Evaluation of the Community Ecosystem Partnerships Program: chapter 1

1.0 Introduction

This report presents the results of the Evaluation of the Community Ecosystem Partnerships Program (sub-sub program 1.3.4.5 in EC’s Program Alignment Architecture) which was conducted in order to meet the coverage requirements of the Financial Administration Act (for G&Cs) and the Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation (for direct program spending), which together require that an evaluation of all ongoing G&Cs and direct program spending be conducted at least once every five years.

The document is organized as follows: Section 2.0 provides background information on the Community Ecosystem Partnerships program. Section 3.0 presents the evaluation design, including the purpose and scope of the evaluation, as well as the methodological approach and associated challenges. Section 4.0 and 5.0 lay out, respectively, the evaluation’s findings and conclusions. The recommendations and management response are presented in Section 6.0.