Local coordination committees

The CSSSs and Youth Centres of the territories associated with the study have agreed to assume local leadership of the AIDES initiative and to put into place the full range of conditions and resources required for successfully carrying out the evaluation process. To facilitate this, they have appointed liaison officers, who will ensure the satisfactory progression of the project on a day-to-day basis, actively participate in research activities, and be responsible for the coordination and facilitation of local committee meetings. The committees have the mandate to ensure that the evaluation is connected to daily practice in a meaningful way. Besides their implication in the definition and implementation of these new practices throughout the network, these local actors will participate in the follow-up and evaluation of the project. Workshops and seminars will be held during the committee meetings to present the purpose and procedures of the research, as well findings, observations, and collected data.