Analysis of the Key Cost Drivers of Foreign Missions’ on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s budget – Logframe

This logical framework (logframe) sets out the objectives, activities, indicators and targets for the spending review summarised below.

There is no way of evaluating value for money, and justification for the current 125 missions as there is no mechanism in place to assess and determine if the current missions add value. Furthermore, most decisions made about missions in terms of their strategic importance tends to be a political decision, which might not yield any monetary value but political value. There is no strategic framework in place that guides the department in determining where a mission needs to be positioned.