The Bas-Saint-Laurent Regional Development Consortium is a regional non-profit created by the eight local county municipalities of Bas-Saint-Laurent. It administers regional development funds and supports initiatives in social, economic, natural resources, environmental, cultural, and biofood sectors. View Bas-Saint-Laurent Regional Development Consortium's website for more information.
The CRD du Bas-Saint-Laurent is a regional non-profit that coordinates development priorities for the eight MRCs of Bas-Saint-Laurent. Its website shows that it does more than coordinate policy: it administers funding tools and sectoral agreements that support projects in the region.
Evidence on the site points to multiple funding and support streams, including the Regional Development Wind Fund and the Bas-Saint-Laurent Biofood Development Support Fund. The organization also references sectoral agreements and project-based initiatives in regional development, social development, natural resources, and the environment.
The organization’s calls and programs are aimed at municipalities, organizations, cooperatives, businesses, and project promoters whose initiatives align with regional priorities. It also supports collective efforts such as cultural creation and dissemination, collective transport, immigration regionalization, and social solidarity initiatives.
The site publishes annual reports and governance documents, and it identifies staff contact information for administrative follow-up. This suggests an established regional organization with an ongoing public role in coordinating and administering development funding.