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The following analysis outlines how SWC allocates and manages resources to achieve the expected results identified under its two Program Activities and to contribute to its strategic outcome. The analysis also contains a discussion of plans and priorities surrounding the two Program Activities.
Strategic Outcome: Equality for women and their full participation in the economic, social and democratic life of Canada |
Human resources (FTEs) and planned spending ($ millions) | |||||
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | |||
FTEs | Planned spending |
FTEs | Planned spending |
FTEs | Planned spending |
15 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.7 |
Expected results | Performance indicators | Targets | |||
Increased policy effectiveness in addressing women’s issues and gender equality | Number of departments that respond to women’s issues effectively through policy/program formulation and implementation | 3–5 departments per year | |||
Sustainable capacity of federal government departments to apply GBA | Percentage of other government departments with increased capacity to incorporate GBA into their policy and program activities | 3–5 departments per year | |||
Increased integration of women’s issues in the formulation of policies and programs | Number of new and improved policies and programs that respond to women’s issues | 3–5 policies per year |
The first Program Activity—Strategic policy analysis, planning and development—allows SWC to play a horizontal role across the federal government, to work in partnership with provincial-territorial counterparts and to engage in international activities to advance equality for women. The Program Activity is designed to achieve three distinct but complementary expected results. The cumulative result expected from this Program Activity is the integration of women’s issues and gender equality in decision-making processes, in policy formulation and analysis, in program initiatives, in outputs and results, and in international instruments.
Under this Program Activity, SWC delivers training, develops tools and offers advice and other assistance to departments and agencies in order to promote knowledge, enhance skills and equip personnel with the tools required for gender-based analysis. In playing this role, SWC seeks to build a sustained organizational capacity among federal departments and agencies so that they can carry out gender-based analysis in their policy and program initiatives. To monitor its progress in achieving this result, SWC uses indicators, such as the percentage of other government departments and agencies that have increased GBA capacity.
In its partnership role, SWC works in collaboration with federal, provincial-territorial and international partners and stakeholders in an effort to facilitate the integration of women’s needs and the application of a gender lens in decision-making processes.
In 2009–2010, SWC will implement the following operational priorities under Program Activity: Strategic policy analysis, planning and development:
Human resources (FTEs) and planned spending ($ millions) | |||||
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | |||
FTEs | Planned spending |
FTEs | Planned spending |
FTEs | Planned spending |
32 | 25.9 | 32 | 24.9 | 32 | 23.9 |
Expected results | Performance indicators | Targets | |||
Increased participation of women in their communities | Proportion of funded projects that demonstrate level of women’s participation in their communities | 10% of projects | |||
Increased awareness among women in identifying and/or removing barriers to their participation in their communities | Proportion of funded projects that demonstrate raised awareness or knowledge acquisition among women for identifying and/or removing barriers to their participation in their communities | 10% of projects | |||
Increased partnerships with other federal departments, levels of government, NGOs and the private sector | Proportion of funded projects involving partners addressing women’s issues through joint projects | Approximately 10% of projects |
The second Program Activity—Women’s participation in Canadian society—facilitates the engagement of Canadian organizations in the ongoing efforts to advance equality for women and their full participation in the economic, social and democratic life of Canada. This engagement is made possible through financial and professional assistance to eligible organizations to carry out projects at local, regional and national levels in key areas such as women’s economic security and prosperity, addressing violence against women, and women in leadership and decision-making roles.
This Program Activity is delivered through two components: the Women’s Community Fund7 and the Women’s Partnership Fund8. Both components contribute toward an intermediate result: increased participation of women in their communities.
Also under this Program Activity, SWC, in collaboration with the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), undertakes the Sisters in Spirit Initiative. Through this initiative, NWAC is working in collaboration with other Aboriginal women’s organizations, human rights associations and the federal government to carry out specific activities aiming at:
a) quantifying the actual number of missing and murdered women; b) understanding the root causes of racialized and sexualized violence; c) implementing a public awareness strategy; and d) influencing policy change and supporting policy development.
In 2009–2010, SWC will implement the following operational priorities under the Program Activity: Women’s participation in Canadian society:
Continue to invest in projects that address SWC strategic objectives: in 2009–2010, SWC will continue to provide financial and professional assistance to a wide-range of organizations to invest in projects that address: women’s economic security and prosperity, violence against women, and women in leadership and decision-making roles. This priority enables SWC to build on gains made in previous years and to address identified gaps. To achieve this result, SWC will employ a three-pronged approach:
In 2009–2010, the final year of the five-year undertaking, the Sisters in Spirit initiative remains a key priority for SWC. SWC will continue to build on the results achieved through the Sisters in Spirit initiative in order to address the underlying factors contributing to racialized, sexualized violence against Aboriginal women (i.e., violence perpetrated against Aboriginal
women because of their gender and Aboriginal identity) and their socio-economic, political and legal status. Under this initiative, SWC will work in collaboration with key government departments and NWAC, using the information/knowledge acquired through the initiative to lay the foundation for future action on emerging policy directions with respect to the four policy priorities of
the initiative: reducing violence; improving education and employment outcomes/reducing poverty; providing safe housing/reducing homelessness; and improving access to justice.
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information
Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. It also includes the budget for the Office of the Minister of State (Status of Women).
2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 |
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3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 |
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47 | 47 | 479 |
In 2009–2010, SWC will implement the following priorities under its Internal Services Program Activity: