Evaluation of Canada's Participation in the Commission for
Environmental
Cooperation (CEC)
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6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation Area 1: Improving the effectiveness of Canada's
participation in the CEC
Environment Canada should develop a comprehensive plan for addressing its
commitment to its participation in the CEC. This plan should detail the Department's role
in the CEC in particular by:
- Articulating expected outcomes from its participation in the CEC and how this
connects to other federal departments as well as with its participation in other
fora;
- Articulating how Canada's involvement in the CEC supports government-wide
priorities;
- Demonstrating how Canada can be engaged more effectively in the CEC;
- Describing a mechanism for tracking and monitoring Canada's progress,
including how CEC work and activities are impacting decision-making.
Addressing the above should result in a better integration of the CEC work into the
Canadian agenda and vice versa. It should also ensure that Canadian policy concerns
are brought to the CEC so that there is an increased understanding by the Canadian
public of the CEC as well as Canada's involvement in it. Finally, it should provide a
clearer accountability for public resources entrusted to the CEC.
Recommendation Area 2: Enhancing Canada's support in CEC's efforts to
produce concrete results
Environment Canada should work with other NAAEC Parties and the CEC Secretariat to
help the CEC move towards a results-based approach to planning, budgeting and
management by:
- Developing and implementing a performance measurement framework for the CEC, which should clearly articulate expected organizational-wide outcomes,
monitoring and reporting schemes;
- Developing criteria for the selection of work program content;
- Improving CEC's administrative transparency and effectiveness by:
- Undertaking a review of CEC administrative and financial policies, rules
and/or procedures, in particular to improve their clarity and
comprehensiveness; and
- Continuing to improve CEC planning, budgeting and reporting
mechanisms, including variance analysis;
- Developing a Corporate Communication strategy
Addressing the above should result in enhanced transparency and effectiveness of
CEC's overall management and administrative environment. It will also help the CEC in
ensuring that resources are: 1) allocated in response to Parties' public policy priorities
and evolving interests and needs, 2) delivering measurable results of which the North
American public should be made aware.
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