ACAT17-02 - Evaluation of the 2017/2020 Atlantic Canada Agreement on Tourism

The Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island (TIAPEI), in its capacity as Recipient to the Atlantic Canada Agreement on Tourism (ACAT) is seeking proposals from qualified program evaluation consultants to conduct annual and end-of-Agreement evaluations to assess overall effectiveness of the ACAT and its impact on the tourism industry in Atlantic Canada. In addition to providing an opinion on the Agreement’s governance structure the evaluation will consider:

• The direct and indirect outcomes of the Agreement on the regional tourism economy; 
• Procedures developed to establish targets; 
• Effectiveness of the monitoring of the accomplishments of the Agreement to ensure suitable information is available for accountability; and 
• Expected results, outputs and performance information collected and used to report on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and overall impact of the Atlantic Canada Agreement on Tourism. 

Proposals should be submitted to the undersigned no later than 11:59 am (Atlantic Time) on Friday, November 10, 2017.  To obtain a copy of the Terms of Reference please contact:

Colleen Bowes
ACAT Secretariat Coordinator
Telephone: (902) 566-1096
actp@tiapei.pe.ca 

This project has been made possible through funding provided by the Atlantic Canada Agreement on Tourism (ACAT). The ACAT is a nine member pan-Atlantic initiative comprised of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the four Atlantic Canada Tourism Industry Associations, and the four Provincial Departments responsible for tourism.