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Geographic Coordination and Mission Support

Program code
BVB10 (EA)
Core responsibility
International Advocacy and Diplomacy
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Geo Coordination and Mission Support (NMD) bureau champions and coordinates missions and geographic branches, to advance Government of Canada priorities, providing them with innovative solutions, enabling effective collaboration and results. NMD coordinates the flow of information, and a variety of planning and reporting processes, between geographic branches, and on consular, international assistance, interdepartmental relations, data quality, Blueprint 2020, IRCC/CBSA and other whole-of-department priorities. NMD enables Public Diplomacy by supporting, coordinating and reporting Advocacy and Digital Engagement campaigns, the Post Initiative Fund (PIF) and the Mission Cultural Fund (MCF). NMD enables traditional diplomatic Planning and Reporting through Strategia. In both public and traditional diplomacy details are captured based on departmental priorities, and data is organized to reflect a theory of change. In addition, knowledge from across the department, and from mission staff in particular, is reported and shared through My International.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Geographic Coordination and Mission Support 2018-19: $6MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2019-20: $9.7MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2020-21: $6.4MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2021-22: $7.3MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2022-23: $9.1MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2023-24: $7.2MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2024-25: $6.5MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2025-26: $5.6MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support 2026-27: $5.6MGeographic Coordination and Mission Support
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Geographic Coordination and Mission SupportThis program2018-19 – 2026-27$52.2M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2024-25Employees (FTEs) 66, against 32 in 2023-24 (+106%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 36, against 66 in 2024-25 (−45%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of advocacy campaigns which met their stated objectives.
Expected result: Canada builds and maintains constructive relationships that advance Canada's interests.
80%2019-20– no result75%2020-21✓ met80%2021-22✓ met80%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20—202080%
As of 2019-20, the methodology of this indicator was revised to include data from a new IM/IT platform and campaign-specific key performance indicators. Of five events, one campaign, Gender Pledge, did not meet its stated objective because of a decrease in the number of Head of Missions and Missions sharing Gender Pledges on social media as compared to last year, as well as a lack of reporting of…
No result reported
2020-21≥ 75%202175%Met
2021-22≥ 75%202280%Met
2022-23≥ 75%202380%Met
2023-24≥ 75%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 75%2025100%Met
Percentage of diplomatic activities which met their stated objectives.
Expected result: Canada builds and maintains constructive relationships that advance Canada's interests.
70%2019-20– no result79%2020-21✓ met81%2021-22✓ met81%2022-23✓ met81%2023-24✓ met83%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20—202070%
The methodological note for this indicator was updated to encourage strict guidance to define which initiatives met their stated objectives. Had the same methodology been applied for 2018-19 the results would have been 73%. Baseline information was not available when the targets were established in the 2019-20 Departmental Plan. Targets have since been established for these indicators.
No result reported
2020-21≥ 75%202179%Met
2021-22≥ 75%202281%Met
2022-23≥ 72%202381%Met
2023-24≥ 72%202481%Met
2024-25≥ 72%202583%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $5.2M2018-19: $6M2018-192019-20: $4M2019-20: $9.7M2019-202020-21: $8.5M2020-21: $6.4M2020-212021-22: $8.5M2021-22: $7.3M2021-222022-23: $8.4M2022-23: $9.1M2022-232023-24: $5.3M2023-24: $7.2M2023-242024-25: $5.6M2024-25: $6.5M2024-252025-26: $5.6M2025-262026-27: $5.6M2026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$5.2M$6M
2019-20$4M$9.7M
2020-21$8.5M$6.4M
2021-22$8.5M$7.3M
2022-23$8.4M$9.1M
2023-24$5.3M$7.2M
2024-25$5.6M$6.5M
2025-26$5.6M*—
2026-27$5.6M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 292018-19: 382018-192019-20: 272019-20: 322019-202020-21: 292020-21: 282020-212021-22: 382021-22: 412021-222022-23: 432022-23: 412022-232023-24: 332023-24: 322023-242024-25: 362024-25: 662024-252025-26: 362025-262026-27: 362026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-192938
2019-202732
2020-212928
2021-223841
2022-234341
2023-243332
2024-253666
2025-2636*—
2026-2736*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.