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Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies 2015-16 to 2019-20
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Appendix A: AANDC’s 2015–2016 Program Alignment Architecture
Appendix B: Evaluation Universe showing Evaluation coverage, PM Strategy coverage and 2015-2016 Main Estimates
Appendix C: 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 Update to the AANDC Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies
I approve the Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada for 2015-16 to 2019-20, which I submit to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat as required by the Policy on Evaluation.
This document presents the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies 2015-16 to 2019-20 . The Plan includes 35 evaluations, which will be launched over the next five years and eleven (11) 'carry forward' evaluations, which will be completed this fiscal year.
The Plan was informed by the guidance provided by Treasury Board Secretariat (March 2014) and reflects the coverage requirements set out in the updated Treasury Board Secretariat Policy on Evaluation that came into full effect on April 1, 2013. The Plan aligns with and supports the departmental Management, Resources and Results Structure; implements a risk-based approach to identify evaluations related to Internal Services; and provides 100 percent coverage of all other direct program spending on a five-year cycle.
The Plan was formally approved at the February 26, 2015, meeting of the Evaluation, Performance Measurement and Review Committee. This document includes updates on completed evaluations and performance measurement strategies to February 2, 2015.
The Evaluation and Performance Measurement Review Branch (hereafter, 'EPMRB' or 'the Branch') of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) has prepared this Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies, 2015-16 to 2019-20 .
To support evaluation activities, all programs, including transfer payment programs, are required to have a Performance Measurement Strategy.Footnote 2 A Performance Measurement Strategy is a results-based management tool that is used to guide the selection, development and ongoing use of performance measures to guide program or corporate decision making. Its purpose is to assist program managers and deputy heads to:
Consistent with previous plans, this document outlines the Department's plan for evaluating 100 percent of all eligible direct program spendingFootnote 3 over the next five years. The Plan also includes evaluations associated with Internal Services, which are conducted on a risk basis. In addition, the document explains the Department's rationale for the timing, scope and calibration (i.e., level of effort) associated with individual evaluations, and shows that all program-related evaluative work will be supported by approved and up-to-date performance measurement strategies. Lastly, the Plan provides an overview of the Branch's other activities, which work to support and strengthen the Department's evaluation and performance measurement activities.
A significant amount of the Department's mandate is also derived from policy decisions and program practices that have developed over the years or framed by judicial decisions with direct policy implications for the Department; (Further details regarding the Department's mandate).
Departmental activities are largely structured by funding arrangements or formal agreements with First Nations and/or provincial or territorial governments. Most departmental programs, representing a majority of AANDC spending, are in fact delivered through partnerships with Aboriginal communities and federal-provincial or federal-territorial agreements. AANDC also works with urban Aboriginal peoples, Métis and non–status Indians (many of whom live in rural areas). According to the 2015–2016 Main EstimatesFootnote 5, AANDC spends over $8.0 billion annually, with approximately 86 percent ($6.9 billion) going directly to recipients through transfer payments.
Significant efforts were undertaken across the Department starting during fiscal year 2013-14 and continuing into 2014-15 to streamline and bring greater clarity to the Department's program structure (Program Alignment Architecture, Performance Measurement Framework, and Transfer Payment Programs) and to simplify reporting, expand public reporting and better measure and report on what matters.
As result of these efforts, the Department consolidated 39 of its current complement of 69 Transfer Payment Program authorities into 14, with the balance being assessed for further consolidation and AANDC's Program Alignment Architecture was reduced from 75 to 54 elements. Adjustments were also made to the Performance Measurement Framework to better support the Department's efforts achieve its expected strategic outcomes for:
The North - Self–reliance, prosperity and well–being for the people and communities of the North (see Appendix A for more detail).
Work continued into 2014-15 to complete the 2013-14 Performance Measurement Strategy Action Plan , as the Department worked to update, right size and complete the Department's Performance Measurement Strategies to support the broader initiatives and objectives described to ensure compliance with federal policy on performance measurement.
