INDIGENOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

The Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice (CoP) is an EDA-funded group that brings together tribal economic development practitioners to learn from each other and build capacity to plan for, apply and secure funding for, and implement economic development projects.

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Who is Involved?

Community of Practice Participants

Current EDA Indigenous Communities grantees, current and prior recipients of EDA grants in tribal communities, and tribal programs and enterprises supporting economic development can serve as community members.

Resource Group

Professionals, academics, agency staff members and others who provide technical support and resources to tribal and Native economic development professionals but who are not themselves current or potential EDA grantees.

See where other CoP members are located and working from on the

Funding and Project Resources

The CoP convenes regular networking sessions, coordinates training and technical assistance opportunities, and develops and shares best practices and other economic development resources.

Events and Activities

What would you like to see discussed in the CoP? Who would you like to work with and learn from? How would you like the CoP to change in the future?

We want to hear FROM YOU

CoP Member Map & Database

  • IF YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE MAP/IN THE DATABSE or if YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOUR ORGANIZATION’S INFORMATION, FILL OUT THE MEMBER INFORMATION FORM.

    Community Participants:

    Sort and filter the dashboard based on topics you are looking for additional information on or need assistance with (i.e. GRANT WRITING). You can also sort and filter the dashboard based on the type of resource group you are looking to interact with (i.e. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION). Once filtered, you can click on the resource and community organizations that meet your criteria to find further information, including contact information, for each of them.

    Resource Group Members:

    Sort and filter the dashboard based on topics that the Community Participants are looking for additional information on or need assistance with (i.e. GRANT WRITING). You can also sort and filter the dashboard based on the type of resource group they are looking to interact with (i.e. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION). Once filtered, you can click on the community organizations on the map that meet your criteria to find further information, including contact information, for each of them.

    This database allows the user to sort by details in the following categories:

    EDA Region: sort by EDA region, find EDA contact or other members in the same region

    Topics: includes topics of interest members are interested in connecting with other members

    Sectors: includes sectors members currently work in

    Organization Type: sort by the type of organization

CoP Organizers