Federal Sustainable Development Strategy 2016 to 2019 management framework: chapter 2

The management framework serves to improve accountability for the strategy and its progress reports. It guides oversight of a complex government-wide policy initiative involving departments and agencies from across the federal government, and promotes coordination and collaboration among participants.  

The management framework is a good management practice in that it:

  • provides guidelines for managing, monitoring and reporting on the strategy
  • clarifies the management, reporting and accountability structures required to effectively implement the act
  • supports the principles of the Management Accountability Framework for modern public service management
  • improves accountability for the strategy and its progress reports
  • guides the gathering of evidence to support potential audits, reviews, evaluations and examinations
  • is consistent with international best practices
  • supports the system of “Plan, Do, Check and Improve”

To support the act, the management framework was developed in 2011 to guide the implementation of the strategy and was included as an annex to the 2011 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Progress Report. This management framework supports the implementation of the 2016 to 2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy tabled in October 2016. It will continue to be reviewed with the tabling of every new strategy.

The management framework includes:

  • updated roles and responsibilities of all the participating departments (including voluntary departments), central agencies, committees and stakeholders
  • a revised logic model process for the implementation of the strategy, with additional context and expected outputs and outcomes that better reflect the purpose of the act, departmental accountabilities and deliverology focus
  • a revised performance measurement framework (appendix 2) that improves certain indicators and methodologies to measure performance, reflecting lessons learned from 2013 to 2016
  • a revised engagement and communication approach that guides communications and how stakeholders will be engaged
  • a revised risk management section that identifies key risks for meeting the requirements of the act
  • a revised overview of reporting for both the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and departmental sustainable development activities    

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