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Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses
Supports workforce training for productivity
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Funding available
$ 500,000
Deadline
Unspecified
Location
Quebec, Canada
Who can apply
The applicant must be an eligible collective proponent as defined by the call for projects.
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Overview
Productivité-Compétences helps eligible collective promoters in Quebec deliver training projects that strengthen workforce skills, employability, and productivity. It can reimburse up to 100% of eligible expenses for needs analysis, training development, adaptation, and delivery, depending on the call for projects.
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At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Improve governance or administrative structure
- Increase operational productivity
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 85% of project cost
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Quebec
Legal structures
- Financial cooperative
- Non-financial cooperative
- For-profit business
- Non-profit
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- 100 employees maximum
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- All industries
Target groups
- All the groups
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- All dimensions
Next Steps
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Determine your project
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Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Training needs analysis
- Development of training
- Adaptation or updating of existing training
- Delivery of existing training
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- The applicant must be an eligible collective proponent as defined by the call for projects.
- The collective proponent must have a Québec enterprise number and correspond to a permanently established group of organizations.
- Eligible groups may include employers' associations, legally constituted workers' associations, parity committees established pursuant to a decree, and sectoral workforce committees.
- Eligible groups include principals with an accredited training service, franchisors operating a business under their banner, training mutuals recognized by the CPMT, and Indigenous organizations working in employability and skills development.
Eligible expenses
- Salaries for participants in pilot projects, workers in training, and eligible internal project staff
- Professional fees or salaries for consultants, trainers, and subject-matter experts
- Costs to develop, adapt, update, or deliver training materials and supports
- Registration fees, room or equipment rental, and testing costs for training delivery
- Travel, meals, accommodation, taxes, promotion, and project administration costs
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Activities carried out before project acceptance
- Activities excluded by the call for projects
- Colloquia, congresses, symposiums, lunch-and-learns, and similar events
- Self-directed training without a formal framework
- Information sessions
How to apply
- Submit the project as part of a call for projects.
- Complete the application form.
- Submit all the documents required for the relevant call.
Processing and Agreement
- If a project is accepted, the promoter must manage it and comply with the subsidy agreement.
- The promoter must monitor project expenses and submit complete payment requests.
- The promoter must measure the indicators identified in the financial assistance application and keep all supporting documents.
- Funded promoters must complete a final report showing numbers trained, supported expenses, and whether objectives and targets were met.
Additional information
- The program is administered through calls for projects.
- It is financed through the Fonds de développement et de reconnaissance des compétences de la main-d’œuvre.
- A collective promoter may establish partnerships with other organizations to implement training projects.
- Funded organizations must follow the government visibility agreement for communication tools and campaigns.
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Availability timeline
2026
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses Program
What is the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses?
Productivité-Compétences helps eligible collective promoters in Quebec deliver training projects that strengthen workforce skills, employability, and productivity. It can reimburse up to 100% of eligible expenses for needs analysis, training development, adaptation, and delivery, depending on the call for projects.
How much funding can be received?
Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses Funds up to 85% of admissible expenses, capped at $500,000 per project.
Who is eligible for the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses program?
To be eligible for the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses program, you must:
Be submitted under a current call for projects
Be led by an eligible collective promoter defined in the call
Serve workers from at least two businesses through a qualifying training project
What expenses are eligible under Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses?
Training needs analysis
Development of training
Adaptation or updating of existing training
Delivery of existing training
Who can I contact for more information about the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses?
You can contact Government of Québec by email at partenaires@mess.gouv.qc.ca or by phone at 4186439796.
Where is the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses available?
The Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses program is available the province of Quebec.
Is the Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Productivity-Skills — AI Training for Innovative and Agile Businesses is a Grant and Funding