Sustainable Development Strategy 2007-2010
Appendix 2 - Consultations
Consulting with our stakeholders was integral to building a realistic and achievable plan for sustainable development. We developed a consultation strategy to ensure that we conducted meaningful consultations with all branches and regions to build our fourth strategy, and on defining future activities for sustainable development at the CRA. We did not undertake formal consultations with public stakeholders. We did, however, revise the sustainable development Web page on the CRA Web site and invited the public to submit ideas for the strategy. We did not receive any comments from the public.
The main consultation event was our Sustainable Development Forum, held in Ottawa in April 2006. The target audience was the SD Network and key experts from different program or operational areas within the CRA. Participants were asked to use maturity globes to examine 14 key areas of interest or impact at the CRA. A maturity globe is a tool that plots an issue or program against its maturity level: 1) ad hoc, 2) baseline, 3) manage, 4) innovate, or 5) optimize. The results of this assessment were that all of our issues were plotted on the first three levels; therefore, we still have much more work to do to bring them to an innovative and optimized state.
We also engaged in the following consultations:
- In January 2006, we conducted a pilot workshop with regional SD coordinators to assign weights to commitments for sustainable development, to be applied to the update of the SD strategy.
- In February and March 2006, we met with regional and branch SD coordinators to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the third SD strategy, and to consult on new themes for the fourth strategy.
- In March 2006, we updated our internal and external Web sites with information on the new strategy and invited employees and the public to submit their comments and ideas.
- In April 2006, we consulted with the national Environmental Management System Committee to discuss reducing the environmental impacts from our operations.
- From July to October, we consulted with the SD Network on several drafts of the SD Action Plan 2007-2010 and the SD Strategy 2007-2010.
- Beginning Fall 2006 to Winter 2007, we consulted with the SD Network to develop annual branch and regional action plans for sustainable development that support the national plan.
- We held various meetings with key internal stakeholders to define the link between sustainable development and their programs (e.g., Agency 2010).
- We held several meetings with the SD Steering Committee, comprising the SD Champions, the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner of Finance and Administration Branch, the Director General of Strategic Management and Program Support Directorate, and representatives from the SD Division. We also received ongoing guidance and support from senior management and the Board of Management.
- We met with other government departments to discuss expectations and partnerships for the fourth round of strategies. We participated in consultation sessions conducted by the Office of Greening Government Operations - Public Works and Government Services Canada, and Environment Canada. We met with the Office of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development, and we attended meetings held by the Interdepartmental Network of SD Strategies.
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