2. Janice Vogtle
Deputy Director and Trade Commissioner, Ontario Region
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Innovation Information Forum
June 1, 2011

3. Contents
• Role of DFAIT
• Role of the Trade Commissioner
Service
• Role of the Ontario Regional Office and
staff
• Detailed review of the Going Global
Innovation funding program

4. Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
• Represents Canada around the world through
– embassies, consulates and trade offices,
– participation in multilateral institutions
– international treaties and arrangements.

5. DFAIT’s four key functions
• Coordinating international policy-making
• Promoting Canadian interests, values and
expertise abroad
• Assisting Canadians by providing global
commerce, consular and passport services
• Supplying a physical platform outside Canada

6. Did you know…
• DFAIT is staffed with more than 11,000
employees, more than 7000 abroad.
• DFAIT provides an international platform and
policy integration for 22 federal government
departments
• Many provinces have co-located staff at
Canadian embassies and consulates
• An integrated network of 12 regional offices
across Canada – posts abroad - Ottawa HQ

7. The Canadian Trade Commissioner
Service (TCS)
Canada’s most comprehensive network of
international trade professionals.
Located in
– more than 170 cities worldwide, 18 offices
across Canada.
– serve between 10,000 and 15,000 Canadian
companies per year

8. Delivering value to businesses
We can help companies succeed globally through four
key services:
1. Preparation for international markets
2. Market-potential assessment
3. Qualified contacts
4. Problem solving

9. Preparing for international markets
Our trade commissioners in Canada help SMEs:
• determine whether they are internationally competitive;
• decide on a target market;
• collect market and industry information; and
• enhance their international business strategies to export,
invest and innovate.

10. Building Canada’s economy
The TCS promotes Canada’s economic
interests in the global marketplace.
The TCS facilitates:
• Foreign-market access • Technology transfer
(FTAs, Economic Cooperation
• Licensing agreements
Agreements, FIPAs)
• Joint-venture development
• Trade leads
• Investment in Canada (FDI)
• Exports
• Canadian direct investment
• Business contacts abroad (CDIA)
• Events
• Research and development
(R&D) partnerships

11. Leveraging Partnerships
The TCS
• has an unparalleled network of contacts around the
world. And that network starts at home.
• connects you to its partners through its regional
offices across Canada. Partners include:
• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
• Provincial economic development organizations
• Business and industry associations

12. DFAIT Ontario Regional Office:
Organizational Structure
• Director & STC (Toronto – 29 staff)
• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
• ICT & Health Industries
• Investment, Innovation & Services
• Info-Centre and Client & Administrative
Services
– Satellite Offices: Windsor, Waterloo,
Ottawa

13. DFAIT’s Global Commerce Support
Programs
• Global Opportunities - Associations
Support for national associations to undertake international
business development activities
• Invest Canada Communities Initiative
For communities to attract, retain and expand FDI
• Investment Cooperation Program (INC)
Support for new and existing investments abroad
• Going Global Innovation
Financial assistance for Canadian researchers to help develop
international R&D partnerships

14. International Science and Technology Partnerships
Program (ISTPP)
• The International Science and Technology
Partnerships Program (ISTPP) is a $20 million
program managed by DFAIT, but delivered by an
arms-length organization (ISTPCanada).
• The program is aimed at building S&T relationships
with key partners in four countries (India, China,
Brazil and Israel).
• Funding supports bilateral research projects and
stimulates bilateral networking to develop new
partnerships geared at the commercialization of
R&D.

15. What is Going Global Innovation?
• A grant that promotes and enhances Canada’s international
innovation efforts.
• Assists Canadian researchers in pursuing international
R&D collaborative opportunities through the development
of partnerships with key players in other countries/
economies.
• Supports activities (projects) that aim to build on targeted
relationships between Canadian companies and/or
researchers and key players in other countries

16. Who is eligible to apply?
• Canadian researchers from:
– Canadian SMEs,
– Canadian universities;
– Canadian non-government research centres
• Preference given to groups of applicants representing
various research organizations

17. What costs are eligible?
• Up to 75% of eligible project costs can be reimbursed
Eligible project costs:
• Travel and related costs
– airfare, local transportation, accommodation, meals and incidentals
• Other non-research costs such as:
– Meeting costs (workshops and seminar expenses, hospitality)
– Pursuit of large scale projects (such as EU Framework)
– Prorated costs for: the development of legal documentation to
solidify a R & D partnership; translation services; photocopies,
printed materials
Activities and costs that are not eligible are:
– research and development activities
– commercial and business activities
– activities not directed at establishing specific partnerships
(licensing; technology transfer; developing a web presence;
retrofitting an existing technology for a local market)

18. Other Terms? Deadlines?
• Applicants must request a minimum of $5,000 to
be considered
• Maximum payable to any organization for an
approved project is $75,000
• Stacking limit is 75%
• Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks in
advance of the project commencement date.

19. 2010-11 GGI Projects - Sector Focus

20. 2008-2010 GGI by Country of Destination
Almost 70% of projects are focused on top 7 priority markets:
China, USA, Germany, Japan, UK, France, and India

21. Local Success Story
WIN (Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology)
• GGI supported WIN’s nanotechnology missions to Japan in
2009 and 2010, and to Israel in 2010.
• GGI supported a 2008 mission to India establish a research
partnership with counterparts, and supported a follow-up
mission there in 2010.
– Quote from WIN:
» The outcomes of the [GGI-funded] Israel trip (Nov 2010) were
some of the most tangible to date: 3 research collaborations, 1
Material Transfer Agreement, 1 economic partnership, and a
commitment to a reciprocal research and investment visit to
Waterloo in the Spring by the leaders of the top
nanotechnology institutes in Israel.
» Similar to the GGI funded trips to Japan and India, the Israel
trip will form the foundation for many collaborations,
investments and S&T Policy considerations to come.

22. ISTPP Contact information
Valerie La Traverse
Deputy Director, Innovation, Science & Technology Division
DFAIT, Ottawa
Tel: (613) 995-9468
Email: Valerie.Latravers@international.gc.ca
Going Global Innovation Contact Information
Pratima Rao
Trade Commissioner, Innovation, Science and Technology
DFAIT Ontario Regional Office, Toronto
Phone: 416 973-5190
Email: pratima.rao@international.gc.ca
GGI Program Administrators in DFAIT/Ottawa
Yvonne Lauzon/Erika Mallett
Phone: 613 995-7920
Email: innovation@international.gc.ca
Website: http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/science/going_global.jsp