MRC de Mékinac — FRR Stream 2

• Project submission form
• Required supporting documents listed in the program materials

Who is eligible?

• Legally constituted non-profit organizations
• Municipalities and MRCs, including related municipal and intermunicipal bodies
• Public-sector organizations linked to education or peri-municipal sectors
• Cooperatives providing community services
• Promoters contributing to job creation in the MRC of Mékinac

Who is not eligible

• Projects already funded by a similar program and renewed automatically without justification
• Projects that are not compliant with existing government policies, laws, or regulations
• Projects that are too similar to ongoing initiatives and may create competition

Eligible expenses

• Salaries and wages linked to the project
• Professional fees
• Capital expenditures for land, buildings, equipment, machinery, and related assets
• Technology, software, and patent acquisition
• First-year working capital

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Daily operating costs of the organization
• Infrastructure, services, or routine work usually funded by municipal budgets or government programs
• Costs incurred before the funding agreement is signed
• Debt service, future loan repayment, or projects already completed

Eligible geographic areas

• MRC of Mékinac, Quebec

• Applications are first reviewed for admissibility.
• Eligible files are analyzed by the coordinator and presented to the recommendations committee.
• The committee makes a recommendation to the MRC council, which makes the final decision.
• Approved projects require a funding agreement before payments are made.
• Payments are issued once the agreement conditions are met and reports are accepted.

• Applications are reviewed through a recommendations committee and then the MRC council.
• Funding is paid only after the conditions in the agreement are met.
• Applicants may be supported by the FRR-Volet 2 coordinator before submission.