Recognition
Committed to Excellence
Committed to Excellence is designed for organisations, or organisational units, that are at the beginning of their journey to Excellence. Committed to Excellence provides you with a practical and simple way to build on your knowledge and experience of the EFQM Excellence Model and RADAR logic. As a new member, or if you’re just beginning your journey to Excellence, Committed to Excellence is the best way to start.
Committed to Excellence involves two main stages:
Self Assessment
The first stage is the Self Assessment and involves you assessing your organisation against the 9 criteria of the EFQM Excellence Model, in order to understand your current performance. Thereafter you will be required to use the outcome from the self-assessment to prioritise and plan actions to address the opportunities for improvement identified.
The design of the Committed to Excellence makes it possible for an organisation to undertake the assessment themselves and develop their improvement plan unsupported by an external party. However, applicants can request to have this process facilitated by a trained individual called a facilitator.
The Site Visit
During the site visit, organisations are required to demonstrate their successful deployment of at least 3 improvement plans, based on the outcome from the Self-Assessment. The site visit is usually undertaken in one day, but can be up to two days, depending on the applicant organisation.
The site visit is carried out by an independent Validator. It should take place approximately 6-9 months after you have initiated your Self-Assessment action plans. The actual date for the site visit will be agreed upfront between the applicant and MECCAward Partner Organisation.
C2E Application Form
Recognized for Excellence
Recognised for Excellence is designed for organisations that are well on their way to organisational excellence. It recognises the successful efforts they have made to implement excellence and good practice and provides you with a structured way on the journey to excellence. Recognised for Excellence gives the opportunity to clearly identify the strengths and areas for improvement of your organisation from an external point of view With the new scheme, we have increased the possibilities for organisations to be recognised by introducing 3star, 4star or 5star recognition. This will depend on the outcome of the external assessment achieving more than 300, 400 or 500 points. The new scheme will assure that the focus of the exercise is on the feedback by an external team, as a key driver of your next steps to improve your competitiveness.
R4E Application Form