April, 2010
| Previous Project | Key Change | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | ||
1.
Great Lakes Action Plan |
Carried-over to 2010-2011 | |
2.
Water Management Evaluation Plan |
Carried-over to 2010-2011 | |
3.
CAA International Actions – Thematic Evaluation |
Carried-over to 2010-2011 | |
4.
Improved Climate Change Scenarios |
Carried-over to 2010-2011 | |
5.
Research and Development, Production and Monitoring in Support of Weather Predictions |
Delayed one quarter | Project delayed from Q1 to Q2 2010-2011. |
6.
Clean Air Community Partnerships Thematic Evaluation |
On Hold | Program not yet implemented. |
| Unplanned Projects Introduced in 2009-2010 | ||
7.
Genomics Research and Design Initiatives |
New – carried-over to 2010-2011 | New project introduced in Q4 of 2009-2010 Interdepartmental led by Natural Resources Canada and a Treasury Board requirement; will address a moderate risk program area. |
| 2010-2011 | ||
8.
Stakeholders and Partnership Management |
Removed | In the Context of the new Evaluation Policy, the evaluation needs to focus on PAA and Program entities. |
8.
Greening Initiatives / Sustainability |
Removed | In the Context of the new Evaluation Policy, the evaluation needs to focus on PAA and Program entities. |
10.
Greenhouse Gas Data Collection, Management and Reporting |
Removed | Will be considered as an audit project for 2011–12. |
11.
Ice Program |
Renamed Services to Marine Transportation | Program will be covered under new joint evaluation and audit project. |
12.
Weather Predictions Program |
Renamed Weather Observations, Forecasts and Warnings and postponed to 2014-2015 | Program will be covered under new evaluation project in 2014-2015. |
13.
Evaluation of Lake Simcoe Freshwater Initiative and Evaluation of Lake Winnipeg Freshwater Initiative |
Renamed Freshwater Initiatives and includes Great Lakes Program | |
14.
Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy Program |
Postponed to 2011-2012 | |
15.
Water Management |
Postponed to 2012-2013 | |
16.
Policy on Green Procurement |
Postponed to 2013-2014 | |
17.
Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan |
Postponed to 2013-2014 | |
| New Projects for 2010-2011 | ||
18.
Waste Reduction and Management |
New | High risk program area and presents an opportunity for testing the feasibility of evaluating an entire PAA program. This test will inform possible future adjustments to the five-year plan. |
19.
Pilot Project on Reducing Emissions from Vehicles and Engines |
New | Treasury Board requirement and will address a small component of a high risk program area. |
20.
Vehicle Scrappage |
New | Treasury Board requirement and will address a moderate risk program area. |
21.
Clean Energy Dialogue |
New | Treasury Board requirement and will address a very high risk program area. Results from this evaluation will feed into a CAA-level roll-up. |