Five-Year Departmental Evaluation Plan 2018/2019 – 2022/2023

Deputy Head Confirmation Note

I approve the Rolling Five-Year Development Evaluation Plan of Global Affairs Canada for fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23 which I submit to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat as required by the Policy on Results and pursuant to section 42.1 of the Financial Administration Act. As per Sections 4.3.15 of the Policy, I confirm that the following evaluation coverage requirements are met and reflected in this five-year departmental evaluation plan:

• is informed by an annual evaluation planning exercise that includes consultation with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat;
• clearly presents planned evaluation coverage, including coverage of organizational spending and the programs in the Program Inventory, during the planning period;
• identifies and provides a rationale for the organization’s spending and programs in the Program Inventory that are not scheduled for evaluation during the planning period;
• includes evaluations of all ongoing programs of grants and contributions that have five-year average actual expenditures of $5 million or greater per year;
• includes all evaluations required by applicable legislation and as a result of commitments in submissions approved by the Treasury Board of Canada
• includes all evaluations requested by the Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada; and
• includes all evaluation activities required to support centrally-led evaluations or resource alignment reviews.

I will ensure that this plan is updated annually, and I will provide information about its implementation to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, as required.

Ian Shugart
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Global Affairs Canada

Context and Background

Purpose Policy on Results

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to present Global Affairs Canada’s Departmental Evaluation Plan (DEP). The DEP is an information and management tool produced annually by departments that reflects the results of the department’s annual evaluation planning exercise and identifies evaluations planned for the next five years. The Policy on Results (Section 4.3.15) requires that Deputy heads annually approve a five-year DEP plan and provide it to the Treasury Board Secretariat.

This document provides an update to the One-Year Departmental Evaluation Plan that was approved by the Deputy Head in June 2017 with special permission from the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS).

The scope and content of this plan are consistent with the requirements of the Financial Administration Act and the Treasury Board Policy on Results.

The Policy on Results

The Policy on Results was introduced in July 2016, and replaced the 2009 Policy on Evaluation. It maintains the requirement to evaluate all ongoing programs of grants and contributions that have a five-year average expenditure of $5 million or greater per year.

Under the Policy on Results, all Departments are required to create a Departmental Results Framework (DRF) that outlines the core responsibilities for the Department, the ultimate goals for the organization, and how the achievement of these goals will be assessed. The Policy also introduced the requirement for a Program Inventory (PI, see Appendix III), as a complement to the Departmental Results Framework, which contains the entire list of programs in the Department. This helps demonstrate how the Department delivers on its mandate, supports the authorization of expenditures through Cabinet, and supports performance reporting. The Program Inventory represents the entire evaluation universe. Each program must be evaluated.

The Policy on Results created a new Performance Measurement and Evaluation Committee (PMEC) that replaces the Departmental Evaluation Committees. The mandate of this new Committee is expanded to include the oversight of both performance measurement and evaluation. The Committee, chaired by the Deputy Minister, is comprised of senior Departmental officials, including the Head of Evaluation and the new position of the Head of Performance Measurement.

Evaluation Function

Changes to the Evaluation Function at Global Affairs Canada

In April 2017, Global Affairs Canada underwent a re-organization that grouped the two previously separate evaluation functions together in one place, the Results and Evaluation Bureau (PRD). PRD oversees all the evaluation functions and the Results and Delivery Unit (PRR). The Director General of the bureau is the designated Head of Evaluation and represents the departmental link to TBS for evaluation.

The evaluation function includes the International Assistance Evaluation Division (PRA), which evaluates all programs that are funded from the international assistance envelope, and the Diplomacy, Trade, and Corporate Evaluation Division (PRE), which evaluates the remainder of the Global Affairs Canada’s programs. In addition, PRE hosts the Evaluation Services Unit (ESU), which provides advice and supports the decentralized evaluations that Program branches across the department may commission.

PRA is moving from a 100% contracted out model for conducting evaluations to delivering evaluations predominantly in-house. This is expected to led to improvements in quality, timeliness, corporate memory, learning and performance. PRE conducts most of its evaluations using in-house resources. The teams are supplemented by experienced consultants as needed.

