Pilot Project
In year 2000, TBS conducted a pilot project to ensure that the federal
government was meeting its accountability commitments under the Social Union
Framework Agreement (SUFA). The three main social departments – Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (former Human Resources Development
Canada), Health Canada, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada reviewed their
programs to ensure that SUFA accountability provisions were met. TBS developed
reporting guidelines and a comprehensive SUFA template to report on results
achieved through federal funding commitments made to provinces and territories. (See
the list below for specific information on individual initiatives reported under
SUFA pilot project.)
At the sunset of this pilot project (2003), TBS revised the definition of
horizontal initiatives and developed guidelines integrating SUFA reporting into
the Horizontal Initiative reporting. Definition: A horizontal initiative
is an initiative in which partners1, from
two or more organizations, have agreed under a formal funding agreement (e.g.
Memorandum to Cabinet, Treasury Board Submission, federal/provincial agreement)
to work towards the achievement of shared outcomes2.
Examples of horizontal initiatives include the Climate Change Initiative,
Canada's Drug Strategy, and the Youth Employment Strategy. For further
information on horizontal reporting, please refer to the Departmental
Performance Reports 2003-04 Preparation Guide.
List of initiatives reported during this pilot project.
2002
2001
1 Types of Partners: Other federal
departments or agencies, other national governments, provincial and territorial
governments, municipal governments, non-governmental organizations, private
sector organizations, first nations, and other organizations.
2 A Shared Outcome is an outcome that
partnering organizations plan to achieve as a result of their collective
programming efforts. A shared outcome should contribute to the achievement of
the partner's strategic outcomes.
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