accountable and transparent about our contribution to improving lifetime wellbeing of people and families. Our planning and performance framework To improve our policy planning and performance reporting, we are developing a comprehensive and integrated framework that aligns our organisational planning and performance to the broader policy goals which support our mission. The linking of our long term policy planning framework, our non-financial performance framework, our activities and deliverables, and our corporate capability and resources will help us explain how, and to what extent, our organisational performance contributes to improving lifetime wellbeing. Key elements include: A long term policy planning framework that aims to provide insights into Australia’s progress towards improving the lifetime wellbeing of people and families. We will be this element of the planning and performance framework as our basis for longer term trends analysis and policy planning, and to focus priorities at the outcome level. A non-financial performance framework that will help us our Performance Indicators (Appendix B) and other performance assessment approaches such as evaluation to focus on the results we are achieving in our Outcome areas. This element will be the basis for us to meet the requirements of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). The framework provides for measurement across three tiers of performance for each departmental outcome: Outcome measures: what did we achieve? Intermediate outcome measures: how well did we do? Output measures: how much did we do? Our planning and performance reporting priorities This integrated approach to policy planning and performance frames our medium to longer term investment in our performance measurement and reporting capabilities. Long term policy planning In 2015–16, we will be working with experts and stakeholders to design a of indicators and measures in domains of lifetime wellbeing that support our long term policy planning. Performance indicators During 2014–15, we developed an integrated outcome-level non-financial performance framework in response to enhanced non-financial performance reporting requirements prescribed by the PGPA Act. We have undertaken an initial mapping and review of our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within this framework, along with associated measurement methodologies, data and information. In 2015–16, we will continue to refine our KPIs within this framework to: Improve the alignment of programme measures at each performance tier. Transition the Department towards more results-focused performance assessment and reporting for each outcome area.
accountable and transparent about our contribution to improving lifetime wellbeing of people and families. Our planning and performance framework To improve our policy planning and performance reporting, we are developing a comprehensive and integrated framework that aligns our organisational planning and performance to the broader policy goals which support our mission. The linking of our long term policy planning framework, our non-financial performance framework, our activities and deliverables, and our corporate capability and resources will help us explain how, and to what extent, our organisational performance contributes to improving lifetime wellbeing. Key elements include: A long term policy planning framework that aims to provide insights into Australia’s progress towards improving the lifetime wellbeing of people and families. We will be this element of the planning and performance framework as our basis for longer term trends analysis and policy planning, and to focus priorities at the outcome level. A non-financial performance framework that will help us our Performance Indicators (Appendix B) and other performance assessment approaches such as evaluation to focus on the results we are achieving in our Outcome areas. This element will be the basis for us to meet the requirements of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). The framework provides for measurement across three tiers of performance for each departmental outcome: Outcome measures: what did we achieve? Intermediate outcome measures: how well did we do? Output measures: how much did we do? Our planning and performance reporting priorities This integrated approach to policy planning and performance frames our medium to longer term investment in our performance measurement and reporting capabilities. Long term policy planning In 2015–16, we will be working with experts and stakeholders to design a of indicators and measures in domains of lifetime wellbeing that support our long term policy planning. Performance indicators During 2014–15, we developed an integrated outcome-level non-financial performance framework in response to enhanced non-financial performance reporting requirements prescribed by the PGPA Act. We have undertaken an initial mapping and review of our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within this framework, along with associated measurement methodologies, data and information. In 2015–16, we will continue to refine our KPIs within this framework to: Improve the alignment of programme measures at each performance tier. Transition the Department towards more results-focused performance assessment and reporting for each outcome area.
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