Investment Management

Investment planning is the basis for ESDC to allocate and reallocate resources to projects and new and existing assets and acquired services that are essential to programme delivery.

An investment is the use of resources with the expectation of a future return, such as an increase in output, income or assets, or the acquisition of knowledge or capacity. To capture all of the Department’s investments, we have created, and maintain, the Departmental Investment Plan (PDF, 2.6 MB).

So, what type of investment are you?

• Project
  

  The bulk of ESDC’s investments are projects. A project is a temporary endeavor created after a need has been identified and it strives to provide a realized benefit. Within this page you will find all the information needed to get your project from the intake through to closure.

• Acquired Service
  

  ESDC relies on a range of acquired services in support of programme and service delivery. Examples of acquired services are management and business consultants, legal services, health and welfare, training and educational services. For more information on how to acquire a service we have provide you with a link directly to the Procurement page.

• Asset
  

  The three categories of assets for the department are Accommodation, IT and Fleet. For accommodation, the Department is responsible for the health of the client “fit-up” of its facilities with base building responsivities resting with PWGSC or building manager. On the IT side, the emphasis will be on the modernization of IT applications and the replacement of IT infrastructure while ensuring alignment with broader departmental objectives and project investments. As for fleet, per the National Fleet Study in 2013, the portfolio size has been significantly reduced and a cyclical replacement plan in place that is aligned with departmental business need. For more information on the departmental assets, we have provided you a link to the Accommodation and Asset Management Services page.