Quality

Its objective: to motivate the implantation of Quality systems in the organisations of the Third Sector. In order to do so, the following is taken into consideration:

Awareness and communication

Website
Website

The Programme’s web page incorporates all kind of information related to the Quality and the Third Sector. We also avail of information leaflets, to familiarise the NGOs with the culture of Quality, and also newsletters are available on the internet for any entity to subscribe to if they wish to do so. 

Training

  • Basic courses: Approximately 300 organisations have taken part in these courses organised every year in various autonomous regions.
  • Training for instructors: Approximately twenty technicians have drawn up training courses for instructors. There is a wide range of professionals within the sector and collaborators who regularly participate in the Platform.
  • Training on line: After organising a pilot course for 20 professionals, the experience shall broaden for new participants shortly.

Consultancy

Technical assistance shall be provided for social entities that request it before the implementation of quality processes.

Congresses

The Platform also organises events, such as the 1st Congress on Quality, the Third Sector and Social Politics. Conclusions of such events are being used as a draft for the second Third Sector Quality Plan of Social Action.

- Declaración de Compromiso por la Calidad en el Tercer Sector de Acción Social / Quality Commitment Declaration in the Third/Social Sector

We make use of politics to promote a joint performance of Social Action organisations interested in the incorporation of the culture quality to the Third Sector. Within this context we see the Quality Commitment Declaration in the Third/Social Sector, promoted by the Platform and 68 entities have already subscribed to it.

Publications

The Platform publishes basic management manuals for quality systems. It also publishes the content of various events such as presentation and round table discussions programmed at the 1st Congress on Quality, the Third Sector and Social Politics.