Calgary Economic Development Ltd. - Request for Proposal - Calgary Economic Development-RFP-2027-2030 Corporate strategy

The purpose of this project is to support CED set its next four-year strategic direction for 2027 – 2030. CED has a 2023 – 2026 Corporate Strategy which it intends to build upon for its next four-year corporate strategy. The 2027 – 2030 Corporate Strategy for the organization will incorporate and manage external global, national and local trends to ensure the organization is responding to upcoming political, economic, social, technological and regulatory changes. At the end of this project, the Vendor will have worked with CED to: • Identify global, national and local trends for the next 5 – 10 years and the qualitative and quantitative potential impact on: o Foreign direct investment (FDI); o Trade; and, o Capital flows, including venture capital investments in Canada, Alberta and Calgary. • Identify global trends related to new artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI and other productivity tools and technologies and the potential impact on FDI, trade and capital flows, including venture capital investments in Alberta and Calgary. • Validate and stress test CED’s existing Corporate Strategy against these trends to identify potential gaps and refinements, including incorporation of CED’s key sectors into the 2027 – 2030 Corporate Strategy. • Validate CED’s positioning as an economic development agency against other economic development agencies across Canada, and against other local organizations.