Resources

In total, the evaluation function at Global Affairs Canada consists of 35 FTEs. When fully staffed, the evaluation function’s annual salary expense is approximately $3.2M. Total funds for O&M in the two divisions is $1.79M

Capacity

At full capacity, the evaluation function at Global Affairs Canada can produce between 12 and 15 evaluation reports annually. This includes 6-7 evaluations of international assistance programing (PRA) and 5 to 8 evaluations of diplomacy, trade and corporate programing.

The Evaluation Services Unit has the capacity to support approximately 40 to 50 decentralized evaluations every year.

Achievements in 2017 - 2018

PMEC and Evaluations Conducted in FY 2017-2018

Evaluation Conducted in FY 17/18
By PRD: 16
By MOPAN: 2
By OGD (Horizontal): 2
Total: 20

Status of Evaluations conducted in FY17/18
Approved: 15
Not Approved/Pending: 3
Ongoing: 2
Total: 20

Strategic Discussions at PMEC

Chaired by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and including the Deputy Ministers of International Trade and International Assistance, the department’s PMEC has become a senior level forum for strategic discussion concerning operations, programmes and policy. This year, PMEC’s review of departmental evaluations led to broader exchange and direction including on the department’s success and challenges with amalgamation; improving and measuring coherence between diplomatic, trade and assistance streams; enhancing the department’s responsiveness, flexibility, and capacity to scale up programming, as strategic priorities shift and country contexts change; and the importance of data and the development of the department’s data strategy.

Overview of Evaluation Coverage

2017-18 was a transition year for evaluation at Global Affairs Canada which involved the organization of the new Evaluation and Results Bureau (PRD), the shift from the PAA to the DRF and a new Program Inventory (PI), the establishment of the PMEC, and the reprofiling and resourcing of the 2 evaluation divisions (PRE and PRA). In June 2017, Global Affairs Canada submitted an interim one-year evaluation plan that identified 20 evaluations to be completed and approved by year- end.

Of the 20 evaluations conducted, 16 were produced by the 2 evaluations divisions (PRE=11, PRA=5) using in-house (13), hybrid (2) or contracted out (1) models. 2 evaluations were assessments conducted by the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) of international organizations, and 2 evaluations were horizontal evaluations led by Public Safety.

Overall, 15 of the evaluations were approved by PMEC. Three evaluations were either not approved or are pending approval and 2 evaluations were delayed and will be continued into 2018/19.

Evaluations Conducted in FY 2017-2018ink to PAA

Evaluation Name: Horizontal Evaluation of Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy (led by Public Safety)
PMEC Review Date: June 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date:  June 2017
Branch: International and Political Security Affairs
Link to PAA: SO3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name: Horizontal Evaluation of the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (led by Public Safety)
PMEC Review Date: September 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: September 2017
Branch: International and Political Security Affairs
Link to PAA: SO3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name: START and the Global Peace and Security Fund
PMEC Review Date: June 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date:  September 2017
Branch: International and Political Security Affairs
Link to PAA: SO3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name: North American Platform Partnership Program
PMEC Review Date: August 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date:  September 2017
Branch: Americas
Link to PAA: SO2.1.1 International Business Development through Promotion of Exports

Evaluation Name: Client Service Fund/Integrated Trade Strategy Fund
PMEC Review Date: September 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date:  October 2017
Branch: International Business Investment and Innovation
Link to PAA: SO2.1.1 International Business Development through Promotion of Exports

Evaluation Name: Micro-Missions and China Trade Offices
PMEC Review Date: September 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date:  November 20
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to PAA:  SO2.1.1: International Business Development through Promotion of Exports and Trade in Canada and Abroad

Evaluation Name: Grants in Lieu of Taxes on Protocol and Diplomatic Services
PMEC Review Date: November 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: November 2017
Branch: Office of Protocol
Link to PAA:

• SO1.2.1: Bilateral and Regional Diplomacy and Advocacy
• SO1.2.2: Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Evaluation Name: Consular Services
PMEC Review Date: November 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: December 2017
Branch: Consular, Security and Emergency Management
Link to PAA: SO2.2.1 Consular Assistance for Canadians

Evaluation Name: Honduras Country Program
PMEC Review Date: December 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: December 2017
Branch: Americas
Link to PAA:

