MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 2

• For sub-volet 2.1, the financial aid application form.
• For sub-volet 2.2, the financial aid application form for regional cohort projects.
• For sub-volet 2.2, the plan de financement.
• For sub-volet 2.2, the Engagement d’une exploitation agricole dans une cohorte régionale annex for each participating producer.
• If applicable, a proxy or board resolution authorizing the signatory.

Who is eligible?

• Under sub-volet 2.1, legally constituted and MAPAQ-recognized groups of agricultural operations may apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.1, private organizations and non-profit organizations may apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.2, research establishments, technology transfer establishments, dissemination centres, and educational institutions may apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.2, private organizations, non-profit organizations, legally constituted and MAPAQ-recognized groups of agricultural operations, and municipal entities may apply.

Who is not eligible

• Under sub-volet 2.1, ministries, budgetary and non-budgetary public bodies, Crown corporations, government-controlled corporations, and municipal entities cannot apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.1, financial cooperatives and banking institutions cannot apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.1, applicants that derive financial benefits other than advisory services cannot apply.
• Applicants listed in RENA, under creditor protection or insolvency laws, or under an order made under the animal welfare law cannot apply.
• Under sub-volet 2.2, for-profit enterprises with more than 100 employees requesting $100,000 or more cannot apply if they cannot meet the employment equity requirements.

Eligible expenses

• For sub-volet 2.1, eligible costs include consultant fees and the salary, social charges, and benefits of the applicant’s or partners’ staff for time directly devoted to the project.
• For sub-volet 2.1, eligible costs also include communications, advertising and information dissemination, rentals of rooms, land, buildings, machinery, equipment, materials or tools, and the purchase of materials, inputs or services.
• For sub-volet 2.1, eligible travel and stay expenses for the applicant, consultants and partners are eligible under the government directive, as are organized participant transfers from a conference site to a demonstration site.
• For sub-volet 2.2 regional cohorts, flat-rate funding covers cohort coordination, recruitment of participating farm businesses, networking activities, knowledge-transfer activities, and incentives for farm businesses to implement agroenvironmental practices.
• Administration costs are eligible up to 15% of other eligible project expenses.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Activities focused on motivation, entertainment, personal growth, business coaching, or mentoring are not eligible under sub-volet 2.1.
• Activities aimed at a restricted audience, such as union or association members, are not eligible under sub-volet 2.1.
• Projects limited to exchange, reflection, or expertise-sharing activities are not eligible under sub-volet 2.1.
• Projects from fundamental research, applied research, experimental development, or technological adaptation are not eligible under sub-volet 2.2.
• Cannabis-related projects and additional cannabis products are not eligible under Volet 2.

• Collective reach or collective scope of the project.
• Quality of the approach or method used.
• Anticipated impacts on the adoption of agroenvironmental practices by farm businesses.
• Relevance, experience, and expertise of the project team, where applicable.
• Technical and financial feasibility, including the realism of project costs.

• Review the full Prime-Vert text and the documents for the relevant sub-volet.
• For sub-volet 2.1, complete the financial aid application form.
• For sub-volet 2.1, submit the required documents to the Agriconseils network in the region where the activity takes place at least 30 days before the activity.
• For sub-volet 2.2, consult the documents for the relevant intervention and email the required documents to Prime-Vert@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.
• Save the dynamic PDF form to your workstation and open it with Adobe Reader.

• MAPAQ sends an acknowledgement of receipt after the application is submitted.
• If the application is complete and the applicant and project are admissible, MAPAQ sends a confirmation of receivability.
• MAPAQ then informs the applicant by mail or email whether the project is funded.
• If the project is accepted, the applicant must sign the funding agreement; for sub-volet 2.2, the first payment is also conditional on receipt of copies of any required agreements between the applicant and its partners.
• For sub-volet 2.2, later payments are released after MAPAQ accepts the required deliverables and supporting documents, including the first-year annual cohort activity report and claim form for two-year projects, then the final annual cohort activity report and claim form before final payment.

• Applicants must highlight the Government of Quebec’s participation in any project dissemination or promotional activity.
• MAPAQ may make accepted final reports public.
• During the project and for five years afterward, applicants must allow MAPAQ to verify the project and keep related documents.