3.19 The OGC has an organisational objective of raising the capacity and capability of procurement and contract management staff in central government29 through a focus on improving commercial skills. The OGC has set a number of goals30 that are aimed at delivering their high level objective, such as raising the profile of the profession and providing a career management programme.
3.20 The OGC does not yet have an overall performance measurement framework on supporting commercial skills development. To date, it has not measured the impact of its commercial skills initiatives against their objectives or their contribution to the OGC's high level goals. The OGC has, however, made some progress in measuring the impact of its initiatives: PCRs have created a baseline that future departmental capability can be measured against; the OGC has set targets for staff completing the graduate and fast stream entry programmes; and the OGC monitors the number of times their Skills Development Directory is accessed online.
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29 HM Treasury Group Departmental Strategic Objectives, 2008-2011 (http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/hmt_ strategic_objectives_pu704.pdf).
30 OGC's 2008 annual report (http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/OGC_Annual_Statement_2008.pdf).