• SO3.2.2: Children and Youth, Including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
• SO3.2.3: Food Security

Evaluation Name: International Labour Organization (by MOPAN)
PMEC Review Date December 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: December 2017
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to PAA:

• SO 3.2.1 International Security and Democratic Development
• SO3.2.2 International Development

Evaluation Name: Inter-American Development Bank (by MOPAN)
PMEC Review Date: December 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: December 2017
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to PAA: SO 3.2.1 International Security and Democratic Development

Evaluation Name: Canada’s Development Assistance on Extractives and Sustainable Development
PMEC Review Date: January 2018
Deputy Head Approval Date: January 2018
Branch: Partnerships for Development/ Global Issues and Development
Link to PAA: SO3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth

Evaluation Name:  Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Reduction Program
PMEC Review Date: February 2018
Deputy Head Approval Date: February 2018
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to PAA: SO3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name:  Vietnam Country Program
PMEC Review Date: February 2018
Deputy Head Approval Date: February 2018
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to PAA:

• SO3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth
• SO3.2.3: Food Security

Evaluation Name:  Caribbean Regional Development Program
PMEC Review Date: April 2018
Deputy Head Approval Date: April 2018
Branch: Americas
Link to PAA:

• SO3.1.2: Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law
• SO3.2.1: Sustainable Economic Growth
• SO3 .2.2: Children and Youth, Including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
• SO3.2.3: Food Security

Evaluation Name:  Canada’s Extended Continental Shelf Program
PMEC Review Date:
Deputy Head Approval Date: Delayed
Branch: Legal adviser
Link to PAA: SO1.2.2: Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Evaluation Name:  Canadian Police Arrangement/International Police Peacekeeping Program
PMEC Review Date: August 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: Pending
Branch: International and Political Security Affairs
Link to PAA: SO3.1.1: International Security and Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name: Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy
PMEC Review Date: August 2017
Deputy Head Approval Date: Not Approved
Branch: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
Link to PAA: SO1.2.2 Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy

Evaluation Name: International Organization of La Francophonie
PMEC Review Date: January 2018
Deputy Head Approval Date: Not Approved
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to PAA:

• SO1.2.2: Summitry and Multilateral Diplomacy and Advocacy
• SO3.2.4 Multisector Assistance, Social Development, and Development Engagement

Completed Evaluations Considerations - Samples

In order to increase the broader usefulness of evaluations for program development, each evaluation will include “considerations for future programming” as part of evaluation reports. Some examples for international assistance programming and for diplomatic, trade and corporate programming are provided at right.

Considerations for Future International Assistance Programming

• In countries that are rapidly changing, there is an opportunity for Global Affairs Canada to go beyond the traditional scope of development programming. This can include working in sectors that support government partners’ abilities to adapt to rapid expansion, particularly in the areas of industrial pollution control, public sector management related to industrial regulation, and labour rights. It can also include stronger links and cohesion between trade and diplomacy work within the country. (Vietnam Country Program Evaluation)
• In-country gender networks can play a valuable role in building capacity, raising gender awareness and improving the monitoring and achievement of results. (Honduras Country Program Evaluation)

Considerations for Future Diplomatic, Trade, and Corporate Programming

• Sharing knowledge across security programs is critical, not just to avoid duplication of efforts, but to ensure a coherent approach to programming that seamlessly incorporates security objectives, such as prevention, stabilization and capacity-building with other departmental priorities, including gender, human rights and the environment. Programs should ensure that information on what has worked well and what has not is collected and disseminated across thematic areas. (Evaluation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Reduction Program)

Other Achievements in FY 2017/18

Advice and Guidance

The Evaluation Services Unit (ESU) provides quality assurance, technical assistance and capacity building to program officials managing decentralized evaluations. Decentralized evaluations represent at least 65% of all departmental direct disbursements on evaluations on an annual basis. A new approach to strengthen the planning and conduct of these evaluations is being implemented to improve the quality, timeliness and usefulness of these products/exercises.

Evaluation Learning Strategy

A new evaluation Learning Strategy is being developed to increase the use of evaluations in policy making and program design and to foster learning across Global Affairs. The 3 areas of focus of the strategy are to develop a departmental culture receptive to and knowledgeable about evaluation, to improve evaluation products making them more accessible and user friendly and to increase the visibility, reach and use of evaluations.

