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2012/SOM2/SCE/008
Agenda Item: 4
APEC Strategic Planning Checklist
Purpose: Information
Submitted by: APEC TATF
/ Second SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation MeetingKazan, Russia31 May 2012
APEC Strategic Planning Checklist
Vision Statement
What significant problem is the group trying to solve?
What would you like the world to look like in your realm of interest?
Keep in Mind: Planning Parameters that link the group to reality – competency, resources, stakeholders, advantages/weaknesses, assumptions.
Mission Statement
Who are you? Who do you work with?What are your aims? How do you expect to achieve them?
Keep in Mind: The Mission Statement is influenced by the Objectives so may not be finalized until the Objectives have been agreed.
Objectives
What needs to be accomplished to make measurable progress toward realizing the vision? Toward overcoming critical problems that impede the group from realizing its vision?
Keep in Mind: Identify a critical problem. Then state the objective by describing the condition when the problem is solved.
Problem: Trade is impeded by tariffs and non-tariff measures
Objective: Trade that is free from impediments from tariffs and non-tariff measures
Critical Success Factors (also called Key Performance Indicators)
How do you know that you have achieved your objective? Or that you are making progress toward overcoming critical problems?
Key performance indicators can be:
Results Oriented: Reduce the number of procedures, time, and cost of securing construction licenses by 25% in three years.
Process Oriented: By 2013 hold workshops for 100 officials responsible for issuing construction licenses on the benefits of faster, less expensive, and streamlined procedures for issuing construction licenses; half of the participants report adoption of action plans to implement within one year of the workshop.
Keep in Mind: Key performance indicators need to be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic and Timely.
Prioritized Implementation Schedule
Annual Work plan – for a one year period, document a schedule, including start dates, milestone dates, and anticipated completion dates for each action needed.
Keep in Mind: Need to indicate the lead economy or fora for the activity and key performance indicators or outputs expected to be generated that will lead to achieving the overall objectives.
Objectives/Activities / Start / Completion / Lead Economy/Fora / Key Performance Indicators/OutputsAPEC Projects
Well designed APEC projects contribute to advancing APEC toward its objectives to realize its vision. Many activities are likely to be necessary to achieve any objective.
Keep in Mind: The “Results Chain”
- Activities: Things that are done (e.g. organize a workshop, conduct research) that produce=>
- Outputs: Things that can be measured (e.g. workshop attended by 50 participants; research that indentified capacity building needs) that generate=>
- Outcomes: Changes in behavior or systems (e.g. 25 workshop participates implemented new procedures; capacity needs filled and workers fuller trained and employed) that lead to=>
- Objectives/Impacts: That are measurable changes (new procedures increased office efficiency by 20%; more productive workforce generated higher output and real incomes) that advance APEC toward its=>
- Goal of strong, sustainable, inclusive, and balanced economic growth in the APEC region.