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The Strategic Planning branch provides broad advice on government business planning, strategies, policies and legislation, as well, provide support for reviews of programs and services, and ensure that the government has current and accurate statistical information on Nunavut and their communities.

Objectives

• Provides analysis, advice and central registry services for Cabinet documents • Liaise with government departments on their submissions to Cabinet.

• Produce effective program evaluation, performance measurement, and evaluation consultation services on matters of Nunavut-wide interest.

• Produce accurate and appropriate statistical data on Nunavut.

Programs Budget ($000) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Policy and Planning 1,269 1,421 1,421 1,421

This division provides policy support and advice to Cabinet and government departments, as well as liaises with other organizations at the policy level.

Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs

Statistics 866 800 800 800

Nunavut Kiglisiniaqtiit (Nunavut Bureau of Statistics) is the GN’s central statistical agency. It collects, analyzes and distributes statistical data on Nunavut, and provides assistance and advice on the use of statistical data. Nunavut Kiglisiniaqtiit is also Statistics Canada’s statistical focal point for Nunavut, and as such represents Nunavut’s interests within the national statistical system.

Evaluation 491 411 411 411

The Evaluation section conducts program evaluations and serves as a resource to GN departments and agencies with respect to evaluations and performance measurement.

Total, Strategic Planning 2,626 2,632 2,632 2,632

Priorities (2014-15)

• Prepare an evaluation framework and an evaluation plan for assessing the effectiveness and impacts of programs, projects and activities on socio-economic development in Nunavut.

Status: A draft paper on an Evaluation Framework for the GN has been developed and is

currently being revised and expanded.

• Develop capacity to provide an oversight role for program evaluations and undertake quality assurance review of external evaluations of government programs.

Status: A draft evaluation plan and plan for training the Intern Manager, Evaluation have

been prepared. Approaches and formats for building capacity of an oversight role for external evaluations have also been prepared.

• Improve labour market indicators. The Bureau will develop an occupational demand model for Nunavut to help identify current and future labour market imbalances (shortages and demands).

Status: The Bureau is drafting a methodological paper that outlines the appropriate methods

and conceptual model to produce an occupational demand model for Nunavut. A Nunavut Job vacancy database has been prepared and is being updated regularly.

• Complete the analysis and dissemination of the Nunavut Food Price Survey and explore the feasibility of an annual survey. Tables will be made available on the Bureau Website.

Status: Data has been decimated and Food Price tables are available on the Bureau’s

website. The next cycle of the survey is planned to be conducted in March 2015.

• Begin dissemination of recently acquired data sets on various social topics from Statistics Canada. Tables will be made available on the Bureau website.

Status: New data tables have been created on a variety of topics and posted on the Bureau’s

website.

Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs

Priorities (2015-16)

• Preparations for the 2016 Census of Canada – work with Statistics Canada to promote the census in Nunavut communities to ensure that Nunavut residents are enumerated.

• Revise methods and examine potential sources of data to improve community population estimates and projection models.

• Continue to work on completing the Occupational Demand Model – model will begin producing occupational outlooks for Nunavut.

• Contribute toward the development of the mandate implementation tracking systems for Sivumut Abluqta.

• To help achieve the Sivumut Abluqta priority, provide an oversight role on external evaluations of GN programs to ensure quality assurance. Assess methods and results used in external evaluations to ensure comprehensive reviews and assessments of GN programs. • Conduct 2016 Nunavut Food Price Survey to collect prices on food and non-food items in all

Nunavut communities. Priorities (2016-17)

• Continue to assist in operations for the 2016 Census of Canada – work with Statistics Canada to ensure that Nunavut residents are enumerated during field operations.

• To help achieve the Sivumut Abluqta priority, participate in internal evaluations/reviews and operational audit of GN programs.

• Incorporate the impact of resource development into the community projection models – these will gauge the potential impact that anticipated resource projects will have on affected communities and will be useful for planning purposes.

• The Bureau will focus on improving and developing economic indicators and models by utilizing Statistics Canada data. Tables will be made available on the Bureau website.

• The Bureau will explore the feasibility of obtaining and disseminating various sources of administrative data from GN departments to fill in data gaps.

• Continue to play an active role in the National Statistics System by working closely with Statistics Canada and the other provinces and territories on various social and economic topics.

Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs

Priorities (2017-18)

• With the anticipated release of 2016 Census and National Household Survey (NHS) data, the Bureau will prepare community level data tables on various subjects for distribution to the Government and the public. Data will be disseminated via the Bureau’s website.

• The Bureau will play an active role in the National Statistics System by working closely with Statistics Canada and the other provinces and territories to ensure that the Census Coverage Studies account for Nunavut residents that were missed during Census enumeration.

• Prepare a compendium of training opportunities in evaluation methodologies and approaches for building capacity of GN staff in program evaluation.

• Collaborate with partners on the development of performance measurement frameworks on poverty reduction programs and other projects.