Follow-up on Implementation of Management Action Plans in response to evaluation recommendations

As per the Directive on Results (2016), the Head-of-Evaluation (PRD) is required to report to PMEC on the implementation of evaluation recommendations and action plans. The PMEC Secretariat (PRR), in collaboration with the evaluation divisions (PRA & PRA) conducted an exercise to monitor the implementation of Management Responses and Action Plans (MRAP) from evaluations. An MRAP Progress Report was presented to PMEC in November 2017 and covered 18 evaluations approved between January 2014 and March 2017.

Design of Evaluation Reports

The Evaluation and Results Bureau has experimented with a new design for its evaluation reports using Slidedocs, a technique using infographics and Powerpoint to make evaluation reports more readable and user friendly. Pioneered by Nancy Duarte, A slidedoc is a document created using presentation software, where visuals and words unite to illustrate one clear point per page. They are meant to be printed or distributed instead of presented. The result is a medium that can be read more quickly than a conventional document.

Review and input into MCs, TB submissions, and Program Information Profiles (PIPs)

PRD regularly reviews and provides input for the Results and Delivery sections of Memoranda to Cabinet and Treasury Board Submissions. Approximately 15 MCs and TB submissions were reviewed in 2017/18. In addition, PRD reviewed and provided advice on the 58 Program Information Profiles that were completed in 2017/18.

MOPAN

The Department relies on assessments by the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) for the multilateral organizations that it funds, in lieu of conducting its own duplicative assessments. MOPAN was established in 2002 by bilateral donor countries to evaluate the effectiveness of multilateral organizations. In 2013, MOPAN launched a reform process to improve its approach, which included sharpening its focus on results, development effectiveness, and organizational effectiveness. The new MOPAN methodology provides the department with the information it needs on the achievement of results, effectiveness, relevance, sustainability and efficiency to meet its accountability requirements under the Policy on Results. In addition to being a chair of the Technical Working Group, Global Affairs Canada is a member of the Steering Committee and has played an important role in shaping MOPAN’s current approach.

Impact  Evaluation Strategy

The department aims to contribute to broaden evaluation approaches to impact evaluations for complex interventions. Global Affairs Canada, in collaboration with WHO, is currently conducting a joint evaluation of the $75M Rapid Access Expansion initiative (RAcE). This evaluation will use innovative methodological alternatives to traditional counterfactual approaches. Global Affairs Canada is contributing to AgResult’s Vietnam GHG Emissions Reduction Pilot - incentivizing and rewarding high-impact agricultural innovations.

Departmental Evaluation Plan

Evaluation Plan

Plan Development

Changes to the Evaluation Planning Process

The process for the development of the 2018-2019 Departmental Evaluation Plan included determining the scope of the evaluation universe, consulting with ADMs and DGs in branches, and reviewing materiality, alignment with the new Program Inventory, and with departmental priorities. Once complete, the Plan is reviewed by the Performance Measurement and Evaluation Committee (PMEC) and approved by the Deputy Head.

The determination of the scope of the evaluation universe used the Global Affairs Canada Program Inventory to identify the programs to be evaluated. The Program Inventory (PI) is divided into 6 Core Responsibilities. Within the Evaluation and Results Bureau, the Diplomacy, Trade and Corporate Evaluation Division (PRE) covers Core Responsibilities 1 (International Advocacy and Diplomacy), 2 (Trade and Investment), 4 (Help for Canadians Abroad) and 5 (Support for Canada’s Presence Abroad). The International Assistance Evaluation Division (PRA) covers international assistance action areas within Core Responsibility 1 (International Advocacy and Diplomacy) and Core Responsibility 3 (Development, Peace and Security Programming).

The new Policy on Results and the Program Inventory allow for more flexibility in selecting evaluations and what to focus on. Evaluations can cluster programs in the Program Inventory to look at coherence among diplomacy, trade, development, and consular services provided by the Department. Similarly, large programs can be evaluated more frequently than every five years, and the evaluations can be timed depending on need and availability of data or when the enabling context changes significantly. They can also be calibrated to inform decision making. For example, evaluations can focus on all international assistance programming and involve all of the relevant branches (bilateral, partnership, multilateral and peace and security) operating within an individual country. Alternatively, the evaluations can focus on current policy questions, specific types of thematic programming, or geographic regions within the same program.

