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Strategic Plan 2022-2026

Approved at the 13th General Meeting of the Europe Region 
19th - 20th May 2022.
Prague, Czech Republic

Since the Europe Region’s first strategic plan was drawn up, the Region has evolved significantly and as a working document, the strategic plan should be adapted with progressive insight and scheduled for approval by the General Meeting after each term.

 

Following approval by the 2020 General Meeting, the Advocacy and EU Matters Working Group (A&EUMWG) undertook a review of the existing Strategic Plan. Initially, the group discussed the plan among themselves and agreed on changes. Then they presented and discussed the proposed changes with the Education Matters Working Group in Seville and after that, with the two other Working Groups at the joint (online) meeting. The A&EUMWG subsequently considered all the feedback and prepared a final plan incorporating the current needs and context of the Region, for the Executive Committee to consider. 

 

The format of the strategic plan starts with the overarching four strategic objectives. Under the strategic objectives, up to four goals are defined and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are matched to the goals.

SO1 - Demonstrate the Value and Impact of Physiotherapy

Goals:

KPI:

Means of Verification:

Goal 1: Advocate for the value and impact of Physiotherapy that improves population health and quality of life, based on the principles of movement, education, and function.

  • Number of meetings with different international institutions that we have been invited to present evidence.

  • Number of informational initiatives pro-actively sent to key-stakeholders.

  • Number of documents/statements created/updated.

  • MO satisfaction.

  • Number of key institutions that have taken action as a result of the Region’s initiatives.

Secretariat records.
Online meetings/focus groups.
Mention on key institutions websites or newsletters to their members.

Goal 2: Engage with EU developments and respond to consultations by presenting the physiotherapy perspective.

  • Number of discussion forums where evidence of physiotherapy is demonstrated.

  • Number of engagements/answered consultations.

  • MO satisfaction.

Secretariat records.

Online meetings/focus groups.

Goal 3: Present the evidence through collaboration with relevant stakeholders and policy makers.

  • Number of collaborations, international initiatives and campaigns that we have provided evidence for e.g. written responses, media briefings.

  • MO satisfaction.

Secretariat records.

Online meetings/focus groups.

SO2 - Recognition of Physiotherapists by the National Authority as Autonomous Professional in the National Health Care System

Goals:

KPI:

Means of Verification:

Goal 1: Continue to strengthen and promote that the physiotherapist is an independent and autonomous professional.

  • % of MOs where physiotherapists are autonomous by Law but not “in practice”.

  • % of MOs where direct access is allowed in Law.

  • % of MOs where education prepares physiotherapists for, and are ready to provide autonomous practice.

  • Number of initiatives promoting physiotherapy as an autonomous profession.

  • % of MOs where physiotherapists are recognised as a first contact professional in primary care.

  • MO satisfaction.

Europe Region’s Autonomy survey. 

Online meetings/focus groups.

Secretariat records.

Goal 2: Provide Evidence Based support to MOs where physiotherapists are not yet first contact practitioners and/or direct access is not recognised or implemented.

  • % of MOs where physiotherapists can be recognised as advanced practitioners.

  • Number of initiatives advocating for Advanced Practice in Physiotherapy.

  • % of MOs where advanced practice is not yet recognized where policies for advanced practice have been presented to relevant authorities.

  • MO satisfaction.

Secretariat records.

Online meetings/focus groups.

Website data analytics.

Questionnaire provided to users.

Repository.

Goal 3: Advocate for Advanced Practice in physiotherapy.

  • Number of support initiatives provided to MOs where Physiotherapists are not yet first contact practitioners and/or direct access is not recognised or implemented.

  • MO satisfaction.

  • Number of interactions with the repository.

  • User satisfaction with the repository.

Secretariat records.

Europe Region’s Autonomy survey. 

Online meetings/focus groups.

SO3 - Promote Excellence in Physiotherapy Education, Practice and Research

Goals:

KPI:

Means of Verification:

Goal 1: Disseminate the profession’s research and evidence base through its’ quadrennial scientific congress.

  • Number of abstracts submitted.

  • % of abstracts accepted for presentation.

  • Number of registered participants.

  • % of abstracts classified as excellent in the congress scoring system.

  • Number of visits to the congress platform after the congress (6 months).

  • Number of engagements with Congress hashtag (#ercongress202x) and congress posts on social media.

Congress data.

Social media analytics.

Goal 2: Provide Europe Region specific position statements, briefing papers and standards.

  • % of MOs reporting the use of documents to formulate/justify professional advances for profession in their country.

  • Number of specific position statements, briefing papers and standards created/updated.

  • MO satisfaction.

  • Number of Higher Education Institutions reporting the use of documents to formulate their curricula.

Secretariat records.

Online meetings/focus groups.

Survey Higher Education. Institutions.

Goal 3: Collaborate with relevant organisations at European level.

  • Number of initiatives/actions undertaken with relevant organisations.

  • Number of partner organizations identified and approached.

Secretariat records.

Goal 4: Engage with World Physiotherapy Subgroups and relevant partners to create a portal of evidence-based guidelines relevant to physiotherapy education and practice.

  • Number of visits to the portal.

  • Number of evidence-based guidelines (links) in the portal.

  • Number of accessed links in the portal.

Website analytics.

SO4 - Europe Region is Influential in Relevant Policy Development at EU and National Level

Goals:

KPI:

Means of Verification:

Goal 1: Engage in European health workforce initiatives so physiotherapy is represented and recognised as a key health care profession.

  • Number of institutions/EU groups identified and approached.

  • Number of institutions that have approached the Europe Region.

Secretariat records.

Goal 2: Work with the European Forum for Primary Care to make the case for the physiotherapy role in primary care.

  • Number of specific initiatives that identifies the role of physiotherapists in their actions.

Secretariat records.

Goal 3: Develop a commitment with the EU Health Policy Platform to demonstrate that physiotherapists are the health professionals who provide physical activity interventions.

  • Number of requests to participate in EU activities/initiatives.

  • Number of specific initiatives that demonstrate that physiotherapists are the health professionals who provide physical activity interventions.

Secretariat records.

Goal 4: Engage with MOs providing support to initiatives /evidence demonstrating that physiotherapists are key in primary care and physical activity prescription.

  • Number of specific initiatives that demonstrate that physiotherapists are key in primary care and physical activity prescription.

  • Number of MOs where specific policy is, or has been, created/adapted.

  • MO satisfaction.

Secretariat records.

Online meetings/focus groups.

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