a portion of mainland Nova Scotia. Planned spending for 2015-2016 consisted of $171 million for enterprise development, $89 million for community development, $25 million for internal services, and $11 million for policy, advocacy, and coordination. Atlantic Innovation Fund The Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) is a funding program run by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help Canadian organizations in Atlantic Canada to develop innovative products and services. This program is highly competitive. Project proposals go through an extensive external review process. To be eligible for this program, the project must be based in Atlantic Canada, have a potential commercial value and include a large R&D component. The average funding level is about $2 million per project. Average project duration is about two years. Locations ACOA encompasses the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Its head office is located at the Blue Cross Centre in Moncton, NB, along with a liaison office in Ottawa. Other offices of ACOA are located in: New Brunswick Fredericton (regional office) Edmundston Miramichi Grand Falls (northwest office) Tracadie-Sheila Campbellton Saint John (Fundy region office) Bathurst (northeast office) Moncton (southeast office) Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's (regional office) Clarenville Gander Grand Falls-Windsor Corner Brook Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Labrador office) Marystown Nova Scotia Halifax (regional office) Church Point (Annapolis/Digby office) Antigonish (Antigonish/Guysborough/Pictou office) Truro (Colchester office) Amherst (Cumberland office) Windsor (Hants/Kings office) Bridgewater (Lunenburg office) Port Hawkesbury Shelburne (Shelburne/Queens office) Sydney Yarmouth Prince Edward Island Charlottetown (regional office) Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED; ; legal title: Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) is the regional development agency responsible for promoting economic expansion in Quebec by promoting small and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit economic organizations. Before 1998, CED was called the Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec. The agency is under the supervision of the Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. Under its Act, which came into effect on 5 October 2005, the object of the Agency is to promote the long-term economic development of the regions of Quebec by giving special attention to those where slow economic growth is prevalent or opportunities for productive employment are inadequate. CED works with a network of partners, which includes: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Business Network, Investissement Québec, Ministère de l'Économie et