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This report by the Auditor-General discusses poor decision-making practices involving significant expenditure, inadequate management of conflicts of interest and unacceptable practices concerning management expenses – practices damaging to the credibility of a public entity.

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is committed to having clear expectations and maintaining good relationships with the national cultural organisations it funds. This section provides further details on their monitoring process.

Read about the Ministry of Social Development's key principles in measuring performance.

This report by the Auditor-General is a performance audit of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) grants programmes following the merger, in July 2003, of Trade New Zealand and Industry New Zealand. It recommended NZTE apply sound administrative principles and standards to all aspects of its grants programmes.

This report by the Auditor-General discusses the managed visit programme for companies and individuals considering New Zealand as a location for establishing operations. It recommends establishing robust policies and processes for the administration of the programme to minimise the risk of inappropriate expenditure, ensure adequate record keeping, and to improve transparency.

These Treasury guidelines encourage the use of better contracting practices by all departments and Crown entities involved in negotiating arrangements with NGOs for the provision of services.

Chapter 5 of the Treasury guidelines deals with review and evaluation of contracts. While there is some overlap with monitoring, review and evaluation merit separate treatment given that this extends further than an individual contract.

If you need to research or evaluate a project, first find out what information already exists. Information to help you can be found on the Good Practice Participate website.

The pilot project was an initiative to review funding arrangements and to seek ways of reducing the compliance costs for community organisations.

Urban Water Decision-Making Project: Learning from the Stories of Nga Puna Wai o Hokianga (2005) reports on a collaborative evaluation undertaken by Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) with Hauora Hokianga and Whirinaki Maori Committee. It found several contributing factors played a part in the pilot being a success, such as the enabling political climate, consultation and liaison, community ownership, project management and the employment of kanohi ki te kanohi as a negotiating and relationship building tool.

SPEaR is a cross-agency group overseeing government investment in social policy research and evaluation.