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Table 7: Evaluations
Infrastructure Canada’s Evaluation Plan for 2007-08 to 2010-11, approved by the departmental Evaluation Advisory Committee, is summarized in the table below. The three year plan is in process of being updated to include evaluation studies for the fiscal year 2011-12.
To date in 2008-09, the departmental Evaluation Services is engaged in evaluating five programs within Infrastructure Canada including the following: Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF), Border Infrastructure Fund (BIF), Infrastructure Canada Program (ICP) and its First Nations component (ICP-FN), Gas Tax Fund (GTF) and Public Transit Fund (PTF). Evaluations for three programs (CSIF, BIF and ICP-FN) are in final draft stage, running the course of internal approval processes. As such, findings and conclusions have been drafted. All three studies have concluded that programs were well-designed, managed, and delivered. Regarding program success, from a qualitative standpoint and based on available quantified measures of substantive program benefits, there is evidence of the achievement of immediate and intermediate outcomes of programs. With regards to program cost-effectiveness, a series of qualitative measures portrayed programs as cost-effective.
Despite an overall positive message about the findings of these evaluations, there are some weaknesses concerning the management of these programs that, if improved, would ensure even greater program efficiency with respect to design, delivery, success and cost-effectiveness. Action plans are in process of completion for approval by the Departmental Evaluation Committee.
Current and Upcoming Program Evaluations
| Name of Evaluation | Program Type | Status as of January 11, 2009 | Expected Completion Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund / Border Infrastructure Fund (CSIF/BIF) formative evaluation | Transfer Payment | Approvals stage | February 2009 |
| Infrastructure Canada Program-First Nations (ICP-FN) Summative Evaluation | Transfer Payment | Approvals stage | February 2009 |
| Gas Tax Fund (GTF) and Public Transit Fund (PTF) Summative Evaluation, roll-up of 14 separate joint evaluation studies based in each province territory | Transfer payment | Final research | June 2009 |
| Infrastructure Fund Program (ICP) summative evaluation | Transfer payment | Research | August 2009 |
| Formal evaluation of all infrastructure programs under the responsibility of Infrastructure Canada: ICP, Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF), CSIF, BIF, GTF, and PTF | Transfer Payment | Planned | December 2009 |
| Pilot evaluation of water projects funded through infrastructure programs | Transfer Payment | Planned | January 2010 |
| Evaluation of the “Research, Knowledge and Outreach” contribution program | Transfer Payment | Planned | March 2010 |
| Formative evaluation of Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Fund | Transfer Payment | Planned | September 2011 |
| Value-for-money evaluation of GTF | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2011 |
| Summative evaluation of MRIF | Transfer Payment | Planned | 2011 |
| Joint formative evaluation of Building Canada Fund (BCF) | Transfer Payment | Planned | September 2012 |