may take approximately twelve weeks after the Department has received the completed application.  If the application is not complete, the applicant will be contacted and asked to provide the missing information.
• The Justice Partnership and Innovation Program undergoes an extensive evaluation every five years.  Your project information will be held on file after your project’s completion and will be included as part of this evaluation.  In the event that your project is chosen for follow-up, departmental officials may contact you to request your participation in the evaluation.
• As funds are limited, it is not possible to fund all projects that meet the eligibility criteria.  Projects that demonstrate that they can best meet the information needs of the Department will be given priority consideration.

For further information, you can:

• Phone the program manager at (613) 941-4193
• Fax us at (613) 941-2269
• Send us an e-mail at: pb-dgp@justice.gc.ca
• Visit our website at: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/pb-dgp/
• Or write to us at:
  Programs Branch                        
  Department of Justice
  284 Wellington Street, 6^th Floor
  Ottawa, Ontario 
  K1A 0H8