The evaluation divisions met with senior management in Global Affairs Canada branches in summer 2017 to review the proposed timing of evaluations in order to ensure that their usefulness and value would be optimized. In total, fourteen consultations were held with Assistant Deputy Minsters, Director Generals and other key stakeholders to discuss the evaluation needs of senior management. For programs with more than one evaluation scheduled during the five year cycle, the proposed area of focus will be confirmed every year beginning with Q1 of 2018/19.

Evaluation Plan

Coverage

The Program Inventory has 58 Programs broken down into six Core Responsibilities (CR):

1.  International Advocacy and Diplomacy
2. Trade and Investment
3. Development, Peace and Security Programming
4. Help for Canadians Abroad
5. Support for Canada’s Presence Abroad
6. Internal Services

PRE is the lead for 29 programs in the Program Inventory (CR 1, 2, 4, 5, 6), and PRA is the lead for 19 Programs in the Program Inventory (CR 1, 3). There is no requirement to evaluate the 10 Internal Services.

Global Affairs Canada meets part of its evaluation coverage through its engagement with the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN). The 18 members contribute collectively to evaluations of the strengths and areas for improvements in international organizations.

Global Affairs Canada Planned Evaluation Coverage

PRD will conduct 59 evaluations over the next five years, representing 46 out of 58 programs in the PI. The schedule for evaluations fulfils legal and Treasury Board policy requirements. All ongoing programs of grants and contributions with a five-year average expenditure of $5 million or greater per year will be evaluated. Evaluations will also address all Treasury Board submission commitments. The planned coverage for Global Affairs Canada is as follows:

Programs Not Covered

Twelve programs will be not be evaluated within the next five years. None are grants and contributions programs nor legally mandated evaluations. They will instead be evaluated on a periodic basis:

• International Assistance Operations (#26)
• Grants and Contributions Policy and Operations (#3)
• Internal Services (#49 to #58) (not required but may be conducted on demand) In addition, the Department will support the evaluation of Horizontal 2020 (Youth Employment Strategy) that is being led by ESDC and due September 2019.

Evaluation Schedule

Schedule of Evaluations: FY 2018-2019

Evaluation Name: Canada’s Extended Continental Shelf Program
Planned Evaluation Start Date: February 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2018
Branch:

• Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
• Legal adviser

Link to Program Inventory:

• 6. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb Policy & Diplomacy
• 4. International Law

Evaluation Name: International Education Strategy – Includes international scholarship program
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2018
Branch: International Business Investment and Innovation
Link to Program Inventory: 20. International Business Development

Evaluation Name: Americas International Assistance: Colombia
Planned Evaluation Start Date: January 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2018
Branch: Americas
Link to Program Inventory: 35. Americas International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Global Security Reporting Program
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2018
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 17. Peace and Security Policy

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa Coherence Evaluation: Trade, Diplomacy & International Assistance
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2019
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory:

• 9. Sub-Saharan Africa Policy & Diplomacy
• 25. Sub-Saharan Africa Trade
• 37. Sub-Saharan Africa

Evaluation Name: International Assistance Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Initiative
Planned Evaluation Start Date: February 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2019
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory: 13. Human Development: Health & Education

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Senegal
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2019
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Mission Coordination, Strategia
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2019
Branch: Americas
Link to Program Inventory:

• 10. Geographic Coordination and Mission Support
•  48. Mission Network Information Management / Information Technology

Schedule of Evaluations: FY 2019-2020

* signifies a contracted-out evaluation

Evaluation Name: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance: Ukraine*
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: June 2019
Branch: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
Link to Program Inventory: 34. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Global Markets Support Program, including the CanExport Program
Planned Evaluation Start Date: September 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: June 2019
Branch: International Business Investment and Innovation
Link to Program Inventory:

• 2.Trade, Investment, and International Economic Policy
• 20. International Business Development

Evaluation Name: Trade and Export Controls, including softwood permitting systems
Planned Evaluation Start Date: December 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: July 2019
Branch: Trade Agreements and Negotiations
Link to Program Inventory: 19. Trade Controls

