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Session Title: Shaping Evaluation Functions: The Canadian Federal Policy on Evaluation and its Interpretation in Federal Departments and Agencies
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Panel Session 656 to be held in Pacific B on Friday, Nov 4, 1:35 PM to 2:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Policy TIG
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| Anne Routhier, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, anne.routhier@tbs-sct.gc.ca
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| Abstract:
The Government of Canada adopted its first federal-level policy on evaluation in 1977. This policy was intended to guide evaluation practice in federal departments/agencies. Over nearly three and a half decades, this federal-level policy has continued to evolve and, in keeping with policy trends in many jurisdictions, has focused increasingly on 'enabling' government departments/agencies. Some departments/agencies have, in turn, begun to formalize their evaluation functions through the development and adoption of organization-level evaluation policies, charters or systems. In this presentation, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Centre of Excellence for Evaluation will provide an overview of how the federal policy balances 'principle-' and 'directive-'based elements to create space for departments/agencies to actualize their own evaluation functions. Presenters from the Public Health Agency of Canada will then provide details on how they have built on the federal policy to shape their evaluation function.
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Creating an Enabling Federal-level Policy on Evaluation
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| Brian Moo Sang, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, brian.moosang@tbs-sct.gc.ca
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| Anne Routhier, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, anne.routhier@tbs-sct.gc.ca
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The renewed Canadian Federal Policy on Evaluation (2009), was under development between 2006 and 2009, a period when the AEA and academics began to expand the level of dialogue and thinking about evaluation policies. In this introductory presentation, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Centre of Excellence for Evaluation - which is the policy centre that developed the federal policy on evaluation - will examine its own policy - in part using the work of Cooksy, L.J. Mark, M.M, and Trochim W.M.K in '"Policy Evaluation and Practice: Where do we go from here?" (New Directions in Evaluation 123, 103-109, 2009) - to explore how the policy supports federal departments and agencies in both producing quality evaluations and using them for a variety of purposes. In doing so, lessons learned to date by the Centre that may inform the development of evaluation policy in other jurisdictions will be discussed.
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Implementing the Policy on Evaluation the Public Health Agency of Canada: Leverage and Challenges
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| Paule-Anny Pierre, Public Health Agency of Canada, paule-anny.pierre@phac-aspc.gc.ca
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| Nancy Porteous, Public Health Agency of Canada, nancy.porteous@phac-aspc.gc.ca
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In Canada, public health is a responsibility that is shared by the three levels of government, the private sector, nongovernment organizations, health professionals and the public. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was created within the federal Health Portfolio to help protect and improve the health and safety of all Canadians and to contribute to strengthening the health care system. The Agency's activities focus on preventing and controlling chronic and infectious diseases, preventing injuries and preparing for and responding to public health emergencies. As an organization subject to the Policy on Evaluation, the Agency has undertaken actions to comply with the requirements, including important steps and structural changes to strengthen the evaluation function and increase its independence. Successes and challenges in implementing the policy at PHAC will be discussed in this presentation.
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