2002/03 Annual Service Plan Report Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

Ministry Goals and Core Business Areas

Goals

The ministry pursued five goals in 2002/03 towards fulfillment of its mission and vision. The ministry's external services were provided through Goals 1, 2, 3 and 4. Goal 5 (organizational excellence) supports and ties together the first four goals. The Performance Reporting section provides details on progress made towards achievement of each goal.⁸

Goal 1: Sound governance

Principles, policies and legislation to guide sustainable resource management

Goal 2: Sustainable development of land and resources

Resource-based economic development through timely and certain access to land and resources, based on strategic land-use and coastal planning

Goal 3: Effective delivery of integrated, science-based land, resource and geographic information

Timely, well-informed land- and resource-use decisions by the public and private sectors, supported by improved quality of, and access to, integrated registries and resource information

Goal 4: Streamlined land and water management

Fair, efficient and timely allocation of land and water resources

Goal 5: Organizational excellence

An organization that encourages efficiency, innovation, responsiveness, accountability and clear communications in delivering services for the public

Core business areas

The ministry had five core businesses in 2002/03 based on the sub-votes in the Estimates. Table 1 sets out the relationship of these to the ministry's goals and organizational structure.

The first four core businesses were the responsibility of ministry divisions. Land and water management was delivered by Land and Water British Columbia Inc. (LWBC) on the ministry's behalf. Another sub-vote is the responsibility of the Agricultural Land Commission, which has reported under its own Annual Service Plan Report. The first two core businesses, land-use planning and land and resource information, accounted for 76% of the ministry's business.

1	This sub-vote was transferred to the ministry in April 2002 from the Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services.

The results of the first and third core business are largely delivered to the ministry's ultimate clients — resource-based businesses, First Nations and non-profit organizations — through other ministries and agencies, such as LWBC and the Ministry of Forests. By contrast, the services of the second and fourth core businesses are used directly by both private and public ministry clients.