Advantages to 4-Aces Certification

A municipality certified "4-Aces of sustainable, concerted development" is recognized by its peers as an exemplary municipality that has adopted commendable management and sustainable development practices.

More precisely, the 4-Aces certified municipality benefits from the following advantages:

• annual visibility in the Repertory of Success Stories
• exposure at the annual Rues principales Foundation conference where each 4-Aces certified municipality has the opportunity, as part of the Salon des partenaires, to present itself on a promotional display
• annual promotion in an edition of the Rues principales Network newsletter where all 4-Aces certified municipalities are presented
• receipt of a flag and an identifying panel, indicating the year of certification, and an official public announcement made at the Rues principales Foundation conference
• a 4-Aces municipality is included on the priority list of municipalities that the Rues principales Foundation recommends for assistance programs, and for participation in conferences, at both national and international levels
• the Rues principales Foundation will prepare a report illustrating the municipalities’ significant accomplishments and success stories and disseminate them on a special section of its website
• potential eligibility for twinning with a municipality in Vermont or Belgium