IB 320.01 - Evaluation Plan
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Effective Date: April 1 ,2026
Applicable FAM Policies: 320 - Evaluation
Applicability: GNWT Departments and Housing NWT
INTERPRETATION
All departments and Housing NWT shall create/update their evaluation plans, as part of the annual business planning process, and identify all the evaluations to be conducted in each fiscal year in the applicable window based on the following criteria:
| cRITERIA | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Directed evaluation | An evaluation is required by legislation, FMB direction, policy, mandate, business plan and/or legal agreement. |
| Legislative Assembly | An evaluation has not been conducted in the last 2 Legislative Assemblies. |
| Materiality | The annual appropriation for the program exceeds or is greater than $5,000,000 and has not been evaluated in the last 5 years. |
| Risk | The program or initiative poses a risk to public health, public safety, or the government’s financial position, and/or has significant impacts on individuals, businesses, or communities. It may also attract a high degree of public or political attention due to the scale or sensitivity of its effects. |
Evaluations may not be replaced by an internal GNWT review, audit, or assessment, as these exercises are not appropriate substitutes or assess the effectiveness or efficiency of the intervention.