Paragraph: 1.18 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada should evaluate all of their ongoing grant and contribution programs every five years, as the Financial Administration Act requires. (1.15–1.17)

The Five Year Evaluation Plan (2013-14 to 2017-18) reflects full coverage of the Department’s ongoing grant and contribution programs as required by the Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation and the Financial Administration Act.

March 2014

Paragraph: 1.63 The audited departments should complete performance measurement strategies for all programs, collect complete performance data, and implement quality assurance processes for ongoing performance information. (1.58–1.62)

Action plan components:

·         Regarding the completion of performance measurement strategies, AAFC will be completing performance strategies for its remaining programs. In addition performance measurement strategies will be developed for Growing Forward 2 program streams in order to provide a more complete set of indicators.

·         Regarding the collection of complete performance data, AAFC will develop systematic processes to measure the performance of all programs.

·         Regarding the implementation of quality assurance processes for ongoing performance measurement information, AAFC will conduct an assessment of the quality of performance measurement strategies developed in the previous year to identify areas for improvement as part of the 2012-13 annual report on the state of performance measurement.

March 2014