Partnering
In the context of the Federal Identity Program, “partnering” refers to shared-cost programs and federal contributions covered under various Treasury Board policies.
Overview of requirements for partnering and collaborative arrangements
1. Technical specifications
All partnering activities with external organizations, including joint or sponsored activities and collaborative arrangements with other levels of government and the private sector, must comply with Directive on the Management of Communications and Federal Identity requirements. This means that departments are responsible for ensuring that the Government of Canada receives fair and visible acknowledgement for its contributions, and that all partners are fairly acknowledged in all partnering and collaborative arrangements.
The requirements for partnering activities are found in the following technical specifications:
2. Responsibility
Deputy heads are accountable for implementing Treasury Board policies within their department. Heads of communications are responsible for the effective management of the Government of Canada’s corporate identity in their department. This includes coordinating the use of the official symbols based on mandatory specifications for all fields of application.
3. Official symbols
The official symbols of the Government of Canada, text acknowledgements or the combination of both are used in partnering activities undertaken by the Government of Canada with other levels of government, other jurisdictions or public and private organizations. Departments may only use symbols that have been approved by the Treasury Board for their partnering activities.
Departments that do not have an approved applied title use the Government of Canada signature until the required approvals have been received.
4. Other marks, symbols or graphic elements
The Policy on Communications and Federal Identity prohibits departments from using logos without prior approval of Treasury Board ministers. This applies to all logos used to identify a department’s programs, services, assets, products, and internal and external activities.
Participants in a partnering initiative may agree to create an independent or unique identity to further the public communications objectives. Any symbol associated with such an identity is used only for joint communications, products and activities that are part of the initiative, and cannot be used or promoted in Government of Canada communications or activities.
5. Official languages
General requirements for the order of official languages are detailed in the Design Standard for the Federal Identity Program.