Related Initiatives and Planning Processes

Deregulation and Regulatory Reform

The Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Assessment Office have undertaken significant deregulation and regulatory reform initiatives that aim to ensure British Columbia's regulatory climate enables strong economic growth while maintaining effective environmental standards. The Ministry of Environment's achievements to date in the area of deregulation are described under Goal 4, Objective 1. The Environmental Assessment Office's achievements to date have been incorporated into its goals and performance measures described under Goal 1, Objective 1.

Regulatory reform has been and will continue to be undertaken under each core business area as the Ministry of Environment pursues its shift from a prescriptive to a results-based approach to regulation. For example, the enactment of new legislation (e.g., the Integrated Pest Management Act; the Environmental Management Act) and the amendment of existing statutes (e.g., the Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act; the Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act) are intended to reduce regulatory burden, clarify responsibilities and make more efficient use of ministry resources. Another three-year plan for regulatory reform has been introduced by the government. Over the next three years, the ministry will continue its review of legislation and regulations (e.g., the Wildlife Act) and measure its progress in delivering this plan using the new targets set in the government's regulatory reform plan. (See Goal 4 in the Ministry of Environment section for the performance measure.)

Overviews of Human Resource Plans and Information Resource Management Plans

Human Resource Plans

The Human Resource Plans of the Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Assessment Office outline the key human resource objectives for the coming year and look forward to their respective future needs. These plans support the achievement of the Service Plan goals and objectives and are aligned with the government-wide Corporate Human Resource Plan.

An overview of the Ministry of Environment's Human Resource Plan is available on the ministry's website:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sp2005/hrmp.html or

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sp2005/hrmp.pdf

An overview of the Environmental Assessment Office's Human Resource Plan is available on the Environmental Assessment Office's website:

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/publicat/hrmp-05-06/HRMP-05-01-17.pdf

Information Resource Management Plans

Both the Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Assessment Office identify the alignment between information management, information technology and the business requirements in their respective Information Resource Management Plans.

An overview of the Ministry of Environment's Information Resource Management Plan is available on the ministry's website:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sp2005/irmp.html or

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/sp2005/irmp.pdf

An overview of the Environmental Assessment Office's Information Resource Management Plan is available on the Environmental Assessment Office's website:

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/publicat/irmp-05-06/IRMP-05-01-17.pdf