First Nations Entrepreneurial Development Training and Financial Service Provider Community Futures Development Corporation of the Central Interior First Nations promotes and provides community economic development support services to First Nations people within the Central Interior area. Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations promotes and provides community economic development support services to First Nations People within the Thompson-Shuswap-Nicola-Fraser Canyon-Lillooet-Okanagan area. CFDC Of CIFN OBJECTIVES: - Remain community based and community controlled; - Recognize the autonomy of the communities of the geographical area; - Provide a forum for community/group/ individual interaction and co-operation; - Provide programs and services based on a First Nation's approach and a First Nations generated concept; - Assist with Human Resource and Skill Development; - Acknowledge and incorporate life styles and geographic's into our programs and services; - Utilize strategies consistent with cultural patterns and learning styles; - Promote the development of self-esteem and a positive Native economic development identity; - Maintain program goals, methods, structure and content that reflects the experience needs and backgrounds of our clients and communities & - Remain linked to the overall economic, social, political and development of the First Nations people.