According to the 2014 Public Accounts of Canada, AANDC is fifth largest federal department in terms of total ministerial net expenditures, and third largest in terms of total transfer payments and grants and contributions, after Finance Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. In 2013-2014, AANDC's total net expenditures were $8,051,085 with the total transfer payments portion at $6,603,521.Footnote 6 Total forecasted spending for 2015-16 is shown below:
The Government $2,070,482,376
The People $3,957,172,176
The Land and Economy $1,601,517,332
The North $394,885,884
Total Forecast Direct Program Spending $8,024,057,768
Internal Services $233,659,100
AANDC Total $8,257,716,868
Source: Based on Main Estimates as at February 2015. Includes salary, operation and maintenance, capital, statutory and grants and contributions and the costs of the Employee Benefit Plans.Footnote 7
In accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat Policy on Evaluation (Section 6.1.7), this Plan aligns with and supports the departmental Management, Resources and Results Structure, which is the framework for the systematic collection and analysis of performance information. It also ensures the evaluation of all ongoing grants and contribution programs every five years, as required by the Financial Administration Act (Section 42.1).
Finally, in accordance with Treasury Board guidance, the Branch calibrates the level of effort required for individual program evaluation using a risk-based approach. The risk exercise conducted for the 2014-15 Plan was done in co-operation with the Audit and Assurance Services Branch. That process was quite extensive and included extensive consultations with the assistant deputy ministers and directors general community within the Department. That process was not repeated for this year's planning process, however, a risk-based approach was still applied and this Plan is in concordance with the Risk-Based Audit Plan 2015-2016 to 2017-2018.
The evaluation universe shows how all four pillars of the Program Alignment Architecture will be evaluated and how the Plan will achieve full coverage of the Program Alignment Architecture. The evaluation universe also demonstrates how each Program Alignment Architecture element is aligned with the Management, Resources and Results Structure and also shows the breakdown of forecast spending covered in each evaluation. The first step in preparing the Plan included a review of the evaluation universe to ensure the units of evaluation are valid.
In reviewing the evaluation universe, EPMRB engages in the Audit and Assurance Services Branch's risk ranking process and uses the results to inform the level of effort and allocation of resources for evaluations. Each year, the Audit and Assurance Services Branch develops risk rankings for auditable units in the Department. The process involves a review of departmental priorities, business conditions and risks as identified in a wide variety of sources, including, but not limited to, corporate, sector and program risk profiles, corporate and sector business plans, Management Accountability Framework assessments, performance reports, past audit, evaluation and review reports, and the previous year's risk-based planning exercise.
The Audit and Assurance Services Branch risk approach is consistent with guidance from the Office of the Comptroller General, is thorough, and in many cases, the Audit and Evaluation units are the same. Risk considerations include impact of identified risks on the achievement of departmental outcomes, materiality, scope, potential for public scrutiny, legal risk, prevalence of risk, and the severity of consequences.
The 2015-16 Five-Year Plan for Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategies builds upon the previous year's plan. The Plan reflects a transition to higher-level evaluations at the program and sub-program levels to better align with the Department's program structure and objectives, including Management, Resources and Results Structure elements and grants and contributions.Footnote 9 Deadlines for evaluations were calculated to ensure that an evaluation is scheduled to take place within five years from the date of the previous evaluation.
Forty-six evaluations (eleven of which have been carried forward from last fiscal year) are scheduled between 2015-16 and 2019-20. The table below shows the distribution of evaluations for the five years covered by the Plan.
Carry forward from 2014-15 2 0 4 4 1 11
2015-16 1 1 1 2 5 10
2016-17 2 3 1 2 0 8
2017-18 1 4 1 0 0 6
2018-19 3 0 4 1 0 8
2019-20 1 0 1 1 0 3
As indicated in the Plan, one evaluation is led by another department:
Environment Canada-led horizontal evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation (2015-16) (carried forward from 2014-15)
Total forecast direct program spending for 2015-16 is $8,024,057,768 and this Plan covers 99.91 percent of total forecast direct program spending (excluding Internal Services). Guidance from Treasury Board enables a deputy minister to decide the approach that his or her department will use for the evaluation of Internal Services. AANDC has adopted a risk-based approach to determine which internal services are to be evaluated, drawing upon both the risk analysis conducted by the Audit and Assurance Services Branch as well as the Department's Corporate Risk Profile. Through this process, six areas of work supported by Internal Services were identified for evaluations. These areas were deemed high risk or otherwise identified by senior management as areas of particular consideration.
Coverage of Direct Spending ($,000)
Total forecast direct spending (excluding Internal Services) $8,024,058 100%
Year 1 $2,029,297 25%
Year 2 $1,230,353 15%
Year 3 $3,228,987 40%
Year 4 $1,432,356 18%
Year 5 $95,824 1%
Total forecast spending covered by the 2015-16 Plan $8,016,818 99.91%
Internal Services $233,659
AANDC Total Forecast Spending for 2015-2016 $8,257,717
Note: "Support to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission" (part of 2.4 Residential Schools Resolution will not be evaluated. This accounts for the 0.09 percent variance.
