Performance Measurement of Chemicals Management Systems | OECD Review

This document focuses on the measurement of performance of chemical management systems. It contains a report drafted by Canada and discussed by the Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology.

The overall conclusions of the analysis by Canada, on comparing the current performance measurement frameworks for chemical management programmes includes the following:

1. There is no common and accepted terminology regarding performance measurement. There is a wide variety of terms used to measure performance: output indicators, impact indicators, result indicators, process indicators, outcome indicators, essential elements and core activity areas.

2. There is no common approach in terms of the level where performance is being measured. For example, if performance is measured at the level of outputs, outcomes or impacts.

3. No single performance measurement model would fit all of the chemical management programmes.

Based on this, there is an opportunity to establish general terminology and indicators that could be applied to measuring the performance of chemicals management systems. This could include the analysis of which indicators can best be measured with available information, and which provide the most meaningful insight into the performance of a chemicals management system and lead to the development of best practices.

This report is published under the responsibility of the Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology of the OECD.

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