Service 5 - Community and environmental risk management No data No data No data Efficiency Net service cost as a factor of GVAP (%) 0.17 0.22 0.05 Public and private sector co-investment in initiatives related to this service as a factor of the 54.1 39.2 (14.9) net cost of this service (%) KPIs reported in 2010–11 are not used this year because the effectiveness KPIs had earlier been qualified by the Auditor General. 1. No targets were set for these (new) effectiveness KPIs at the beginning of the 2011–12 financial year. 2. Explanations for the variations between target and actual results are presented in Note 41 statement’ to the financial ‘Explanatory statements. Structure of this performance report Summary of outcomes, services and performance indicators Our new outcomes and services have been applied as the basis of Our mission is to work with our partners to develop the agrifood our 2012–13 budget and will be reported in our 2012–13 annual sector and manage the risks to the natural and biological resources report. As this year’s budget was based on the former outcomes on which it relies. We do this by collaborating to generate new and services, this current report reflects those statements. products and knowledge that enable our agriculture and food However, it is more meaningful to assess our performance against industries to make appropriate and timely decisions about their our new indicators. future. New efficiency indicators Changes the last reporting period We established new indicators this year which better reflect our Part of our own transformation in preparing to undertake this performance as an economic development department. Our job is mission has been to improve the way we assess our performance, to drive economic development in the agrifood sector and we do both by better describing what we hope to achieve (our outcomes) this by helping agrifood industries adopt practices and technologies and the mechanisms by which we achieve it (our services); and by that better enable them to seize opportunities and manage risks. having a better understanding of our successes and failures (our Many of the products we deliver take the form of new knowledge performance indicators of KPIs). To this end, we have developed a and information and historically we have used the average cost of new suite of outcomes, services and indicators that were formally these as the primary gauge of our efficiency. endorsed by Treasury in April 2012.
Service 5 - Community and environmental risk management Efficiency No data No data No data Net service cost as a factor of GVAP (%) 0.17 0.22 0.05 Public and private sector co-investment in initiatives related to this service as a factor of the net cost of this service (%) 54.1 39.2 (14.9) KPIs reported in 2010–11 are not used this year because the effectiveness KPIs had earlier been qualified by the Auditor General. 1. No targets were set for these (new) effectiveness KPIs at the beginning of the 2011–12 financial year. 2. Explanations for the variations between target and actual results are presented in Note 41 ‘Explanatory statement’ to the financial statements. Summary of outcomes, services and performance indicators Our mission is to work with our partners to develop the agrifood sector and manage the risks to the natural and biological resources on which it relies. We do this by collaborating to generate new products and knowledge that enable our agriculture and food industries to make appropriate and timely decisions about their future. Changes the last reporting period Part of our own transformation in preparing to undertake this mission has been to improve the way we assess our performance, both by better describing what we hope to achieve (our outcomes) and the mechanisms by which we achieve it (our services); and by having a better understanding of our successes and failures (our performance indicators of KPIs). To this end, we have developed a new suite of outcomes, services and indicators that were formally endorsed by Treasury in April 2012. Structure of this performance report Our new outcomes and services have been applied as the basis of our 2012–13 budget and will be reported in our 2012–13 annual report. As this year’s budget was based on the former outcomes and services, this current report reflects those statements. However, it is more meaningful to assess our performance against our new indicators. New efficiency indicators We established new indicators this year which better reflect our performance as an economic development department. Our job is to drive economic development in the agrifood sector and we do this by helping agrifood industries adopt practices and technologies that better enable them to seize opportunities and manage risks. Many of the products we deliver take the form of new knowledge and information and historically we have used the average cost of these as the primary gauge of our efficiency.
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