Action Plan

Departmental commitments for 2007–2009

DFO based its SDS methodology on the new federal approach, results of consultation, and lessons learned from the 2005-2006 SDS (see Annex 1 for more information). The overall methodology was simplified, using an Action Plan structure that presents more descriptive and integrated goals:

• Healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems;
• Safe and accessible waterways;
• Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; and,
• Environmentally sustainable operations and management.

The Action Plan provides narrative descriptions for each outcome, responding to the recommendation by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development ( CESD) that departments include an issue scan in their SDSs to highlight the implications of identified activities for sustainable development. This new format ties the issues analysis more closely to the goals and expected outcomes for 2007–2009. The issue scans are complemented by tables of activities, performance measures and target dates. Built on a logic model framework, the Action Plan guides the work of the Department in terms of what will be done, what will be achieved, and how success will be measured.