78 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 n e W Rel A t I ons HI p Fun D nrf Co R e A n D e n HA n C e D C A p ACI ty Fun DI n G The main focus of the Gover nment of Ontario New Relationship Fund NRF is to assist Metis and First Nations communities build fundamental consultation and engagement capacity so they can better engage with gover nments and the private sector on lands and r esour ces issues Thr ough NRF funding the MNO has devel oped multiyear consultation plans trained staf f conducted T raditional Knowledge and Metis W ay of Life stud ies gatherings inter views and r elated activities and developed a lar ge number of communications r esour ces Recent notable achievements As the charts indicate the MNO experienced a major incr ease in the number of consultations notices pr ocessed this year In 201213 appr oximately 15 million was leveraged fr om pr oponents and other stakeholders see Ad ditional funding and WOLF sections that follow Five funding agr eements wer e negotiated with pr oponents see Additional funding section Over 3000 pr oject notices wer e pr ocessed and disseminated to their r espective consultation committees The MNO was awar ded nine federal gover nment funding agr eements for consultation and engagement The MNO submitted 42 comments andor r eports r egar ding pr ojects The MNO deliver ed inter branch collaboration issues and opportunities training for nine consultation committees T raditional knowledge collection training sessions wer e conducted T raditional knowledge gr oup inter views wer e held in Kenora p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of Aboriginal Af fairs Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 13 s taf f located in f ort f rances Guelph Midland o ttawa Sudbury t hunder Bay t immins t or onto and W elland e ligible Clientele M no c ommunity c ouncils and P c M no r egional c ouncillors mno r egion o ne consul tat ion commit tee touring a t ikokan power plant in t he spring of 2013