2.5 EPMRB – Implementing the Plan
The table below provides an overview of resources spent on evaluation:
(Budget) Fiscal Year 2014-2015
Salaries $1,926,996.18 $1,588,247.81
Specific to Evaluations $867,171.75 $955,583.39
Operations and Maintenance (excluding Contracted Services
Specific to Evaluations) $418,010.65 $374,052.19
Total $3,212,178.58 $2,917,883.39
Full-Time Equivalents (#) 23 23
Evaluations conducted by EPMRB are used by the Department to inform decision making and reporting (e.g., Reports on Plans and Priorities , Departmental Performance Report s, Annual Report on the State of Performance Measurement ); to assess progress made by programs in achieving expected results and to incorporate lessons learned in order to improve program design and delivery.
EPMRB, working closely with other key internal service offices, provides advice and guidance on performance measurement strategies and other performance measurement-related activities in the Department.
EPMRB considers capacity development a key part of its work and has long worked to provide undergraduate and graduate students from across the country with opportunities to learn more about evaluation, performance measurement and the Department in general. Through the years, the Branch has had a particularly close working relationship with the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy. This school was the first to support and participate in the Branch's Summer Internship Program, discussed below.
EPMRB worked with the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public Policy and International Affairs and other departmental stakeholders to develop a Capstone (final year) Seminar course for Master level students in the fall 2014 session. The course brought students and departmental officials together as the former study some of the key issues facing Aboriginal peoples in the areas of governance and economic development.
Over the past year, EPMRB evaluators have also engaged in a range of evaluation capacity development activities. These include:
Working with the Canada School of Public Service and the University of Toronto to provide public servants and graduate students with an introduction to evaluation in the federal government; and
This initiative has been very successful with approximately 25 percent of EPMRB interns bridged into permanent federal government positions. Over the years, the program has also generated significant interest and enquiries from other government departments.
EPMRB's Summer Internship Program is intended to:
Students are placed in positions throughout the Department to gain a deeper understanding of AANDC activities, work in teams on a research project, and participate in learning sessions that provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to complete their research project and to support their career development. This year's project focused on identifying opportunities for integrating reporting requirements, which can also better support the Department's efforts to measure what matters.
Summer Internship Project – 2014
This year's research project produced Towards Integrated Reporting: A Study to Map AANDC's data elements and reporting mechanisms . The purpose of the project was to support AANDC's ongoing efforts to improve the existing reporting structure to ensure the collection of meaningful performance data. Robust performance data in turn supports good decision making and improves accountability. Students engaged in data analysis, literature reviews, document reviews and key informant interviews to gather evidence on existing data collection methods and tools. The goal was to provide key observations on the alignment and utility of current recipient data reporting, and to recommend ways in which the Department might streamline or simplify data collection. Recommendations included exploring a department-wide Information Management and Information Technology solution, signing data sharing agreements between jurisdictions and developing an integrated report that is mindful of community needs and the reporting burden. The report, containing conclusions and recommendations, was presented to the EPMRC in November 2014.
From time to time, EPMRB and other branches of the Audit and Evaluation Sector conduct or commissions reviews, discussion papers and studies on topics of relevance to their mandates. Special studies conducted since 1999 can be found on the Audit and Evaluation Sector home page on the departmental website. Many of the student intern papers discussed in the previous section can be found on this site.
