The Conseil de développement économique de l’Alberta operates in a number of key sectors.

Services to SME
This sector involves all services relating to the start up and the operation of businesses. CDÉA does not offer any financing to small business.

Community economic development
This sector references the capacity building of francophone communities and, equips them to better meet their needs.

Knowledge base
This sector is primarily devoted to helping SME’s to familiarize themselves and use technologies to conduct business.

Youth integration
The activities in this sector focus primarily on the development of skills and competencies to better integrate and function in the work force.

Tourism
Promotes the Alberta tourism destination on the Québec and France Markets. Creates a level of traffic allowing bilingual and francophone companies to benefit from added value opportunities.

Rural development
All activities in this sector support the preparation of economic development plans based on the improvement of their capacities to function and the improvement of work and revenue opportunities.