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OMB PART Summaries by Strategic Goal - Combined Strategic Goal 7: Democracy and Human Rights and Strategic Goal 8: Economic Prosperity and Security


FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report
Bureau of Resource Management
November 2004

 

Strategic Goal 7,8: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS / ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SECURITY

Title or Topic Coordination of Support for East European Democracy (SEED) and Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (FSA)
Evaluator Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Department Contact A. Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR)
Scores and Ratings
  • CY 2003: Results Not Demonstrated
  • CY 2004: Effective
Major Findings/ Recommendations
  • Unclear linkage between BPP/MPP process & Coordinator's office budget allocation process.
  • SEED and FSA annual reports do not contain sectoral performance measures.
Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken
  • The MPP/BPP, Annual Reports and Country phase out process have been synchronized to guide budget allocation decisions.
  • Posts included sectoral performance measures in their 2003 Annual Report submissions.
PART Performance Measures

Long Term Measures:

  • Ensure the coordination of the transitions to democratic institutions and free market economic systems in SEED and FSA countries is irreversible.
  • Democracy assistance phased out as transitions become irreversible in each country.
  • Economic assistance phased out as transitions become irreversible in each country.

Annual Measures:

  • Review country assistance phase-out timeframes annually as part of the Annual Report and MPP review processes to reconfirm that established phase-out timeframes are still accurate.
  • Countries monitored annually for achievement of MPP targets and action taken as necessary, i.e. effectiveness.
  • Ensures that performance data reported in Annual Reports and MPPs are of sufficient quality and relevance to make phase out decisions.
  • Ensure efficient use of assistance.

 


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