1.2.1	Negotiations of Claims and Self-Government Agreements
2.2.2	National Child Benefit
2.2.3	Assisted Living
2.2.4	First Nations Child and Family Services
2.2.5	Family Violence Prevention
2.3	First Nations Individual Affairs
2.4	Residential Schools Resolution
2.4.1	Independent Assessment Process
2.4.3	Support to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
3.2.2	Investment in Economic Opportunities
3.2.3	Administration of Reserve Land
3.2.4	Contaminated Sites (On Reserve)
3.3	Strategic Partnerships
3.4	Infrastructure and Capacity
3.4.3	Housing
3.4.4	Other Community Infrastructure and Activities
4.1.1	Political Development and Intergovernmental Relations
4.1.3	Climate Change Adaptation
4.2	Northern Science and Technology
4.2.2	Science Initiatives
4.3	Northern Land, Resources and Environmental Management
4.3.2	Contaminated Sites
2015-2016 (MRRS ID)
Date of last approved
First Nations Governments $33,188 $334,885 $59 $0 $5,068 $373,201 Governance and Institutions of Government (1.1) (03/2014) Carried Forward: Governance and Institutions of Government (1.1) (2014/15)
Aboriginal Governance Institutions and Organizations $338 $15,826 $0 $0 $51 $16,215 Matrimonial Real Property (Part 1.1.2) (04/2014) Matrimonial Real Property (Part of 1.1.2) (2016/17)
Negotiations of Claims and Self-Government Agreements $35,733 $47,651 $0 $70,303 $3,780 $157,466 Negotiations of Claims and Self Government Agreements (1.2.1) (09/2014) Negotiations of Claims and Self-Government Agreements (1.2.1) (2018/19)
Specific Claims $23,331 $708,723 $0 $15 $1,302 $733,370 Specific Claims (1.2.2) (03/2014) Summative Evaluation of Specific Claims (1.2.2) (2017/18)
Consultation and Accommodation $7,366 $35,050 $0 $0 $652 $43,068 Consultation and Policy Development (11/2010)
Surveys on Aboriginal People (1.2.3; 5.1.1.) (02/2013) Consultation and Accommodation (1.2.3) (2019/20)
Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management $1,439 $3,664 $0 $0 $176 $5,278 Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management (1.2.4) (09/2014) Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management (1.2.4)
$10,522 $672,938 $0 $57,155 $1,268 $741,883 Treaty Commissions (Part 1.3) (03/2014)
Implementation of Comprehensive Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements (11/2014) Carried Forward: Impact of Self Government Agreements (1.3) (2014/15)
First Nations Education Steering Committee (part of 1.3) (2015/16)
Modern Treaties and Self-Government (2018/19)
Pre-1975 Treaties (2018/19)
Elementary and Secondary Education $22,546 $1,406,965 $0 $0 $3,183 $1,432,694 Education
(04/2014) Elementary and Secondary Education (2.1.1) (2017/18)
Post-Secondary Education $1,372 $345,202 $0 $0 $235 $346,809 Post Secondary Education (2017/18)
(Note: to include 'Indspire', formerly NAAF)
Income Assistance $4,899 $887,027 $0 $0 $653 $892,579 Social Development 2.2 (02/2011)
Updated 04/2014 with Annex for 2.2.4 First Nations Child and Family Services Income Assistance, National Child Benefit and Assisted Living (2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3)
(Note: Income Assistance component to be conducted with ESDC)
National Child Benefit $754 $52,260 $0 $0 $89 $53,103
Assisted Living $1,526 $85,439 $0 $0 $177 $87,142
First Nations Child and Family Services $4,724 $653,538 $0 $0 $643 $658,904 First Nations Child and Family Services Program (2.2.4)
Family Violence Prevention $1,167 $18,765 $0 $0 $275 $20,208 Family Violence Prevention (2.2.5)
Registration and Membership $11,704 $7,982 $639 $0 $1,655 $21,980 First Nations Individual Affairs (2.3) (02/2014) Registration and Membership (2.3.1) (2016/17)
Estates $3,096 $209 $0 $0 $447 $3,752 Estates (2.3.2) (2017/18)
Independent Assessment Process $428,596 $0 $200 $0 $3,965 $432,761 Note: No Full Evaluation Required due to EPMRC Decision September 24, 2009
2015/16 studies conducted as required under MOU between AANDC and ESDC
Reconciliation $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Lessons Learned: Personal Credits (2.4.2) (2015/16)
Support to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission $7,239 $0 $0 $0 $1 $7,240
Business Capital and Support Services $3,298 $35,600 $0 $0 $476 $39,374 Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (3.1) (02/2014) Carried Forward: Access to Capital and Business Services (3.1.1) (2014/15)
Business Opportunities $2,176 $850 $0 $0 $237 $3,263 Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (3.1) (2018/19)
