Evaluation of the Georgia Basin Action Plan

August 2007

Table of Contents

  1. Report Clearance Steps
  2. Acronyms used in the report
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
  5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  6. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
    1. 1.1 Background
    2. 1.2 Objectives of the Evaluation
    3. 1.3 Scope
    4. 1.4 Methodology
  7. 2.0 FINDINGS
    1. 2.1 Relevance
      1. 2.1.1 Summary Points for Relevance
    2. 2.2 Success
      1. 2.2.1 Summary Points for Success
    3. 2.3 Cost-Effectiveness
      1. 2.3.1 Summary Points for Cost-effectiveness
    4. 2.4 Design and Delivery
      1. 2.4.1 Summary points for Design and Delivery
    5. 2.5 Other: DAEC question
    6. 2.6 Overview of Findings
  8. 3.0 CONCLUSIONS
  9. 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
  10. 5.0 MANAGEMENT RESPONSE
  11. Annex 1 Evaluation Framework
  12. Annex 2 List of Contacts by Type
  13. Annex 3 Summary List of Ratings by Questions
  14. Annex 4 Process by Which Contacts Were Made

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Report Clearance Steps


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Acronyms used in the report

A&E
Audit and Evaluation Branch
CESF
Competitiveness and Environmental Sustainability Framework
DAEC
Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee
DFO
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
DPR
Departmental Performance Report
EC
Environment Canada
EI
Ecosystem Initiative
ENGO
Environmental Non-governmental Organization
ES Board
Ecosystem Sustainability Board
ESC
Evaluation Steering Committee
FY
Fiscal Year
GBAP
Georgia Basin Action Plan
GBCO
Georgia Basin Coordination Office
GBEI
Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative
MIS
Management Information System
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
O&M
Operations and Maintenance
OPG
Outcome Project Grouping
OPP
Outcome Project Plan
PE
Priority Ecosystems
PEA
Priority Ecosystem Approach
PEI
Priority Ecosystem Initiative
PIT
Planning and Implementation Team
PTL
Project Team Lead
RBAF
Risk-based Audit Framework
RMAF
Results-based Management and Accountability Framework
RPP
Report on Plans and Priorities
SST
Sector Sustainability Tables
TB
Treasury Board
US EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Acknowledgments

The Evaluation Project Team, including V. Neimanis and Robert Tkaczyk under the direction of the Director, Shelley Borys, would like to thank those individuals who contributed to this project and particularly all interviewees who provided insights and comments crucial to this evaluation. Elevate Consulting under contract collected survey, interview, and focus group data for this report.

Prepared by the Evaluation Division, Audit and Evaluation Branch


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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Canada. Environment Canada
Evaluation of the Georgia Basin Action Plan [electronic resource].

Electronic monograph in PDF format.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du Plan d'action du bassin de Georgia.
ISBN 978-0-662-46819-6
Cat. no.: En84-56/2007E-PDF

1. Georgia Basin Action Plan (Canada)--Evaluation. 2. Ecosystem
management--Georgia Basin (B.C. and Wash.). I. Title.

QH77.C3C36 2007      354.3'280971097113      C2007-980205-2