What will next year hold for Results-based Management? 2012 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. Government Performance and Results Act (tabled in Congress in 1992 and passed in 1993), the fifteenth anniversary of Canada’s Modernizing Comptrollership (one pillar of which was linking results and resources), and the twelfth anniversary of Results for Canadians. Efforts at performance-based management in the public sector do of course pre-date these three initiatives by a wide margin On the eve of both anniversaries however it seems timely to take stock of trends and lessons learned in the performance movement around the globe. In this session presenters will discuss different approaches, many obstacles (systemic, cultural and contextual), shifting terminology and new directions in results-based management (RBM). While the principal focus of the session will be on government-level efforts at RBM around the globe, the session will also offer some practical advice on sustaining and improving result-based management initiatives at the program and departmental level.

Participants will be encouraged to join in the conversation with experiences and observations of their own concerning the present and future condition of RBM at home and abroad.