Effective Date: April 1 ,2026
Applicable FAM Policies: 320 - Evaluation
Applicability: GNWT Departments and Housing NWT

INTERPRETATION

Management Board Secretariat (MBS)

MBS shall approach program design, monitoring and evaluation from a corporate perspective which includes being the lead for the government’s deployment of evaluation principles, standards, and best practices, as amended from time to time. MBS will:

• Work with departments, and partners to advise, support, and provide guidance in all program design, monitoring and evaluation activities across government.

• Support program design, monitoring, and evaluation through the development and delivery of training and associated tools and templates, and policies and standards regarding use across the organization.

• Act to promote public accountability and transparency by using evaluation templates and tools to create the body of knowledge necessary to make evidence-based decisions in government.

• Have the authority to access information held by departments, public agencies and boards to assist government in achieving its accountability and transparency objectives.

• Report back to FMB on the status of implementation, the level of overall compliance, and any other matters supporting or preventing the full application of this Policy.

Departments and Housing NWT

Departments shall approach program design, monitoring and evaluation from a corporate perspective. Performance measurement, evaluation and reporting are fundamental and required components of the budget and expenditure management system therefore departments will:

• Adhere fully, and in good faith, with the entirety of the letter and intent of the Policy to the best of their ability.

• Establish and maintain their program inventories and program evaluation selection criteria in order that both can be utilized in the building of their evaluation schedules;

• Assess evaluation needs and creating a 5-Year evaluation plan and an annual evaluation schedule as a part of the annual business planning process.

• Develop high quality procurement documents, evaluation questions, and evaluation reports to enable evidence-based decision-making.

• Submit completed evaluation reports, summaries, management responses and action plans to MBS for the purposes of reporting.