Building Tomorrow: Getting Resilient Infrastructure Projects Ready for Financing Webinar

Tuesday March 5, 2024 | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm ET | Online

Investing in resilient infrastructure is a priority, but the price tag can be daunting. This challenge is particularly acute for municipalities which own and operate 60 percent of Canada’s public infrastructure but have limited capacity and revenue sources. So how can we build resilience at the local level in a way that is sustainable and financially viable? We explored this question in this interactive webinar. Participants heard from municipal and financial experts who were involved in the Financing Resilient Infrastructure Project (FRIP) and the creation of the Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit.

Workshop replay and presentation

Watch the replay to learn about FRIP, the resources included in the Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit, how to use these to prepare projects for financing, and listen in on the Q&A session. The webinar replay includes:  

• Welcome and FRIP overview by Adrián Tóth, ICLEI Canada (0:00:00)  
• FRIP presentation by Chad Park, Co-operators, and Paul Manias, Addenda Capital (0:08:06)  
• City of Saskatoon resilient infrastructure project presentation by Erin Placatka, City of Saskatoon (0:17:14) 
• City of Laval resilient infrastructure project presentation by Dominique Bastien, City of Laval (0:27:17) 
• Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit overview by Ewa Jackson, ICLEI Canada (0:40:11) 
• Panel discussion and Q&A session (0:55:38) 
• Final Remarks (1:26:28)   

Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit

The Getting Ready to Finance Toolkit is designed to help municipal practitioners prepare resilient infrastructure projects for financing. It contains examples of resilient infrastructure projects that could be implemented with the help of innovative financing, along with the tools needed to identify and prepare similar projects for financing based on the unique needs and circumstances of different communities.

Learn more about FRIP

Over the course of 2023, ten Canadian municipalities worked in partnership with ICLEI Canada and Co-operators to explore how municipal practitioners and financial experts can work together to finance resilient infrastructure projects. Project participants and financial experts had the opportunity to exchange insights on topics related to project feasibility and bankability (i.e., cash flows) and explore finance-related questions.