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GLOBAL PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AWARD (GPEA)

The GPEA (introduced in 2000 as IAPQA) is the only formal international recognition of performance or business excellence. The program is administered by the APQO which is non-stock, non-profit organization that serves as an umbrella group that brings together all of the leading quality professional societies in Asia Pacific Region. In 2010, the name of this prestigious award was changed from IAPQA to GPEA to reflect the evolution in the field of quality from a focus on product and service quality to a strategic focus encompassing overall organizational performance termed performance/organizational/business excellence. The GPEA endeavors to bridge the cultural geographic and economic system gap of National Quality Awards (NQA).


GPEA is today a strategic enabling tool for global performance excellence. It helps to strengthen the strategies and performance of organizations both public, private and NGOs to succeed in the fast-evolving global market place and be future ready in this digital era. The GPEA process promotes and strengthen awareness in performance excellence as an increasingly important tool in competitiveness towards global business success and sustainability. Adopting best practices within a country or region are extremely important for raising organizational performance levels, the customer experience, and the standard of living. This results in improving each country's or regions economic and business activity and driving GDP performance.


APQO has continually recognized National Quality / Performance Excellence Awards as a significant component of enhancing productivity, innovation and strengthening business performance improvement strategy of many countries. The Baldrige and EFQM Criteria and its variaions customized to meet the needs of various economies is widely used criteria for National Quality Awards. The GPEA process, which includes an assessment by an international panel of experienced assessors, provides an excellent opportunity for winners of National Quality Awards to benchmark and better understand their opportunities for improvement and performance based on the Business Excellence Model.

APQO AWARD GOVERNING COUNCIL

Comprise representatives mainly from APQO Executive Board and Core Council. The APQO Award Governing Council (AAGC) sets and review standards and guide the adoption of proven practices and processes ensuring rigour and currency in the BE Models and adoption by organizations in countries across the world. It also provides an oversight to the assessment practices that match desired standards and value add to applicants from APQO member countries or other interested parties. The APQO Award Governing Council is supported by a GPEA Secretariat and experienced assessors and business excellence practitioners from GPEA winners and APQO Core Council member countries/ economies.


The APQO Award Governing Council will be governed by the following terms of reference:


1. To help enhance business/organizational excellence in APQO member countries enterprises through the GPEA various categories of awards.


2. To draw up all guidelines, policies and processes as per the successful administration of the APQO GPEA awards.


3. On an annual basis, revisit and or review existing processes for relevancy and set directions and initiatives to enhance the GPEA criteria, program and assessment methodology.


4. To review, endorse and approve GPEA winners recommendations made.


In summary, the APQO Award Governing Council will be responsible for the overall policies and guidelines of the GPEA awards; evaluate all aspects of the awards program, including the adequacy of the business excellence criteria adopted, and approve the winners.

GPEA ASSESSORS

Assessors are important part of the GPEA Award process who commit their knowledge, skills, and time to assess GPEA applicants. They are predominantly experienced persons from across all sectors of the APQO member economies, including manufacturing, service, small business, health care, education, government, and non-profit. They make a major contribution to the APQO's vision, mission and efforts to recognize and promote performance/business excellence, and they benefit from the opportunity of networking and educational experience.


They have the unique opportunity to explore examples of best practices, innovation, planning strategies, and approaches to engage customers and the workforce, which builds their professional acumen. They will also harness an ability to read an organization, understand complex organizational issues and offer viable solutions.


They acquire know how and are well positioned to help in transfer of the learning to their own organization and country.


APQO GPEA Assessors are experienced Assessors recommended by APQO Core Council Members and with assessment experience in assessing National Quality Awards applicants in various countries. Amongst them are assessors from Global Excellence Models Council (GEMs) Members who actively provide support and guidance to ensure processes and standards adopted are validated practices of leading Business Excellence Models and existing practices amongst GEMs member countries. Assessors will operate as team and submit assessment findings to GPEA Secretariat for collation. The findings will be deliberated for decision by the APQO Award Governing Council.


GPEA 2019 Assessors are from China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

GPEA SECRETARIAT & GOVERNANCE

The GPEA Secretariat is a key function in the success of the GPEA process. The Secretariat should be supported by the APQO Award Governing Council and managed by a APQO Core Council Member who has demonstrated experience in a business excellence award programme and is an experienced business excellence assessor and a representative of an APQO Core Council Member.


The GPEA Secretariat should also serve as Secretariat to the APQO Award Governing Council. To ensure neutrality and independence in the governance of the GPEA, members of the APQO Award Governing Council should not be involved in assessing or providing consultancy directly to the GPEA applicants being considered. In an event of conflict of interest, the APQO Award Governing Council member is expected to declare a conflict of interest so that it is transparent and the affected member will be exempted from the decision making process.


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New Zealand

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APQO GPEA Secretariat:
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Phone: +94 712 267 430
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