From March 26 to 28, 2025, you are cordially invited to the Forces Fraîches Winter Summit 2025, with the mission of providing a benevolent space for meetings, exchanges and collective intelligence around inter-sectoral cohabitation on public lands in Quebec.
VISION
A 48-hour gathering in Murdochville of 100 change agents from 17 regions of Quebec:
Recreation and tourism project developersAboriginal community representativesElected officialsMunicipal, provincial and federal government officialsSMEs and multinationals with interests on Crown land Representatives of environmental protection organizations Researchers
PRELIMINARY PLANNING
Accessibility, industrial cohabitation and land protection Business models, financing and sustainability of recreational tourism projects in a remote regionCollaboration between project developers, government officials and elected representativesSeasonality / 4-season diversification / Resilience How to analyze the social and environmental impact of projects
The program is the fruit of a consultation process orchestrated by Forces fraîches with entrepreneurs, project developers, government representatives (MRNF, MTO, MEIE, MELCCFP, MAM), representatives of economic development organizations (municipalities, MRC, chambers of commerce, ATR, ATS) and representatives of environmental organizations (OBV, CRE, etc.).
The Forces fraîches Winter Summit 2025 is an original idea from Forces fraîches, in collaboration with the Pôle d'économie sociale Gaspésie-Île-de-la-Madeleine, Murdochville's Chic Chac and CK7.