IRCC Deputy Minister Transition Binder 2022: Afghanistan Sector Overview July 2022

Afghanistan Sector

• Mandate

Lead and reinforce Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) work to advance the Government of Canada’s commitment to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan nationals by fostering horizontal collaboration to provide strategic advice and integrated planning and reporting to implement the Afghan resettlement initiative, and to foster stakeholder support, confidence and participation.

• Established: November 2021
• [Redacted] (Funding sought for FY 2022-24 through upcoming TB Submission)
• FTEs: 67 (CFO approval of Indeterminate positions beyond 30 FTEs pending finalization of risk mitigation measures in Sector HR strategy)
• Assistant Deputy Minister - Jennifer MacIntyre
  • Integrated Planning and Coordination (IPC) - Karim Virani, A/Director General
    • Advance a project management approach to provide integrated planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
    • Deliver integrated reporting, leveraging data analysis and data visualization.
    • Provide horizontal coordination to support Cabinet discussions and senior-level deliberations, and to support parliamentary affairs.
    • Lead engagement with high-profile stakeholders and civil society to support issues management regarding affected groups and individuals.
    • Provide direct line of communications and related follow-up for the Minister’s Office on case inquiries related to Afghanistan.
    • Map and monitor unique client journeys of Afghan clients to address gaps.
    • Provide dedicated link and support to International Network (OPS-IN) and Afghanistan Settlement Branch (SIS-ASB) branches on operations.
  • Policy and Outreach (POB) - Selena Beattie, Director General
    • Lead development of policy analysis and advice to support Minister and Cabinet decisions related to policy and program design for the Afghanistan resettlement initiative, including relevant international policy questions.
    • Reinforce engagement with referral partners and Sponsorship Agreement Holders related to the Afghanistan initiative.
    • Advance outreach initiatives to build portrait of new Afghan arrivals and support integration.
    • Lead contributions to departmental planning and reporting to promote concrete outcomes and transparency.
    • Lead information management to promote transparency and enable audit and evaluation to support litigation management.
    • Provide dedicated link to Strategic Program and Policy Sector (SPP).

Sector Program Priorities for 2022-2023

• Advance integrated coordination, planning and reporting to enable a coherent departmental approach to the Afghan resettlement initiative
  • Project management approach which captures complex interdependencies and externalities to enable effective planning, execution, monitoring and reporting, and to manage uncertainties in pace of arrivals
  • Mapping and/or monitoring of unique client journeys and/or distinct cohorts to identify and address gaps and enable issues management
  • Data-centric reporting which utilises data analysis and visualization to enable an evidence-based approach to decision-making
  • Information management infrastructure and protocols to promote transparency and enable appropriate audit and evaluation, and to support departmental compliance with the Access to Information Act
• Advance policy analysis and advice to support decision-making related to the Afghan resettlement initiative
  • Public policies to support the resettlement of Afghans who assisted the Government of Canada, and other priority groups under the Afghanistan humanitarian program
  • [Redacted]
  • Strategic briefing products, reporting and tools to support Cabinet discussions and senior-level intra- and inter-departmental deliberations
  • [Redacted]
• Advance international partnerships to support Canada’s Afghan resettlement initiative (shared with Operations Sector)
  • New partnership established [Redacted]
  • [Redacted]
  • [Redacted]
• Promote client and stakeholder confidence, enable strategic issues management, and foster broad-based support and strong integration of outcomes for the Afghan resettlement initiative
  • Proactive stakeholder engagement related to design and implementation of public policies, and ongoing case management support for MINO
  • Rollout of new public policy for Special Immigration Measures (SIMs) for Afghan nationals with a significant and/or enduring relationship with Canada, [Redacted]
  • Expansive support for departmental and interdepartmental approach to parliamentary affairs and parliamentary committee management, in particular the Special Parliamentary Committee on Afghanistan
  • Portrait of new Afghan refugees in Canada to inform development of domestic outreach initiatives and support the successful integration of new arrivals

Afghanistan Governance and Reporting

IRCC

Executive Committee

• Afghanistan Core ADMs
• Chair: ADM-AFG
• Participants: ADMs of OPS, SPP, SIS, CSS, FSA; Legal, Comms

Departmental Audit Committee

• Afghanistan Core DGs
• Chair: ADM-AFG
• Participants: DGs of PEB, IPC, IB, IN, IRM, OPP, RASO, ASB, Legal, Comms

Legal Issues Management Committee

• Afghanistan Core DGs
• Chair: ADM-AFG
• Participants: DGs of PEB, IPC, IB, IN, IRM, OPP, RASO, ASB, Legal, Comms

DG + ADM Resettlement Governance Committee

• Afghanistan Core Directors
• Chair: Director-IPC
• Participants: Directors across IRCC working on Afghanistan

MIN-DM

• ADM-MINO Bilateral on Afghanistan

Interdepartmental

Afghanistan DMs

• Chair: PCO Dep. Sec. (Ops)
• Participants: DMs of IRCC, GAC, DND, PS, CBSA

Afghanistan ADMs

• Chair: IRCC ADM-AFG
• Participants: ADMs of GAC, DND, CSBA

4 Corners Afghanistan

• Chair: PCO (SDP)
• Participants: PCO (FDP), PMO, MINOs and ADMs of IRCC, GAC, DND, PS, CBSA

Reporting

• IRCC Afghanistan Dashboard
• CBSA Placemat
• GAC Situational Report