Lands and Economic Development Services $24,245 $104,877 $0 $0 $3,104 $132,226
Community Development (3.2) with sub-program annexes (3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4) (03/2014) Carried Forward: Lands and Economic Development Services (3.2.1) (2014/15)
Investment in Economic Opportunities $3,650 $30,053 $0 $1,500 $503 $35,706 Investment in Economic Opportunities (3.2.2) (2018/19)
Administration of Reserve Land $23,637 $6,463 $0 $0 $2,010 $32,110 Carried Forward: Administration of Reserve Land (3.2.3) (2014/15)
Contaminated Sites (On-Reserve) $2,233 $10,833 $0 $0 $275 $13,341 Carried Forward: Contaminated Sites (On-Reserve) (3.2.4) (2014/15)
$7,247 $31,700 $0 $0 $640 $39,587 Strategic Partnerships (03/2012) (Update by 01/2015) Strategic Partnerships (3.3) (2018/19)
Water and Wastewater $12,142 $316,195 $0 $0 $1,395 $329,732 "Capital Facilities and Management Program" (3.4) Infrastructure and Capacity (3.4.1 - 3.4.4) (04/2014) Infrastructure and Capacity (3.4) (2018/19)
Education Facilities $1,076 $220,908 $0 $0 $113 $222,097
Housing $1,517 $138,714 $0 $500 $181 $140,912 Housing (3.4.3) (2015/16)
Other Community Infrastructure Activities $14,360 $442,380 $180 $26,731 $2,016 $485,666
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency $996 $2,711 $0 $0 $87 $3,794 ecoEnergy for Aboriginal and Northern Communities (02/2014) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (3.4.5) (2019/20)
Emergency Management Assistance $2,007 $67,978 $0 $0 $268 $70,252 Emergency Management Assistance (04/2014) Emergency Management Assistance on Reserve (3.4.6) (2016/17)
$2,036 $51,172 $0 $0 $249 $53,458 Urban Aboriginal Participation (3.5) (Update 02/2015) Urban Aboriginal Participation (3.5) (2017/18)
Political Development and Intergovernmental Relations $9,389 $63,551 $0 $0 $935 $73,876 Political Development and Intergovernmental Relations (4.1.1) (03/2014) Carried Forward: Lessons Learned: Northwest Territories Devolution (2014/15)
Carried Forward: Northern Governance - Support for Territorial Relations and Northern Organizations (2014/15)
Nutrition North $3,130 $68,498 $0 $0 $89 $71,716 Nutrition North Canada (09/2014) Nutrition North (Impact Evaluation with Health Canada) (4.1.2) (2015/16)
Climate Change Adaptation $988 $3,750 $0 $0 $101 $4,839 Climate Change Adaptation (02/2014) Carried Forward: Environment Canada-led horizontal evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation (2014/15)
Northern Contaminants $164 $3,801 $0 $0 $0 $3,965 Northern Science and Technology (4.2) (03/2014) Northern Science and Technology (4.2) (2019/20)
Science Initiatives $8,766 $2,120 $33,413 $0 $697 $44,996
Petroleum and Minerals $9,627 $0 $190 $1,472 $419 $11,708 Petroleum and Minerals (4.3.1) (03/2014) Carried Forward: Petroleum and Minerals (4.3.1) (2014/15)
Contaminated Sites $105,154 $53,341 $40 $0 $305 $158,840 Northern Contaminated Sites (09/2014) Umbrella Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (01/2012) Contaminated Sites (4.3.2) (2018/19)
Land and Water Management $18,373 $4,527 $0 $0 $2,045 $24,945 Land and Water Management (4.3.3) (03/2014) Northern Land, Resources and Environmental Management (4.3.3) (2016/17)
Totals: ($,000s) AANDC Vote 1: Salary and O&M Vote 10: Grants and Contributions Vote 5: Capital Statutory Employee Benefit Plan (EBP) Total Forecast Spending 2015/16
$855,750 $6,936,148 $34,721 $157,675 $39,764 $8,024,058
5 INTERNAL SERVICES
$144,185 $0 $0 $82 $9,856 $154,123 Accelerated Annual Funding Cycle: Process of Agreements with First Nations (2015/16)
$59,033 $0 $1,150 $0 $7,912 $68,095 Carried Forward: Recruitment, Development and Retention (2014/15)
Contracting and Procurement Hubs (2015/16)
Business Management Units (2015/16)
$10,187 $0 $75 $0 $1,179 $11,441
AANDC Total Forecast Spending for 2015-2016
$8,257,717
2015/16 Audit Plan
Evaluation Number for 2015/
(Including Employee Benefit Plan) covered by Evaluation
Year 1 - 2015/16 Year 1 - 2015/16
First Nations Governments RO
(LED for MRP) Governance and Institutions of Government (1.1)
Includes sub-program annex for Matrimonial Real Property (1.1.2)
(04/2014) Audit of Governance and Institutions of Government Programs
(2015/16) High Miawpukek First Nation Grant Agreement
Indian Government Support Program
(07/2009) Carried Forward
(Note: on hold pending
completion of Audit) 1 $387,851
Aboriginal Governance Institutions and Organizations High Implementation of the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act
