Reader’s
Guide
As part of the Government of Alberta’s commitment
to be open and accountable to the public, as outlined in
the Government Accountability Act, all ministries
are required to prepare and make public three-year ministry
business plans. The ministry business plans encompass the
department and all consolidated entities of the ministry
in its vision, mission, link to the Government of Alberta
Strategic Business Plan, significant opportunities and challenges,
strategic priorities, core businesses, goals, strategies
and performance measures.
The Vision provides a clear, concise
and compelling statement of the ministry’s preferred
future.
The Mission statement identifies the
ministry’s purpose and reason for existence. It
describes what the ministry does, why and for whom.
The Link to the Government of Alberta Strategic
Business Plan indicates ministries’ linkages
to the 14 governmental goals, which are aligned under
the government’s four strategic opportunities.
Significant Opportunities and Challenges
describe environmental factors that could influence the
ministry’s ability to implement strategies or achieve
goals.
Strategic Priorities outline issues
of primary importance to the ministry, including the ministry’s
significant participation in any of the Government of
Alberta’s eight Top Priorities.
Core Businesses set out the ongoing
key responsibilities of the ministry that support the
mission and provide a high-level framework for achieving
results and allocating resources.
Goals are broad statements describing
the desired outcomes that the ministry wants to achieve
in fulfilling its mission. For each of the goals, a What
it means section explains the goal and what the
ministry is doing on an ongoing basis in support of the
goal.
Strategies outline specific courses
of actions to be undertaken by the ministry to accomplish
ministry goals.
Performance Measures are quantifiable
indicators of progress towards achievement of ministry
goals. Performance measures contain Targets, which identify
a desired level of performance to be achieved in each
of the three years of the business plan.
Additional components to the business
plan may also be included by ministries in order to improve
the reader’s understanding of the ministry and its
activities.
Numbering of items in the components of
the business plan is done for ease of reference and does
not indicate priority rankings.
Ministry business plans include budget information in the
form of several financial tables. The Expense by
Core Business table identifies all ministry expense
as assigned to core businesses. The Ministry Statement
of Operations table includes revenue and expense
by each of the ministry’s major programs. The Consolidated
Net Operating Result table identifies total revenue
and expense, adjusted for inter-ministry transactions. The
Capital Investment by Program table is
presented for those ministries that have significant capital
investment.
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