The Coalition has Six Areas of Focus for Action coming from the oneNS Commission Report:

1. Renewing Education and Our Future 4. Rebuilding our Trading Economy: Going global

2. Our Universities and NSCC: Co-op, apprenticeship and other opportunities 5. Responsible Development of Our Natural Resource Advantages

3. Energizing Entrepreneurship & Innovation 6. Adapting to a Changing Demographic: Retaining youth, attracting and retaining immigrants, enhancing workforce participation and aging wellWork Plan

 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 November 2014 January 2015 February 2015

Monthly Theme StartupEcosystems & Driving YouthEntrepreneurship

Global Competitiveness & Exports

Youth & International Student Retention

Youth & Social Entrepreneurship

Immigration, Welcoming Communities & Tourism

Workforce Participation

Coalition Meeting Date September 16th October 2nd November 14th November 27th January 13th February 10th

Objective 1: SETTING A COMMON AGENDA Define and assess our OneNS population, economic, and attitude challenges and set common agenda for concerted action across sectors, defining roles and responsibilities for actions along the way.

Youth out migration /fostering startups with PSE’s and the private sector

Introduction to Collective Impact

Nova Scotia’s Global Competitiveness and Trade

Nova Scotia in a 2 Speed World

Youth retention & international student attraction and retention

GHP Connector Program example

Me to We – The Power of Youth and Social Enterprises

Attracting and retaining interprovincial and international immigration

A Plan for Reaching Our Tourism Goals

Assessing and removing barriers to workforce participation

Opening up our workforces to greater participation

Speaker(s): Subject matter experts will present directly to the Coalition at each meeting. Where appropriate, presentations will be recorded and available to the public via the One NS Website

Thomas Storring, Department of Finance

Iain Klugman, CEO, Communitech

Kevin Lynch, BMOFormer Clerk of the Privy Council

Fred Morley, Greater Halifax Partnership

Saeed El-DarahalioneNS Coalition Immigration & Retention Action Team

Marc Kielburger, Co-Founder Me To We

David UptonCommon Good Solutions

Gerry Mills, Director of Operations, Immigrant Services Association of NSBen Cowan-Dewar, Chair, Nova Scotia Tourism AgencyMichele McKenzie, Former CEO Canadian Tourism CommissionJoella Foulds oneNS Coalition Immigration & Retention Action Team

TBD

Objective 2: TAKING ACTION NOWFollowing each meeting, the Coalition will publicly commit to undertaking 1-2 tangible actions toward achieving the One NS Report goals and game changers

Action Items: see Appendix A-Collective Impact-Start-up Ecosystems-Brilliant Labs-Volta-Ocean Sciences

Action Items: see Appendix A-cluster development -coordinated economic plan -Enhance private sector leadership

Action Items: see Appendix A-Strengthen connections between social enterprise and private sector

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A

Objective 3:DEVELOP 10-YEAR PLANProvide oversight and input into 10 year Comprehensive Development Plan (“CDP”)

Update Coalition on research and planning underway  

Research and Analysis Research and Analysis Coalition review and feedback on 10 year framework

Coalition review preliminary draft White Paper on CDP

Public consultation review White Paper, Draft Development Plan, and approve and commence consultation

Objective 4: MODEL BEHAVIOURCollaborate to foster and encourage concerted broad based action to achieve the 19 Goals of the OneNS Commission Report

Coalition Team Photo Attitude and Economic Growth: A Breakfast Conversation with Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, TD Bank

  Social Event: oneNS Holiday Reception “Winter Warm-up”

Social Event:oneNS “Winter Warm-up”hosted by Cape Breton Partnership

Business Community Leadership Event: “Push & Pull” of One NS

Objective 5:COLLECT, CONNECT AND AMPLIFY: TRACKING Action ItemS TO ACTION• Communications and Outreach • With Engage NS - Communicate with and engage

Nova Scotians in setting the path for Nova Scotia’s 10 year comprehensive development plan

-Coalition outreach-Mobilize action and tracking Action Items to-One NS Inforgraphic-Monthly newsletters updating One NS activity

Launch Social Media Events [guest tweeters]

One NS Comms plan

International Students “Convene and Focus” Session

Social Enterprise “Convene and Focus” Session

Commence consultation and additional engagement for 10 year CDP

12/17/2014

March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October ~November 2015

EnergizingEntrepreneurship

Cradle to Career: from Early Childhood Education to the Workforce

Getting More Out of Our Universities & Colleges: R&D, Innovation Labs & Entrepreneurship