Evaluation Name: Humanitarian Assistance
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2019
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory:

• 12. Humanitarian Action
• 27. Humanitarian Assistance

Evaluation Name: Asia Pacific International Assistance: Philippines
Planned Evaluation Start Date: October 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2019
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to Program Inventory: 36. Asia Pacific International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Major Events & Summitry
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2019
Branch: Strategic Policy
Link to Program Inventory: 1. International Policy Coordination

Evaluation Name: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2019
Branch: Consular, Security and Emergency Management
Link to Program Inventory: 40. Emergency Preparedness and Response

Evaluation Name: Americas International Assistance: Peru
Planned Evaluation Start Date: November 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2019
Branch: Americas
Link to Program Inventory: 35. Americas International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Ethiopia
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2020
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Europe, Middle East & Maghreb: Coherence Evaluation: Trade, Diplomacy & International Assistance
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2019
Branch: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
Link to Program Inventory:

• Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb Policy & Diplomacy
• 22. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb Trade
• 34. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Property Management-Real Property Bureau
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2020
Branch: International Platform
Link to Program Inventory:

• 46. Real Property Project Delivery, Professional and Technical Services Approval
• 45. Real Property: Planning and Stewardship Bra

Evaluation Name: International Innovation and Investment, including Clean Tech Strategy evaluation, and Canadian International Innovation Program
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2020
Branch: International Business Investment and Innovation
Link to Program Inventory:

• 20. International Business Development
• 21. International Innovation and Investment

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Democratic Republic of Congo*
Planned Evaluation Start Date: May 2018
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2020
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Schedule of Evaluations: FY 2020-2021Ap

Evaluation Name: Europe, Arctic. Middle East & Maghreb International Assistance: Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women & Girls in the Middle East – (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: September 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: July 2020
Branch: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
Link to Program Inventory:

• 11. Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls
• 34. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Mali
Planned Evaluation Start Date: September 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2020
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Anti-Crime and Counter- Terrorism Capacity Building
Planned Evaluation Start Date: October 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2020
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 31. Anti-Crime and Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building

Evaluation Name: Asia Pacific International Assistance: Pakistan (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: December 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2020
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to Program Inventory: 36. Asia Pacific International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Management of Locally Engaged Staff
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2020
Branch: International Platform
Link to Program Inventory: 44. LES Services

Evaluation Name: Mission Security and Personnel Safety Abroad
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2020
Branch:

• Consular, Security and Emergency
• Management International Platform
• International Security and Political Affairs

Link to Program Inventory: 47. Mission Readiness and Security

Evaluation Name: Property Management- Investments
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2020
Branch: International Platform
Link to Program Inventory: 46. Real Property Project Delivery, Professional and Technical Services

Evaluation Name: Asia-Pacific Coherence Evaluation: Trade, Diplomacy & International Assistance
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2020
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to Program Inventory:

• 8.Asia-Pacific Diplomacy
• 24. Asia-Pacific Trade
• 36.Asia-Pacific International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Partnerships and Development Innovation: Human Rights, Governance, Democracy and Inclusion
Planned Evaluation Start Date: November 2019
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2021
Branch: Partnerships for Development
Link to Program Inventory:

• 16. Human Rights, Governance, Democracy and Inclusion
• 28. Partnerships and Development Innovation

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Tanzania
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2021
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Evaluations
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2021
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory: 29. Multilateral International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Peace and Stabilization Operations
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2021
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 30. Peace and Stabilization Operations

Evaluation Name: Common Service Delivery Point (CSDP) Evaluation
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2021
Branch: International Platform
Link to Program Inventory:

• 41. Platform Corporate Services
• 43. Client Relations & Mission operations

Schedule of Evaluations: FY 2021-2022

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Burkina Faso (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: July 2021
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory: 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: International Policy Advice
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2021
Branch: Strategic Policy
Link to Program Inventory: 1. International Policy Coordination

Evaluation Name: Environment and Climate Action
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2020
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2021
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory:

• 15. Environment and Climate Action
• 29. Multilateral International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Market Access/Negotiations, including CETA
Planned Evaluation Start Date: February 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2021
Branch: Trade Agreements and Negotiations
Link to Program Inventory:

