Species at Risk results-based management, accountability and audit framework

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Species at Risk Act
RMAF-RBAF
August 2008

Environment Canada wishes to thank Performance Management Network Inc. for its efforts in producing the initial draft report on the Species at Risk Program: Results-based Management and Accountability Framework (RMAF) and Risk-based Audit Framework (RBAF).

Note: The material presented here is not to be interpreted as legal advice. If there is a discrepancy between the information presented in this document and the Species at Risk Act, the Act prevails.

Tables
Figures
Document Information
Acronyms

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Program Profile
• 3. Program Results Logic
• 4. Risk Assessment and Management Summary
• 5. Performance and Risk Monitoring and Reporting
• 6. Evaluation Strategy
• 7. Reporting Strategy
• 8. RMAF-RBAF Implementation Review Strategy
• Annex A

Tables

• Table 1 – Contribution to Environment Canada’s 2008 Results Areas
• Table 2 – Contribution to Parks Canada’s 2008 Program Activities
• Table 3 – Timelines for Recovery Planning Documents
• Table 4 – Primary SAR Funding Programs
• Table 5 – Species at Risk Program Foundational Elements
• Table 6 – Allocation per year from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 ($ million)
• Table 7 – Ongoing Allocation from 2012-2013 ($ million)
• Table 8 – Allocation per Program Element/Activity Area per year from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 ($ million)
• Table 9 – Ongoing Allocation per Program Element/Activity Area per year from 2012-2013 ($ million)
• Table 10 – Program Activities and Outputs
• Table 11 – Immediate and Intermediate Outcomes
• Table 12 – Key Risk Areas, Mitigation Strategies and Assessment of Impact
• Table 13 – Menu of Core Indicators (Performance and Risk) and Assessment Measurement Strategy for SAR Program
• Table 14 – Evaluation Issues, Data Sources and Methods
• Table 15 – Reporting Strategy
• Table 16 – Review Strategy

Figures

• Figure 1 – The Species at Risk Conservation Cycle
• Figure 2 – Results-based Logic Model for Species at Risk Assessment and Protection
• Figure 3 – Results-based Logic Model for Species at Risk Recovery Planning
• Figure 4 – Results-based Logic Model for Species at Risk Implementation
• Figure 5 – Results-based Logic Model for Species at Risk Monitoring and Evaluation

Document Information

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Canada. Environment Canada
Species at Risk Program [electronic resource]: results-based management and accountability framework and risk-based audit framework / Environment Canada in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Type of computer file: Electronic monograph in PDF format.
Issued also in French under title: Programme sur les espèces en péril, cadre de gestion et de responsabilisation axé sur les résultats et cadre de vérification axé sur les risques.

ISBN 978-1-100-16391-8
Cat. no.: En14-23/2010E-PDF

1. Species at Risk Program (Canada). 2. Endangered species --Government policy--Canada. 3. Canada. Species at Risk Act.
I. Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans  II. Title.

QH77 C3 C36 2010    354.3'49    C2010-980192-X

Acronyms

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

ADMC

Assistant Deputy Minister Committee

ACBF

Aboriginal Capacity Building Fund

ACHPF

Aboriginal Critical Habitat Protection Fund

ATK

Aboriginal traditional knowledge

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CEEA

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

CEO

Chief Enforcement Officer

CEPA 1999

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CESCC

Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council

COSEWIC

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CSDP

Conservation Service Delivery and Permitting

CWA

Canadian Wildlife Act

CWDC

Canadian Wildlife Directors Committee

CWS

Canadian Wildlife Service

DFO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DG

Director General

DG Ops

Director General Operations Committee

DHSC

Deputy Head Steering Committee

DPRs

Departmental performance reports

E

East

EC

Environment Canada

EI

ecological integrity

EMC

Executive Management Council

ENGO

environmental non-governmental organizations

ER&VE

External Relations and Visitor Experience

ESRFM

Endangered Species Recovery Fund

ESB

Environmental Stewardship Branch

F/P/T

federal/provincial/territorial

GIC

Governor in Council

HAPAE

Healthy and Productive Aquatic Ecosystems

HSP

Habitat Stewardship Program

IRF

Interdepartmental Recovery Fund

MBCA

Migratory Birds Convention Act

NACOSAR

National Aboriginal Council for Species at Risk

NFSARC

National Framework for Species at Risk Conservation

NGSWG

National General Status Working Group

NP

national parks

O&HS

Oceans and Habitat Sector

OPG

Outcome Program Group

OPP

Outcome Project Plan

P/T

provinces/territories

PAA

Program Activity Architecture

PC

Parks Canada

RBAF

Risk-based Audit Framework

RENEW

Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Working Group

RIMS

Recovery Information Management System

RMAF

Results-based Management and Accountability Framework

RP&O

Resource Protection and Operation

SAR

species at risk

SARA

Species at Risk Act

SARAC

Species at Risk Advisory Committee

SARCC

Species at Risk Coordinating Committee

SARS

Species at Risk Secretariat

SFA

Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

SO

staff officer

TB

Treasury Board

Accord

Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk

Act

Species at Risk Act

W&N

West and North

WAPPRIITA

Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act

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