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1. Name of Horizontal Initiative

U.S. Enhanced Representation Initiative (ERI)

2. Name of Lead Department(s)

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

3. Start Date of the Horizontal Initiative September 17, 2003

4. End Date of the Horizontal Initiative
March 31, 2008

5. Total Federal Funding Allocation (start to end date) $118.2 million

6. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement)

The ERI is a partnership of eight federal departments and agencies. The ERI provides a coordinated and integrated approach and direction to managing and advancing Canada’s advocacy, trade, business development, science and technology, and investment interests in the United States. This is done through the collaboration of ERI partners and consultation with other federal government departments, the provinces and territories, and other stakeholders. When fully implemented, the ERI partnership will oversee a network of 43 U.S. points of contact through consulates general, consulates, trade offices and honorary consuls.

7. Shared Outcome(s)

Outcomes reflect total Canadian government efforts related to advocacy and business development with the United States set in the international economic environment. Specific outcomes are defined by the ERI’s Results-based Management and Accountability Framework.

Short-term Outcomes:

• Increased domestic engagement and coordination
• Raised awareness of:
  • Canada-U.S. interdependence in North American security
  • Canada-U.S. interdependence in the North American economy
  • Canada-U.S. social differences
• Increased number of export-ready firms
• Raised awareness in the United States of:
  • Investment opportunities in Canada
  • Canadian technological capabilities
• Increased Canada-U.S. sharing of technologies
• Raised awareness of U.S. market opportunities for Canadian firms
• ERI partnership development
• Increased capacity for advocacy and business development in the United States

Medium-term Outcomes:

• Appreciation of Canada-U.S. interdependence as reflected by:
  • Canadian interests not adversely affected by U.S. legislation, policies, regulations or industry codes
  • Improved settlement of joint Canada-U.S. issues
• Increased investment development
• Increased export development
• Increased commercialization of S&T in Canada
• Improved coherence of Canadian advocacy and business development interests in the United States

Long-term Outcomes:

• Enhanced influence for Canada on key strategic issues
• Improved flow of people, goods and services across the Canada-U.S. border
• Increased business for Canada with the United States

8. Governance Structure(s)

The ERI partnership is managed through a formal governance structure including a Deputy Ministers Steering Committee, an Assistant Deputy Ministers Policy Committee, a Directors General Operations Committee and three director-level standing committees: Advocacy and Business Development, Communications, and Human Resources. Day-to-day operations are managed by the ERI Secretariat, which is responsible to the ERI partnership, through the governance structure, for planning, implementing and evaluating the ERI’s annual action plan. The ERI Secretariat is accountable administratively to its host department, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, which provides financial, human resources and physical resource services to the Secretariat.

9. Federal Partners

10. Names of Programs for Federal Partners

11. Total Allocation (from start to end date)

12. Planned Spending for 2006-2007 ($ millions)

13. Actual Spending in 2006-2007 ($ millions)

14. Expected Results for 2006-2007

15. Results Achieved in 2006-2007

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC),

Canada Economic Development for Quebec regions

Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC)

Industry Canada (IC)

International Trade Canada (ITCan),

National Research Council (NRC)

Western Economic Diversification (WD)

(a) Representation

78.1

20.3

20.4

Complete position staffing, appointment of honorary consuls and finalization of infrastructure

The partnership participated in the staffing of 20 positions, including 4 of the new incremental positions.

Appointed 11 honorary consuls, for a total of 16 to date. Finalized the remaining 4 locations and recruited qualified candidates.
Added and staffed 5 new Strategic Network Coordinator positions.

(b) Advocacy and Business Development

24.8

7.5

9.4

Development of a whole-of-government approach to achieving advocacy and business development results in the United States
Full implementation of partner business plans and utilization of program funding allocations

Realized increasing involvement of other government departments, regional offices, and the provinces in advocacy and business development projects.

Utilized 95.7% of allocated funds

(c) Corporate / Governance

8.2

2.0

1.8

To improve the effectiveness of the ERI and its governance by implementing the Formative Evaluation recommendations

Promoted more coordinated planning and program implementation. Full implementation of Formative Evaluation is proceeding.

(d) Reserve/unallocated

7.1

11.7

5.6

 Total

118.2

41.5

37.2

16. Comments on Variances: Reserve/unallocated funds have been moved forward from year to year in response to absorptive capacity of missions and partners for effective implementation and to offset reduced funding for 2007-2008, when the ERI requires full funding.

17. Results Achieved by Non-federal Partners: Not applicable

18. Contact Information: Wolf Nowak, Manager, Strategic Planning and Analysis, U.S. Enhanced Representation Initiative

19. Approved by: Mitch Vlad, Director, ERI Secretariat

6. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement):

The Global Peace and Security Fund (GPSF), its component programs (Global Peace and Security Program, Global Peace Operations Program, and the Human Security Program³) was initially established at $100 million per year for five years to support urgent contributions to crisis response operations, to continue to address Canada's G8 Sea Island commitment to help build global peace support capacity, and to provide resources to Canada’s human security commitments. This was increased, in June 2007, to $235 million for 2007-2008 and $152 million per year each for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Funded from the Peace and Security Pool of the International Assistance Envelope, the GPSF fills a funding gap by providing dedicated resources for activities that are necessary for a timely response with respect to countries at risk of crisis, but that are not properly the responsibility of the Department of National Defence (DND) and are outside Canada’s traditional official development assistance Program. Examples of these activities are supporting peace support operations and peace processes, supporting justice and security system reform, addressing small arms and light weapons proliferation, addressing transitional justice and reconciliation, and improving the peace enforcement and peace support capacities of African military. Major recipients of funding are Afghanistan, Sudan and Haiti.

7. Shared Outcome(s):

•  rapid, integrated, and better coordinated Canadian responses to international requirements for short- and medium-term conflict prevention, stabilization, peacebuilding and reconstruction;
• improved Canadian contributions to the mitigation of natural disasters and complex emergencies and the restoration of peace, security, the rule of law and legitimate government in fragile states; and
• expanded global and regional capacity for peace support operations.

Notes

1. While the GPSF was created in October 2005, Treasury Board approved the GPSF Terms and Conditions only in September 2006. Programming from October 2005 to September 2006 was undertaken under the previous Human Security Program Terms and Conditions.
2. This has now been increased to $760,187,000  (for the period of October 2005 to March 2010) following approval in June 2007 of new funds for the GPSF.
3. In June 2007, the Human Security Program was renamed the Glyn Berry Program in honour of the dedicated Canadian diplomat killed in Afghanistan in 2006.
4. While planned partners for GPSF activities in 2006-2007 were initially limited to CIDA and the RCMP, DFAIT increasingly works with other federal partners in the provision of expertise in supporting reconstruction and stabilization in fragile states in which the GPSF operates. As such, in 2006-2007, the actual total spending with federal partners was $165.7 million. This includes: with DND $0.318 million; with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) $0.455 million; with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) $0.040 million; and with Justice Canada $0.274 million.
5. Due to urgent need on the ground, and the late approval of the GPSF Terms and Conditions (September 2006), DFAIT support to the African Union Mission in Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process was programmed under CIDA Terms and Conditions. The actual spending was higher than initially projected in response to needs on the ground, and in line with Government of Canada priorities.
6. As serving members rotate to serve in UN and other missions each 9 to 12 months, at any given time throughout the fiscal year there are approximately 120 civilian officers deployed abroad through the Canadian Police Arrangement. However, a total of approximately 250 civilian police are deployed throughout the fiscal year.