Ordinance concerning the management of administrative activities (Steuerungs-Verordnung) - Guiding Principle

1. The guiding principles adopted by the Executive Council outline the values according to which the services of the cantonal administration are to be provided and how both internal and external cooperation is to be conducted. It is decided simultaneously with the strategy.

1. In the strategy, the government council defines the objectives and areas of action that consider the central challenges of the living and economic region of Zug.

2. The strategy

a) promotes the sustainable development of the canton;

b) strengthens the canton as an attractive living and economic area;

c) sets priorities;

d) addresses potential conflicts of objectives.

1. The strategy is generally valid for eight years. It may be revised during its period of validity if the fundamental conditions have changed significantly.

2. The government council regularly informs both internally and externally about the strategy.

3. The state chancellery coordinates the development, communication, and periodic review of the strategy and issues the necessary directives.

1. The government council may define strategic goals and general measures on important subjects with partial strategies.

2. Partial strategies are developed by the competent departments and submitted to the government council for approval. They must be aligned with the government council's strategy and periodically revised.

3. Each partial strategy must regulate the duration of validity and reporting.

4. The state chancellery maintains a registry of all partial strategies.

1. With the legislative objectives, the government council concretizes the strategic goals. They can be revised during their validity period if the fundamental conditions have significantly changed.

2. The government council informs both internally and externally about the legislative objectives and submits them to the cantonal council in November, before the start of the next legislative period, for acknowledgment.

3. The government council defines and controls the implementation of the legislative objectives based on milestone planning and reports on the achievement of these objectives in its annual report.

4. The State Chancellery coordinates the development, communication, and periodic review of the legislative objectives and issues the necessary directives.

1. The performance mandates pursuant to § 7 of the Organizational Law consider the guidelines of the mission statement, the strategy, any partial strategies, and the legislative goals.

2. The offices prepare the performance mandates in coordination with the budget and the financial plan, in terms of content and timing. The same coordination applies to the reporting on the performance mandates and the annual accounts.

3. The annual reports provide information on each performance mandate regarding the achievement of goals and any deviations from the goals. The offices document the statements according to the criteria of correctness. The financial control can periodically review the statements concerning the achievement of goals.

4. The Finance Directorate coordinates the process and issues the necessary directives.

1. The strategic objectives, legislative goals, and performance mandates, together with the job descriptions, serve as the basis for individual performance agreements.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2011.