Common use of PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING Clause in Contracts

PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. Performance benchmarks or milestones 22. Milestones for initiatives, their relationship to the activities, expected completion dates, relevant reporting dates and expected payments to be made will be set out in the FFA Schedules. The Parties agree to meet the milestones and/or performance benchmarks set out in these FFA Schedules. The Commonwealth will make payments subject to the performance report demonstrating the relevant milestone has been met. Milestones should reflect the completion of a phase of the initiative. 23. The States will provide performance reports in accordance with requirements they have agreed to in FFA Schedules. The States will report the minimum required to demonstrate that milestones have been met against the agreed performance benchmarks or milestones, that is, yearly and at most six-monthly. Each performance report is to contain a description of actual performance in the period to date against the initiative milestones. 24. Reporting requirements should be proportionate to the risk involved by the initiative. States have the flexibility to determine how best to meet the reporting requirements of this Agreement and can make use of any appropriate data sources, including existing State reporting mechanisms. 25. Performance indicators should be meaningful, simple and comprehensible to the public. Indicators should be limited to those necessary to measure performance and inform the public about progress of initiatives or other outputs. 26. This Agreement will not alter any of the States existing reporting requirements under the FFA Schedules.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. Performance benchmarks or milestones 22. Milestones for initiatives, their relationship to the activities, expected completion dates, relevant reporting dates and expected payments to be made will be set out in the FFA Schedules. The Parties agree to meet the milestones and/or performance benchmarks set out in these FFA Schedules. The Commonwealth will make payments subject to the performance report demonstrating the relevant milestone has been met. Milestones should Milestonesshould reflect the completion of a phase of the initiative. 23. The States will provide performance reports in accordance with requirements they have agreed to in FFA Schedules. The States will report the minimum required to demonstrate that milestones have been met against the agreed performance benchmarks or milestones, that is, yearly and at most six-monthly. Each performance report is to contain a description of actual performance in the period to date against the initiative milestones. 24. Reporting requirements should be proportionate to the risk involved by the initiative. States have the flexibility to determine how best to meet the reporting requirements of this Agreement and can make use of any appropriate data sources, including existing State reporting mechanisms. 25. Performance indicators should be meaningful, simple and comprehensible to the public. Indicators should be limited to those necessary to measure performance and inform the public about progress of initiatives or other outputs. 26. This Agreement will not alter any of the States existing reporting requirements under the FFA Schedules.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. Performance benchmarks or milestones 22. Milestones for initiatives, their relationship to the activities, expected completion dates, relevant reporting dates and expected payments to be made will be set out in the FFA Schedules. The Parties agree to meet the milestones and/or performance benchmarks set out in these FFA Schedules. The Commonwealth will make payments subject to the performance report demonstrating the relevant milestone has been met. Milestones should reflect the completion of a phase of the initiative. 23. The States will provide performance reports in accordance with requirements they have agreed to in FFA Schedules. The States will report willreport the minimum required to demonstrate that milestones have been met against the agreed performance benchmarks or milestones, that is, yearly and at most six-monthly. Each performance report is to contain a description of actual performance in the period to date against the initiative milestones. 24. Reporting requirements should be proportionate to the risk involved by the initiative. States have the flexibility to determine how best to meet the reporting requirements of this Agreement and can make use of any appropriate data sources, including existing State reporting mechanisms. 25. Performance indicators should be meaningful, simple and comprehensible to the public. Indicators should be limited to those necessary to measure performance and inform the public about progress of initiatives or other outputs. 26. This Agreement will not alter any of the States existing reporting requirements under the FFA Schedules.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. Performance benchmarks or milestones 22. Milestones for initiatives, their relationship to the activities, expected completion dates, relevant reporting dates and expected payments to be made will be set out in the FFA Schedules. The Parties agree to meet the milestones and/or performance benchmarks set out in these FFA Schedules. The Commonwealth will make payments subject to the performance report demonstrating the relevant milestone has been met. Milestones should reflect the completion of a phase of the initiative. 23. The States will provide performance reports in accordance with requirements they have agreed to in FFA Schedules. The States will report the willreportthe minimum required to demonstrate that milestones have been met against the agreed performance benchmarks or milestones, that is, yearly and at most six-monthly. Each performance report is to contain a description of actual performance in the period to date against the initiative milestones. 24. Reporting requirements should be proportionate to the risk involved by the initiative. States have the flexibility to determine how best to meet the reporting requirements of this Agreement and can make use of any appropriate data sources, including existing State reporting mechanisms. 25. Performance indicators should be meaningful, simple and comprehensible to the public. Indicators should be limited to those necessary to measure performance and inform the public about progress of initiatives or other outputs. 26. This Agreement will not alter any of the States existing reporting requirements under the FFA Schedules.