1. Mission, Vision, Values and Goals for ISPO
Feedback about the draft ISPO Mission, Vision, Values and Goals statement should be directed via email to the ISPO Administration team: ispo@ispoint.org with the subject title “FEEDBACK RE ISPO MISSION, VISION, VALUES & GOALS”.
Invitation for feedback
The ISPO Executive Board is keen to learn your opinions about the draft ISPO Mission, Vision, Values and Goals statement.
The first draft was written by the Strategic Planning group, which involved people from many facets of the ISPO membership and associated organisations. To clarify the draft statement, selected edits were approved by your elected Executive Board members and the resulting document is now presented to you for consideration and comment.
At its August 5th meeting, the Executive Board aims to finalize the statement and use it to create an action plan for the next five years. It is important for the statement to clearly indicate direction for ISPO, so the action plan will allow ISPO to move toward that direction. Please read the following statement and email your comments to the ISPO Secretariat for compilation, by 3rd August 2008.
ISPO Mission, Vision, Values and Goals 2008 - 2013
Mission
ISPO works worldwide to enhance the quality of life for people with physical disabilities who require improvements in mobility or independence, by:
- Promoting clinically relevant research and evidence based practice
- Facilitating development of innovative and appropriate technologies
- Conducting high quality continuing education programs
- Developing international guidelines for the education of prosthetists and orthotists
- Publishing peer reviewed information in journal, text, and electronic formats
- Fostering cooperation and exchange of ideas worldwide
Vision for year 2013
ISPO is an international multidisciplinary organization that effectively promotes the provision of quality services, innovative technology, clinically relevant research and effective education in the field of rehabilitation for persons with physical disabilities. Through its growing membership and national Societies, ISPO addresses the needs of both industrial and less resourced regions, advocating for best practices to governments and non-governmental organizations and advising on key relevant issues.
Values
Key ISPO values include:
- Accountability
- Active participation
- Collaborative approach [team work]
- Cooperation
- Effective use of resources
- Environmental sustainability
- Financial and management transparency
- Inclusion
- Long term perspective
- Openness [to new activities and ideas]
- Outcomes orientation
- Promoting best practices around the world
- Quality assurance
Strategic goals
ISPO’s key strategic goals for 2008-2013 are to:
- Implement a communication strategy, utilizing the Internet and other information technologies, to improve ISPO’s internal and external communication.
- Develop a marketing strategy for ISPO that includes a corporate image (brand) for ISPO which is used in all activities.
- Enhance the management systems and financial stability of our Organization to enable realization of the ISPO vision.
- Conduct multidisciplinary educational programs that involve the multiple professions within ISPO.
- Foster improved research within ISPO areas of interest to facilitate evidence based practice.
Feedback to ISPO Executive Board
The ISPO Executive Board is keen to learn your opinions about these draft statements. Please email your comments to the ISPO Secretariat ispo@ispoint.org for compilation, by 3rd August 2008, with the subject title “FEEDBACK RE ISPO MISSION, VISION, VALUES & GOALS”.
In offering feedback, you might like to address these questions:
- What do you think about the statement?
- Does the statement summarize your ideas about the future for ISPO?
- Are any important aspects of ISPO omitted from the statement?
- Please tell the Executive Board about items you think should be included in this statement, or removed from this statement, and explain your ideas.
- Feedback about the ISPO process of strategic planning is also welcome.
Further information
If you are interested in learning how the draft statement was created, please read the report from the ISPO Strategic Planning Seminar. The SPS report is stored on the ISPO homepage and can be accessed as a PDF document through this link.
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