Green Economy: Sustainable Natural Resource Development

Growth Clusters, Rural Communities& Economic Growth

Our Natural Resources Advantage

[Other topic(s) as determined by Coalition]

Planning for Next Phase COALITION OUTPUT

March 10th April 7th May 19th June 16th TBD TBD TBD

Energizing entrepreneurship

Presentation: HBR “How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution”

Education and our workforce: “cradle to careers” and “lost sheep”

Presentation: [TBD]

University R&D business

Presentation: Innovation

Green economy perspectives and our plan for economic growth

Presentation: [TBD] 

Economic growth around clusters

Presentation: [TBD]

Natural resources development and rural industries / effective development of our natural resource economy

Rural communities and global supply chains

Presentation: [TBD]

Setting the path for Phase III • Coalition as Collective Action Leader • Defining the challenge and confirm common

understanding of the problems to be addressed• Consensus on common agenda • Shared vision for change • Setting clear and measurable objectives • Strategic action framework (e.g. Collective

Impact) to achieve goals• Feed into Comprehensive Development Plan

(“CDP”)

TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD  

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A

Action Items: see Appendix A-Determine the Legislative changes required-Form Recos to legislature to introduce in Fall Session

 Action Items: see Appendix A

  •  Coalition leading by examples with Action Items to action

        Assess and incorporate feedback on White Paper (CDP)

Review draft of CDP Review & approval of final CDP  Approve CDP

• Coalition as Board overseeing development of White Paper and CDP

• Input, review and approval of CDP• Public Review & Feedback

OneNS Public Session(s): Sharing the Whitepaper Draft and One Year Update

  Multicultural Event  

        • Coalition as symbol/ catalyst for action • Modeling leadership behavior on multi-sector

collaboration

Entrepreneurship “Convene and Focus” session

Cradle to Career “Convene and Focus” session 

Engagement and Consultant on CDP oneNS Secretariat Getting More Out of Universities “Convene and Focus” session

Green & Natural Resource Economy “Convene and Focus” session

Economic Growth Clusters “Convene and Focus” session

Phase Two Shift to Phase III • Coalition as engagement /consultation partner • Ongoing engagement and input• Mobilizing and encouraging broad-based action• Communicating, collecting and amplifying

Appendix A: TAKING ACTION NOW

Following each meeting, the Coalition will publicly commit to undertaking 1-2 tangible actions toward achieving the One NS Report goals and game changers

Month + Theme Action Items

September 2014:Startup Ecosystems & Driving YouthEntrepreneurship

• Use collective impact as a foundational model for the work of the Coalition and the change that must take place in Nova Scotia.• Foster start-up ecosystems through effective interventions that begin early and continue throughout the lifecycle of a developing entrepreneur.• Work to bring Brilliant Labs to Nova Scotia to encourage early development of entrepreneurial skills.• Endorse Volta expansion to incubate more start-ups.• Encourage multi-sector mobilization to create an Ocean Sciences Innovation Centre in Dartmouth at the former Coast Guard Base.

October 2014Global Competitiveness and Exports

• Identify our comparative strengths and support cluster development of ‘champion’ industries and sectors to effectively compete on a global scale. • Facilitate the development a clear and coordinated economic plan that addresses leading economic sectors and includes the roles of universities, community colleges, industries, and governments• Ask the private sector to enhance leadership, serve as champions, become more vocal, provide mentorship, as well as support the 4Front Atlantic recommendations

November 2014Youth and International Student Retention

• Support and capitalize on the Social Enterprise sector’s ability to engage, train, retrain and attract youth, increase workforce participation of visible minorities and workers of all abilities, and to create economic growth across the province.

• Bring Social Enterprises and the Private Sector together to determine how social enterprise support can be incorporated into private sector models.

December 2014Youth & Social Entrepreneurship

January 2015Immigration, Welcoming Communities & Tourism

February 2015Workforce Participation

March 2015Energizing Entrepreneurship

April 2015Cradle to Career: from Early Childhood Education to the Workforce

May 2015Getting More Out of Our Universities & Colleges: R&D, Innovation Labs & Entrepreneurship

June2015Green Economy: Sustainable Natural Resource Development

July 2015Growth Clusters, Rural Communities& Economic Growth

August 2015Our Natural Resources Advantage