Outcome management research on the 14 Welcoming Francophone Communities pilot initiative.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is seeking proposals for research projects that will provide an overarching monitoring and assessment of the welcoming Francophone Community initiative over the life cycle of the action plan. Key findings from national consultations in the context of the Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-2023 and the Evaluation of the Immigration to Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Initiative (July 2017) revealed that the integration pathway for French-speaking immigrants is fragmented and more needs to be done to improve their integration into Francophone communities outside Quebec. IRCC’s Welcoming Francophone Communities Initiative is a community-based three-year pilot project in response to Francophone Minorities Communities (FMCs) request expressed in 2015 and 2017 consultations on Francophone immigration. The study must focus on newcomers, and as often as possible on French-speaking newcomers settling in the Welcoming Francophone Communities. This includes refugees as well as immigrants (permanent resident) from any immigration class in Canada. ***Amendment 1 is raised to answer questions from potential bidders, see attached document titled Questions and Answers - 1.*** ***Amendment 2 is raised to correct the closing date on the cover page of the RFP, see attached document titled RFP - 151334-A.***  ***Amendment 3 is raised to answer questions from potential bidders, see attached document titled Questions and Answers - 2.*** ***Amendment 4 is raised to answer questions from potential bidders, see attached document titled Questions and Answers - 3.***