TAG Implementation of Comprehensive Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements
(09/2014) Audit of the Implementation of Modern Treaty Obligations
(2016/17) Very High Impacts of Comprehensive Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements
(02/2010) Carried Forward
Impact of Self Government Agreements
2 $741,883
TAG First Nations Education Steering Committee
(2015/16) 3 Full coverage with 1.3 Evaluation in 2014/15
(Carried Forward to 2015/16))
Independent Assessment Process IRSAS 2015/16 study conducted as required under MOU between AANDC and ESDC High Lessons Learned:
Personal Credits (2.4.2)
(2015/16) 4 $432,761
Business Capital and Support Services LED Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (3.1)
(02/2014) Moderate Aboriginal Economic Development Programs
(2008/09) Carried Forward
(2014/15) 5 $39,374
Lands and Economic Development Services LED Community Development (3.2) with Sub program annexes
(03/2014) Audit of Economic Development Programs
(2016/17) High Evaluation of the Inuit Art Foundation
First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act Implementation
(09/2010) Carried Forward
(2014/15) 6 $132,226
Administration of Reserve Land LED Audit of Additions to Reserves Process
2014/15) 7 $32,110
Contaminated Sites (On-Reserve) LED Community Development (3.2) with Sub program annexes (3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4) (03/2014) Audit of Contaminated Programs (2017/18)
Note: Includes 4.3.2 Northern Contaminated Sites
Audit of Contingent Liabilities (2017/18) High Contaminated Sites
(12/2008) Carried Forward
(3.2.4) (2014/15) 8 $13,341
Housing RO Infrastructure and Capacity
(04/2014) Audit of Housing Program
(2015/16) Very High First Nation Market Housing Fund
On-Reserve Housing Support
(02/2011) Housing
(2015/16) 9 $140,912
Political Development and Intergovernmental Relations NAO Political Development and Intergovernmental Relations (4.1.1)
(03/2014) Moderate Carried Forward
Lessons Learned: Northwest Territories Devolution
(2014/15) 10 $11,799
Northern Governance - Support for Territorial Relations and Northern Organizations
(2014/15) 11 $7,572
AANDC's Engagement with the Arctic Council
(2015/16) 12 $1,203,335
Nutrition North NAO Nutrition North Canada
(09/2014) Audit of Nutrition North Canada
(2017/18) High Nutrition North Implementation (09/2013) Nutrition North
(Impact Evaluation with Health Canada)
(2015/16) 13 $71,716
Climate Change Adaptation NAO Climate Change Adaptation
DEVELOP PM Strategy at the Sub Program Level (4.1.3)
(2016-17) Moderate Evaluation Update of the Climate Change Adaptation Program: Assist Northerners in Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and Opportunities Program
(02/2011) Carried Forward Environment Canada horizontal evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation (4.1.3)
(2014/15) 14 $4,839
Petroleum and Minerals NAO Petroleum and Minerals
(03/2014) High nil Carried Forward
(2014/15) 15 $11,708
Resource Management Services - HR Management HR and Workplace Services Audit of HR Staffing and Planning
(2017/18) High Carried Forward
(2014/15) 16
Resource Management Services - Financial Management CFO Audit of Contracting
(2015/16) High Contracting and Procurement Hubs
(2015/16) 17
Resource Management Services - Financial Management CFO Audit of Payables at Year End
(2015/16) High Business Management Units
(2015/16) 18
Resource Management Services - Financial Management CFO Audit of Corporate Business Planning (2016/17) High Accelerated Annual Funding Cycle - Process of Agreements with First Nations
(2015/16) 19
Resource Management Services - HR Management HR and Workplace Services Moderate
(2013-14 rating) Aboriginal Leadership Development Initiative (2015/16) 20
Resource Management Services - HR Management HR and Workplace Services Low
(2013-14 rating) Evaluation of the Implementation of Accommodations 2.0
(2015/16) 21
Year 2 - 2016/17
Year 2 - 2016/17 Year 2 - 2016/17
1.0 THE GOVERNMENT
Aboriginal Governance Institutions and Organizations RO
(LED for MRP) Matrimonial Real Property (1.1.2)
(Amended: 03/2014)
(04/2013) Audit of Aboriginal Governance Institutions and Organizations
(2015/16) High Implementation of the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act
(04/2011) Matrimonial Real Property
(Part 1.1.2)
(2016/17) 22 $1,565
Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management PSD Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management (1.2.4)
