Audit of The Administration of Settlement Programs

Appendix D: Governance: Key Committees and Organizational Units

Deputy Minister (and Accounting Officer)
Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Tier 1

Executive Committee (ExCom)

• Mandate: Senior decision-making forum for the Department
• Membership: Deputy Minister (Chair), DM’s Chief of Staff, ADMs and Associate ADMs, Senior General Counsel, ADM CFO and Departmental Secretary
• Authority: Senior decision making
• Comments: Recent focus on CMSC, and funding allocations

Departmental Management Committee (DMC)

• Mandate: Share information and facilitate coordination and alignment
• Membership: Deputy Minister (Chair), ADMs, Associate ADMs, Departmental Secretary, Senior General Counsel, ADM CFO, DGs (NHQ and regions) and Office of Conflict Resolution
• Authority: Information sharing

Tier 2

Contribution Management Steering Committee

• Mandate: Forum to provide corporate direction and guidance on issues and ensure appropriate accountability for management of Department’s contribution programs
  Membership: Associate ADM, Operations and ADM CFO (Co-chairs). 5 NHQ DGs, 2 Regional DGs and Co-chairs of SRMC
• Authority: Provide corporate direction and guidance
• Comments: Recent focus on Performance Measurement Strategy, dashboard reporting, approval of SRMC work-plan, etc.

Other internal committees that have influence:

• Client Services Committee, Management Accountability Committee, Budget Committee, Information Management Steering Committee

Tier 3

Settlement and Resettlement Management Committee

• Mandate: (draft) Provide oversight and ensure consistent functional guidance in the implementation of CIC’s settlement and resettlement programs. Forum for discussion and resolution of strategic operational settlement and resettlement issues
• Membership: Co-chaired by Director, Integration and Resettlement Delivery Division, NHQ and Director, Settlement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Ontario Region. Includes director-level representatives  from regions as well as Integration Branch, Refugee Branch, Research and Evaluation Branch  and certain other NHQ functional areas
• Authority: National operational policies and procedures for settlement and resettlement programs, training strategies, communication protocols of successful practices and to support consistent program delivery.
• Comments: Recent focus on Performance Measurement Strategy, dashboard reporting, spending, etc.

Tier 4

Working Groups

Some working groups report through SRMC and CMSC

Federal Provincial Forums and SPO Forums

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