Management Response and Action Plan

Formative Evaluation of the Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program (NAEOP)

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Recommendations Actions Responsible Manager (Title / Sector) Planned Start and  Completion Dates
1. Develop an updated Transition Plan to complete the implementation of NAEOP. Agree.
  1. Review the Aboriginal Economic Development Program Harmonization Transition Plan developed in 2014 and identify any outstanding action items, in light of progress achieved over the last four years and recent developments as it relates to Indigenous economic development.
Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: June 2018
  1. Incorporate required action items into the Operations Branch Work Plan for 2018-19, taking into consideration other horizontal / cross-program initiatives already underway.
Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: June 2018
2. Use the updated Transition Plan to complete the implementation of NAEOP from an effectiveness perspective. Agree.
  1. Complete outstanding NAEOP-specific action items as per timelines outlined in the Operations Branch Work Plan for 2018-19, including any changes / updates to administrative guidelines, tools and other supports.
Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: December 2018
  1. Deliver training to economic development officers on the updated NAEOP guidelines, tools and other supports.
 Director General, Operations Start date: January 2019
Completion: March 2019
3. Use the updated Transition Plan to complete the implementation of NAEOP from an efficiency perspective. Agree.
  1. Ensure that NAEOP-specific requirements stemming from the review of the former Transition Plan are taken into consideration as part of the work underway under the new CanNor Application Intake and Assessment Strategy; which includes the development of a new standardized application form and assessment process.
 Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: December 2018
  1. Ensure alignment of the application template with new results-based performance indicators defined in the updated NAEOP Performance Information Profile (PIP) and the reporting templates for funding recipients.
 Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: December 2018
  1. Implement/roll-out the new CanNor Application Intake and Assessment Strategy for NAEOP.
 Director General, Operations Start date:December 2018
Completion: April 2019
4. Maintain core-funding to Indigenous Economic Development Organizations until a workable proposal-based or other alternative is developed. Partially Agree.
Preamble: CanNor agrees that the proposal-based approach to supporting the organizational capacity of Indigenous Economic Development Organizations under the Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning (CROP) funding stream requires additional clarification and improvements.
  1. Conduct an analysis of how, under NAEOP, CanNor could support community economic development capacity.
 Co-lead
Director General, Policy and Planning
Director General, Operations 		Start date: April 2018
Completion: July 2018
  1. Based on analysis, implement decision on how, under NAEOP, CanNor supports community economic development capacity.
 Director General, Operations Start date: October 2018
Completion: April 2019
5. Develop a Performance Measurement Strategy (PMS) that is results-based and which focuses on program results and not administrative outputs. Agree.
Preamble: The 2016 Policy and Directive on Results has updated the terminology used to describe the mandatory requirements for program performance measurement. The requirement for the development of program Performance Information Profiles (PIP) has replaced the previous program Performance Measurement Strategies (PMS).
Based on the deliverables identified in response to Recommendation # 3 (To ensure alignment of the application template with new results-based performance indicators defined in the updated NAEOP Performance Information Profile (PIP),
  1. Update the program Performance Information Profile (PIP) include performance indicators for the NAEOP program and ensure appropriate focus on program results and desired outcomes while including indicators that are sensitive enough to capture the results of the most common types of projects funded by NAEOP, as well as common indicators for Regional Development Agencies (RDAs).
Co-lead
Director General, Policy and Planning
Director General, Operations 		Start date: April 2018
Completion: September 2018
6. Develop new and update existing operational procedures, interpretations, guidelines and controls reflecting the transition to NAEOP. Agree.
  1. In addition to items identified in response to Recommendations #1, #2 and #3, conduct an assessment of any outstanding procedures, interpretations, guidelines and controls that may be required for the effective delivery of NAEOP.
 Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: December 2018
  1. Incorporate any outstanding requirements into the Operations Branch Work Plan for 2018-19 and implement new procedures, guidelines and controls as appropriate and in accordance with work plan timelines.
Director General, Operations Start date: September 2018
Completion: December 2018
7. Develop reporting templates linked to the performance indicators in an updated Performance Measurement Strategy. Agree.
Preamble: The 2016 Policy and Directive on Results have updated the terminology used to describe the mandatory requirements for program Performance Measurement. The requirement for the development of program Performance Information Profiles (PIP) has replaced the previous program Performance Measurement Strategies (PMS).
  1. Based on the NAEOP performance indicators identified in the updated Performance Information Profile (PIP) (Action associated with recommendation #5), implement new reporting template(s) with funding recipients and provide training to CanNor program officers and funding recipients.
Director General, Operations Start date: April 2018
Completion: December 2018

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