Recommendation #3: The performance measurement strategy and reporting requirements should be revised to improve the usefulness, comprehensiveness and integrity of the information reported and ensure that the data reported annually by recipient organizations enables the NCE Secretariat to effectively monitor, assess and report on the results of the IRDI program and support future evaluations. [...] By example, the NCE Secretariat will compare the IRDI Performance Measurement Strategy with the one in development by Industry Canada for its funding support to the Mitacs Accelerate program to attempt alignment of both reporting systems to lighten the load and the cost and ensure better data collection. [...] The IRDI program should work with the recipient organizations, possibly in association with the other federal government sources of funding for the internship programs, to review the existing cost structure and the role of the various sources of funding in supporting operating expenditures, conduct internal and external benchmarking, review the business development and administrative processes, id [...] Based on this understanding, the program should define more clearly the role of the IRDI funding in supporting the operating expenditures of the recipient organizations and, in that context, assess the appropriateness of the current funding model for administrative expenses including the definition of eligible expenses and the funding formula. [...] The maximum allowable administration cost for the IRDI program is 25% of the total amount of the IRDI grant held by the recipient organization.
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