Performance Goals and Activities for "Partnership Agreements"

"Partnership Agreements" may be negotiated to achieve a wide variety of possible, mutually beneficial goals.  Such agreements should be realistic and practical.

Each agreement should be focused to achieve specific program goal(s) (anticipated outcome) and related activities necessary to accomplish the goal(s) within available or planned resources and within a specific time frame (preferably the current fiscal year).

To measure the degree to which goals are met, each agreement must include a mechanism to monitor in-process activities (outputs) and contain a means of conducting a final evaluation (outcome).  Resulting benefits (ultimate outcomes), or lack thereof, should be fully described along with relevant and appropriate recommendations. 

Examples of goals and activities for "Partnership Agreements":

  • Increase consumer protection            
  • Eliminate duplication
  • Expand technology transfer               
  • Expand training opportunities
  • Improve communications                    
  • Develop joint training courses
  • Establish shared databases   
  • Improve efficiency-cost savings
  • Improve consistency of enforcement activities                       
  • Enhance information sharing, exchange, and dissemination
  • Increase levels of industry compliance                                  
  • Assure emergency response capabilities
  • Increase staff proficiency (USDA/state)                     
  • Empower cooperating organizations
  • Increase in program productivity/coverage