TUKESSAFETY TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY

Finland : The dissemination of CAF in

the assessment processes for the Quality Conferences

Dr. Kirsi Levä, TUKES

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TUKES maintains and promotes technical safetyin order to protect

people, property, and the environment.

TUKES

supervision development

communication

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FINLAND

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Lisbon

• Choosing BPs

Copenhagen

• Choosing BPs

• Making good use of the process at the national level

Rotterdam

• Choosing BPs

• Making good use of the process national level

• Closer linkage to development areas: personnel policy, e-government and output/outcome –orientation (efficiency)

Goals set for the process

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Lisbon

1. Project group

2. AssessmentGroup (partlyfrom Ministryof Finance and Minstry of Interior)

3. Selectioncommittee

Copenhagen

1. Project Group

2. AssessmentGroup (outsidersincl. last timeBP’s)

3. SelectionCommittee

Rotterdam

1. Project Group (e-gov +HRM)

2. AssessmentGroup (outsiders incllast time BP’se-gov + HRM)

3. Selectioncommittee

Developing assessment process

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Lisbon

• EFQM

Copenhagen

• CAF I

Rotterdam

• CAF II

+ focus (e-gov, HRM, productivity, impact/ outcomes)

Evaluation criteria

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The organisations participating in the process

• the process is supported by training• participants prepare an application according to

CAF (20 pages)• extra focus to personnel policy, e-government or

output/outcome orientation and continuous improvement

• assessment group prepare a feedback report

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Schedule• 12.12.2003: Applications to Ministry of Finance and publishing the list of participants

• 12.12.2003 -26.1.2004: Assessment Group carries out its work

• 3.2.2004: Selection and awarding of the BPs

• March 2004: Sending the feedback report for the participants

• April to August 2004: Preparing the presentations to the Rotterdam conference, RoadShows

• 15.-17.9.2004: EU BPs Conference in Rotterdam

• November 2004: Feedback and future development, meeting between Ministry and BPs

• Presentations (national)

• Two years later (2005): Joining the Assessment Group

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Challenges

• Inspire organisations to participate• Criteria: EFQM – CAF• Timetable

• Directors and politicians attention