|
 Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Results — Continued
Goal 1: Public confidence in accurate and impartial reporting
of forest practices.
- Outcome/Key Indicator (Goal Level):
- Level of public satisfaction with the audit, investigation
and appeal performance, based on measures of public feedback.
Reports are relevant and address issues of concern to the public.
A public survey is conducted every third year. The last survey
was conducted in 2003/04.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Actual/Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
| Public believes Board reports contribute to sound forest
management in BC. |
51%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
65%
|
| Public believes Board reports are accurate and impartial.
|
67% |
N/A |
N/A
|
75% |
- Core Business Area:
- Forest practices audits, investigations and reports.
- Objective 1:
- A redesigned Board role in the context of the Forest
and Range Practices Code, greater reliance on professionals
and industry self-regulation.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Actual/Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
| A report on the redesigned role of the Board. |
N/A
|
1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
- Strategies:
- 1. Work with government agencies in drafting legislative
changes to Board role as part of the Forest and Range Practices
Act.
- Objective 2:
- Independent audits of industry and government's performance
to reinforce the application of sound forest practices throughout
the Province.
| Performance Measure |
2003/04
Actual/Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
| Number of quality-assured audit projects completed and published. |
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
- Strategies:
- 1. Random selection and implementation of a combination of:
- • Compliance audits of major licences and the BC Timber
Sales Program (BCTS).
- • Area-based audits of major licences, BCTS and small
tenure licences in the selected area. As well, there may be an
enforcement audit on the appropriateness of government's enforcement
of the Code in the area.
- • Annual compliance and enforcement audits pursuant
to the Nisga'a treaty.
- 2. Active cooperation with those developing forest practices
auditing and, specifically, with the various certification programs
operating in B.C.
- Objective 3:
- A timely reporting process that fairly and objectively represents
the general public interest.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Actual/Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
|
• Quantitative reporting on numbers of requests for
administrative appeals, investigations, response times,
costs, etc
|
To be reported in the Annual Report.
|
To be reported in the Annual Report.
|
To be reported in the Annual Report.
|
To be reported in the Annual Report.
|
| • Published audit, investigation, and appeal manuals
that inform the public about the new way the Board conducts
its business. |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
- Strategies:
- 1. Continue to produce analyses and reports that are concise,
logical and relevant.
- 2. Maintain reliance on professional staff to conclude reports.
- 3. Short timelines for completion.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Actual/Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
|
• Timeliness: Percentage of audits conducted and
published within the fiscal year.
|
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
• Timeliness: Report on an investigation.
|
80% will be completed in seven months. |
80% will be completed in seven months. |
80% will be completed in seven months. |
80% will be completed in seven months. |
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