• 2. Trade, Investment and International Economic Policy
• 18. Trade Policy, Negotiations, Agreements and Disputes

Evaluation Name: Asia Pacific International Assistance: Thematic Programming in South-East Asia (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: January 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2021
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to Program Inventory: 36. Asia Pacific International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Americas Coherence Evaluation: Trade, Diplomacy & International Assistance
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2021
Branch: Americas
Link to Program Inventory:

• Americas Policy and Diplomacy
• 23. Americas Trade
• 35. Americas International Assistance Americas International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Americas International Assistance Thematic: Growth that Works for Everyone (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: January 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: December 2021
Branch: Americas
Link to Program Inventory:

• 14. Growth the Works for Everyone
• 35. Americas International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Official Visits and Hospitality
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: January 2022
Branch: Office of Protocol
Link to Program Inventory: 5. Diplomatic Services and Protocol

Evaluation Name: Office of Human Rights, Freedom and Inclusion
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2022
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 16. Human Rights, Governance, Democracy Political Affairs & Inclusion

Evaluation Name: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2022
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 33. Canada Fund for Local Initiatives

Schedule of Evaluations FY 2022-2023

Evaluation Name: Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance: Ghana (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: May 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: April 2022
Branch: Sub-Saharan Africa
Link to Program Inventory:

• 27. Humanitarian Assistance
• 37. Sub-Saharan Africa International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Americas International Assistance: Haiti (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: October 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2022
Branch: Americas-International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory:

• 30. Peace and Security Operations
• 35. Americas International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Grants in lieu of Taxes on Protocol and Diplomatic Services
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: September 2022
Branch: Office of Protocol
Link to Program Inventory: 5. Diplomatic Services and Protocol

Evaluation Name: Peace and Security Policy
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2022
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 17. Peace and Security Policy

Evaluation Name: Asia Pacific International Assistance: Bangladesh (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: January 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: October 2022
Branch: Asia Pacific
Link to Program Inventory: 36. Asia Pacific International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Consular Services
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2022
Branch: Consular, Security and Emergency Management
Link to Program Inventory: 39. Consular Assistance and administrative services for Canadians abroad

Evaluation Name: Europe, Arctic, Middle East & Maghreb International Assistance: Middle East (TBC) *
Planned Evaluation Start Date: December 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2022
Branch:

• Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb
• International Security and Political Affairs
• Global Issues and Development

Link to Program Inventory:

• 27. Humanitarian Assistance
• 29. Multilateral International Assistance
• 34. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance: Jordan (TBC)
Planned Evaluation Start Date: December 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: November 2022
Branch: Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb- Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory:

• 27. Humanitarian Assistance
• 34. Europe, Arctic, Middle East and Maghreb International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Partnerships and Development Innovation: Human Rights, Governance, Democracy & Inclusion
Planned Evaluation Start Date: April 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2023
Branch: Partnerships for Development
Link to Program Inventory:

• 16: Human Rights, Governance, Democracy and Inclusion
•  28. Partnerships and Development Innovation

Evaluation Name: Client Service Fund and the Integrative Trade Strategy Fund
Planned Evaluation Start Date: September 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: February 2023
Branch: International Business Investment and Innovation
Link to Program Inventory: 20. International Business Development Innovation

Evaluation Name: Multilateral Policy
Planned Evaluation Start Date: September 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2023
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory: 3. Multilateral Policy

Evaluation Name: Foreign Service Directives
Planned Evaluation Start Date: August 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2023
Branch: International Platform
Link to Program Inventory: 42. Foreign Service Directives

Evaluation Name: Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Evaluations
Planned Evaluation Start Date: March 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2023
Branch: Global Issues and Development
Link to Program Inventory: 29. Multilateral International Assistance

Evaluation Name: Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Reduction
Planned Evaluation Start Date: June 2022
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2023
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 32. WMD Threat Reduction

Evaluation Name: Asia Pacific International Assistance: Afghanistan (TBC) *
Planned Evaluation Start Date: December 2021
Planned Deputy Head Approval: March 2023
Branch: International Security and Political Affairs
Link to Program Inventory: 36. Asia Pacific International Assistance

Appendices

• Appendix I – Full Evaluation Schedule
• Appendix II – Ongoing Grants and Contributions