2019–2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Management Framework: Executive summary

The 2019–2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Management Framework outlines the key systems and procedures required to implement the Federal Sustainable Development Act and improve accountability for the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and its progress reports. It is a best practice for managing, monitoring and reporting on a complex, government-wide, policy initiative involving departments and agencies from across the federal government.  Consistent with international best practices, it supports the “plan, do, check and improve” approach to ensure:

• coordination and collaboration among participants
• clarification of the management, reporting and accountability structures required to effectively implement the Act
• support of the principles of the Management Accountability Framework for modern public service management
• gathering of evidence to support potential audits, evaluations and examinations.

Key elements

• Roles and responsibilities
• Performance measurement framework
• Risk management
• Engagement approach
• Overview of reporting

In addition to changes that reflect the strategy for 2019-2022, this management framework includes elements not found in frameworks for previous strategies. Updates have been made to reflect the Government of Canada’s approach to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and also to show the 2019 enactment of the Impact Assessment Act. Note that new performance measures have been added in the Performance Measurement Framework annex.