Report on Performance

Report on Results

Goal 1

Government is focused on its core responsibilities and commitments.

Core Business Areas

Executive and Support Services, Crown Agencies Secretariat (CAS), and Board Resourcing and Development Office (BRDO).

Objective 1

New Era Commitments are fulfilled by 2005/06.

Key Strategies 1

Strategies used to achieve this objective included:

1. Deputy Minister performance-based pay and Ministers' salary holdbacks were linked to the successful implementation of their New Era commitments.
2. Clarity around the lead roles for achieving New Era commitments was ensured and progress was monitored.

Objective 2

Government resources are focused on core roles and responsibilities.

Key Strategies

Strategies used to achieve this objective included:

1. Government structures were aligned with the strategic direction of government, including Government Caucus Committees, Cabinet, and Deputy Minister Committees.
2. All ministry service plans and budgets were reviewed by Government Caucus Committees to ensure alignment with government priorities.
3. Deputy Ministers' performance-based pay and Ministers' salary holdback were linked to the achievement of their budget.
4. All ministry service plans reflected the mandated shifts arising from the Core Services Review.
5. The implementation of the Core Services Review outcomes for all government agencies was completed.
6. The wind-up of discontinued Crown agencies was completed.

Performance Measures	2003/04 Actual	2004/05 Target	2004/05 Actual
Ministry budgets aligned with government's strategic priorities	100 per cent.	100 per cent.	Achieved.
Government meets its budget targets	Each ministry operated within its assigned budgets, other than for a number of corporate priorities such as the significant disaster response costs, accelerating Olympic commitments and various unforeseen items which were funded through Supplementary Estimates and the contingencies vote.	Each ministry operates within its assigned budget.	Achieved.
Implementation of new ministry mandates to focus resources on priority areas	70 per cent implemented.	90 per cent implemented.	Achieved.
Implementation of Crown corporations and Agency, Board and Commissions (ABC) Core Services Review shifts	100 per cent of Crown corporations and ABC core reviews completed; 75 per cent of shifts implemented.	100 per cent of Crown corporations and ABC core review shifts implemented.	100 per cent implemented.
	Appointments eliminated to 480 ABCs (decrease of 65.8 per cent).	Eliminate appointments to 50 per cent of ABCs from base of 730.	Achieved in 2003/04.

Goal 2

Strategic leadership of government focusing on results.

Core Business Areas

Executive and Support Services, Crown Agencies Secretariat, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat.

Objective 1

Lead by example through high standards of accountability.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Participation by all ministries in the development of the Government's Strategic Plan.
2. The tabling of Government's Strategic Plan in February of each year.
3. Participation by all ministries towards achieving benchmarks set by the Progress Board.

Objective 2

Planning and performance measurement become an integral part of government.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Supporting the development of ministry Service Plans.
2. The Crown Agencies Secretariat worked with Crown corporations to strengthen their knowledge of service planning and the development of service plan reports.
3. Participation of the ministries in the development of Government's Strategic Plan.
4. Tabling the Government's Strategic Plan in the Legislature in February of each year.
5. Performance reporting was required of all government agencies.
6. Ministries were required to identify and implement high priority cross-ministry services and programs.

Objective 3

Advance British Columbia's interests at the federal, provincial and international levels.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Coordinating federal/provincial and international issues to ensure focus on priority issues.
2. Implementation of the Pacific Northwest neighbouring states strategy, Asia-Pacific action plan and other regional approaches.
3. The level of federal investment in British Columbia was increased by working with federal ministers.

Goal 3

Government communicates its policies and priorities to the public in an open and transparent manner.

Core Business Areas

Executive and Support Services, Crown Agencies Secretariat, and Public Affairs Bureau.

Objective 1

Effective communication of government's strategic priorities to the public in a consistent and informative manner.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Government's Strategic Plan and ministry and Crown corporation service plans were published on the government's website.
2. Government's, ministry and Crown corporation annual reports were published on the government's website.
3. Government's communications structures were aligned to ensure co-ordination between Ministers' Offices and their ministries.
4. Information was communicated to the public through a variety of sources (MLAs, media, support materials, public events and forums, public policy studies and reports and fact-based advertising) as appropriate.

Goal 4

Effective, efficient and transparent corporate services are provided to government and the public.

Core Business Areas

Executive and Support Services, Crown Agencies Secretariat, Board Resourcing and Development Office.

Objective 1

Efficient, effective Cabinet operations and decision-making.

Key strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Ensuring the appropriate administrative support for the operations and decision-making processes of Cabinet and related committees.
2. A pilot to enable Cabinet and related committees to receive meeting materials through a secure intranet website was initiated.

Objective 2

Ministries, Crown Corporations and agencies, boards and commissions are publicly accountable to taxpayers both in the delivery of their programs and services and in fiscal management.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. Ensuring the effective oversight of the system of Crown agencies in British Columbia.
2. Providing input on cross-Crown agency policy issues.
3. The delivery of workshops on performance measurement for Crown corporations.
4. The delivery of Quarterly Chief Executive Officer forums for all Crown corporations to promote best practices.

Objective 3

Crown Corporations, Agencies, Boards and Commissions have highly skilled leadership to enable good decision-making and improved service delivery.

Key Strategies

Strategies to achieve this objective included:

1. The timely recruitment for appointments of Directors to Crown corporations, agencies, boards and commissions.
2. Development and implementation of policies that ensure all appointments to Crown corporations, agencies, boards and commissions are based on merit.
3. Development and implementation of corporate governance guidelines.