EDA Partner Program
Partner With EDA
Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) partners with organizations that share a commitment to advancing economic development, strengthening communities, and supporting long-term prosperity across Alberta.
Many Ways to Partner. One Shared Goal.
EDA partnerships are designed to create meaningful value for both partners and the economic development professionals, communities, businesses, and elected officials we serve.
If your goal is to increase visibility, build relationships, share expertise, support professional development, contribute to the growth of the profession, then EDA offers partnership opportunities tailored to your objectives.
As an EDA partner, your organization will be recognized for its commitment to strengthening Alberta’s economic development ecosystem while gaining access to a highly engaged network of practitioners, community leaders, and decision-makers from across the province.
With a variety of partnership options available, EDA can help you identify the level of engagement, recognition, and impact that best aligns with your organization’s goals, budget, and areas of interest.
Together, we can build stronger communities, support economic growth, and create lasting value for Alberta.
Ways to Partner
Event Partnerships
Showcase your organization and connect directly with Alberta’s economic development community through sponsorship of EDA’s signature events. Event partnerships provide opportunities to build relationships, increase brand visibility, demonstrate thought leadership, and engage with economic development professionals, municipal leaders, elected officials, businesses, and sector partners from across the province.
Best for: Visibility, networking, relationship-building, event presence, and brand recognition.
Partnership Opportunities Include:
Program and Project Partners
Support programs and initiatives that help build stronger communities, enhance economic resilience, and advance economic development capacity across Alberta. Program and project partnerships allow organizations to align their support with specific initiatives that create lasting impact and demonstrate leadership in economic development.
These partnerships provide opportunities to contribute expertise, resources, and investment toward projects that support economic developers, communities, businesses, and regions across the province.
Best for: Targeted impact, thought leadership, strategic alignment, and initiative-based support.
Our Programs:
Invest in Alberta/Xperience Alberta Magazine
Member Resource Partners
Provide EDA members with access to relevant services, tools, or preferred opportunities that support their work and strengthen community economic development capacity.
Best for: Professional resources, service access, practical support
Our Member Resources:
Main Street initiative (*tbc)
Recognition that Reflects the Relationship
EDA recognizes partners in ways that reflect the nature of the partnership, the level of support provided, and the preferences of the contributing organization.
Recognition opportunities are tailored to each partnership initiative, event, program, or project and may vary based on the scope of support, desired outcomes, and available benefits.
While some partners value broad public visibility, others prefer a more limited or discreet profile. EDA works with each partner to ensure recognition is meaningful, appropriate, and aligned with their objectives.
Depending on the partnership, recognition may include website and digital promotion, logo placement, newsletter features, event signage, social media acknowledgment, speaking opportunities, project-specific recognition, or private recognition among EDA stakeholders and participants.
Our goal is to create partnerships that deliver value, strengthen relationships, and support Alberta's economic development community.
The EDA Patron Circle
The EDA Patron Circle recognizes organizations and individuals whose significant annual contributions of $50,000 or more provide strategic support for Economic Developers Alberta’s mission and long-term impact.
Through their investment, Patron Circle members help EDA deliver high-quality events, professional development opportunities, resources, and capacity-building initiatives that strengthen economic development across Alberta's communities and regions.
Patron Circle supporters have an important role in advancing the profession, fostering collaboration, and helping economic developers build resilient, competitive, and prosperous communities throughout the province.
We are grateful for the vision, leadership, and commitment of these distinguished supporters and the lasting impact they make on Alberta's economic future.
Interested in joining the EDA Patron Circle? Contact us to discuss how your organization can make a meaningful contribution to advancing economic development in Alberta.
