About Our Association

EDANL is a not-for-profit association with a mission to build the capacity of those engaged in economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador and advance the practice as a distinct and recognized profession.

Upcoming Events

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  WEBINAR: EDANL 2026-2030 Strategic Plan Release

  Join the Board of Directors of the Economic Developers Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (EDANL) to learn about the organization’s new 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.

Latest News

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  Nominations are now open for the 2025 Economic Development Awards of Excellence!

  Award categories include: best community project; best regional project; best sector project; best marketing project; and economic developer of the year.

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  President’s Message – December 22, 2025

  Before the year runs out, I thought it would be important to touch base on a number of things that have recently happened – or are soon going to happen!

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  NL Economic Developers Training – December 11-12, 2025

  These courses were custom-designed for economic development practitioners in the province and past participants have reviewed them very favourably.

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  President’s Message – October 9, 2025

  We are in the thick of developing a new strategic plan. We have come up with some key findings and early thoughts. We test drove some of this at the conference and it seems like we are on the right track.

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  Exploits Valley Regional Economic Development (RED) RFPs and EOIs

  Municipalities in the Exploits Valley Region, in partnership with CBDC Central, have launched a Regional Economic Development (RED) Project to strengthen our communities and showcase our region’s unique potential.