(09/2014) Audit of Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management
(2017/18) High Federal Interlocutor's Bilateral and Tripartite Processes and the Powley Initiative
(09/2013) Métis and Non-Status Indian Relations and Métis Rights Management
(2016/17) 23 $5,278
Income Assistance ESDPP Social Development (2.2)
(Updated: 04/2014 to include supporting annexes for all sub-programs)
Sub-strategy of the Social Development PM Strategy: On-Reserve Income Assistance Reform PM Strategy, in partnership with ESDC (04/2013) Audit of the Income Assistance Program (2015/16)
(Possible joint audit with ESDC Active Measures)
(No audits planned for Assisted Living or National Child Benefit) High Income Assistance (Formative Evaluation)
(Note: with ESDC)
(02/2009] Income Assistance, National Child Benefit and Assisted Living (Summative Evaluation)
( Note: Income Assistance Component to be conducted with ESDC) 24 $1,032,824
Family Violence Prevention Moderate Family Violence Prevention
(02/1012) Family Violence Prevention (2.2.5)
(2016/17) 25 $20,208
Registration and Membership RIAS First Nations Individual Affairs (2.3)
(02/2014) Audit of Indian Registration (Qalipu Phase II)
Systems Under Development Audit of the Secure Integrated Registration and Certification Unit (2015/16)
Audit of the Indian Registration System (2016/17) Very High Summative Evaluation of the Contributions Made to Indian Bands for the Registration Administration
(05/2010) Registration and Membership (2.3.1)
(2016/17) 26 $21,980
Emergency Management Assistance RO Emergency Management Assistance (3.4.6)
(03/2014) Audit of Emergency Management Assistance Program
(2016/17) Very High Review of the Performance of the Emergency Management Assistance Program during the 2011-2012 Manitoba Floods
Emergency Management Assistance (02/2010) Emergency Management Assistance
(Note: to include Mitigation Funding) 27 $70,252
(03/2014) Moderate Northern Hospital and Physician Services
(2016/17) 28 $53,301
Land and Water Management NAO Land and Waste Management
(03/2014) Moderate Evaluation of the Advancing Conservation Interest in the Northwest Territories: The Government of Canada's Involvement in the NWT Protected Areas Strategy
(04/2013) Northern Land, Resources and Environmental Management
(2016/17) 29 $24,945
Year 3 - 2017/18 Year 3 - 2017/18
Specific Claims TAG Specific Claims (1.2.2)
(Updated: 03/2014) Audit of AANDC Support to the Specific Claims Process (2015/16) Very High Summative Evaluation of the Specific Claims Action Plan
(2012/13 Plan)
(04/2013) Summative Evaluation of Specific Claims
(2017/18) 30 $733,370
Elementary and Secondary Education ESDPP Education
(4/2014) Audit of the Education Information System (2015/16)
Audit of Elementary and Secondary Education Program
(2017/18) Very High Review of Federally Managed Schools on Reserve in Ontario
ESDC-led Horizontal Summative Evaluation of the Youth Employment Strategy - Phase I
Summative Evaluation of the Elementary / Secondary Education Program on Reserve
(06/2012) Elementary and Secondary Education
(2017/18) 31 $1,432,694
Post-Secondary Education Education
(04/2014) High Summative Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Education Program
(11/2009) Post Secondary Education (2.1.2)
(Note: to include 'Indspire') 32 $346,809
First Nations Child and Family Services ESDPP Social Development (2.2)
(Updated: 04/2014 to include supporting annexes for all sub-programs) Audit of First Nations Child and Family Services (2016/17) Very High Enhanced Prevention Approach for the First Nations Child and Family Services Program in Manitoba (04/2014)
Enhanced Prevention Focused Approach (EPFA) for the First Nations Child and Family Service (CFS) Program in Quebec and PEI (09/2013)
Enhanced Prevention Focused Approach (EPFA) in Alberta for the First Nations Child and Family Service (CFS) Program (09/2010) First Nations Child and Family Services Program (2.2.4)
(2017/18) 33 $658,904
Estates RIAS First Nations Individual Affairs (2.3)
(02/2014) Low Evaluation of Indian Moneys, Estates and Treaty Annuities (04/2013) Estates
(2017/18) 34 $3,752
Urban Aboriginal Participation (3.5)
(Approved 02/2014 - update planned by 02/2015) Audit of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy
(2016/17) High Impact Evaluation of the Urban Aboriginal Strateg
(06/2011) Urban Aboriginal Participation
(2016/17) 35 $53,458
Year 4 - 2018/19 Year 4 - 2018/19
Negotiations of Claims and Self-Government Agreements TAG Negotiations of Claims and Self Government Agreements (1.2.1)
(09/2014) Audit of Negotiation of Comprehensive Land Claims and Self Government Agreements (2017/18) Very High Process for Negotiating Comprehensive Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements
Evaluation of the Federal Government's Implementation of Self-Government and Self-Government Agreements
Consultation and Policy Development and Basic Organizational Capacity Funding
(G&C: 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 3.2.1)
(2008/09) Negotiations of Claims and Self-Government Agreements (1.2.1)
(2018/19) 36 $157,466
TAG UPDATE in 2015/16
(from existing PM Strategy):
(Part 1.3)
(Part 1.3) Audit of the Implementation of Modern Treaty Obligations
(02/2010) Modern Treaties and Self-Government
(2018/19) 37 Full coverage with 1.3 Evaluation in 2014/15
(2018/19) 38
LED Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (3.1)
(06/2014) Aboriginal Entrepreneurship (3.1)
(2018/19) 39 $3,263
Full coverage of 3.1 with 3.1.1 Evaluation in 2014/15
(Carried Forward to 2015/16)
Investment in Economic Opportunities LED Community Development (3.2) with Sub program annexes
(2016/17) High Aboriginal Economic Development Programs
(2008/09) Investment in Economic Opportunities
(2018/19) 40 $35,706
LED Strategic Partnerships (3.3)
(Update planned 2015/16) Moderate The Aboriginal Economic Development Framework and Strategic Partnerships Initiative
(09/2014) Strategic Partnerships
(2018/19) 41 $39,587
Infrastructure and Capacity RO Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program (part 3.4)
(04/2014) Audit of Water and Waste Water Infrastructure
(2016/17) Very High 3.4.2 / 3.4.4: Education and Community Infrastructure
(Education: 02/2015)
(Community Infrastructure: 04/2015)
First Nations Infrastructure Fund (02/2014)
First Nations Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
(02/2010) Infrastructure and Capacity (3.4)
(2018/19) 42 $1,037,495
Audit of Education Facilities Program
(2016/17) High (Note: Housing evaluated in 2015/16)
Contaminated Sites NAO Contaminated Sites 4.3.2
Umbrella Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan
(02/2009) Audit of Contaminated Sites Programs
Note: Includes 3.2.4 Contaminated Sites (On Reserve)
(2017/18) Very High Evaluation of Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan - led by Environment Canada
(09/2013) Contaminated Sites
(2018/19) 43 $158,840
Year 5 - 2019/20 Year 5 - 2019/20
Consultation and Accommodation TAG
PSD Consultation and Accommodation
Surveys on Aboriginal People (1.2.3; 5.1.1)
(11/2010) Audit of Consultation and Accommodation (2017/18) High Consultation and Accommodation
(2/2014]
(2008/09) Consultation and Accommodation
(2019/20) 44 $43,068
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency NAO Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
(Program Being renewed in 2015/16 - PM Strategy will be developed at that time) Low AANDC led - Eco-Energy for Aboriginal and Northern Communities
(02/2015) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
(2019/20) 45 $3,794
Northern Contaminants NAO Northern Science and Technology (4.2)
(03/2014) High Evaluation of the Northern Contaminates Program and Northern Scientific Training Program
(09/2013) Northern Science and Technology
(2019/20) 46 $48,961
Forecast Direct Spending covered by Evaluation:
$8,016,818
Total Forecast Direct Spending 2015/16
$8,024,058
* Source: Forecast Spending figures are from Chief Financial Officer Sector, Main Estimates, 2015/16 Note: Support to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will not be evaluated 99.91%
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Guide to Developing a Departmental Evaluation Plan .
Treasury Board Secretariat’s " Guide to Developing a Departmental Evaluation Plan " and departmental practice
2014–15 Estimates Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Government of Canada, " Public Accounts of Canada 2014: Volume II – Details of Expenses and Revenues ".
This stating of Planned Expenditures is a change from earlier departmental evaluation and performance measurement strategy plans as it includes the costs of the Employee Benefit Plans, which had previously been excluded. They have been included now to be more consistent with other corporate reporting vehicles (e.g. Report on Plans and Priorities)
Risk-Based Audit Plans are publicly available in both officials languages on the departmental web site.
Transfer Payment Authorities.