Both Internetstiftelsen and MTR Tunnelbanan have received the award once before, in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Both organizations brought up their work with continuous improvement, innovation and the organization's values as part of their successful quality work.
Gunilla Nordlöf, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, presents the Swedish Quality Award 2018 diploma to Danny Aerts, CEO, and Ylva Hambraeus Björling, Chairman of the Internet Foundation.
- It is an incredible honor that we receive this award and we are proud that our approach can inspire other organizations in Sweden to continue to develop, comments Danny Aerts, CEO of The Swedish Internet Foundation.Through an open and transparent approach with a focus on continuous development, we can work for a strong and secure infrastructure for the internet in Sweden. With great sensitivity, we develop based on the needs of our users. Our investments in research and education help ensure that internet users have knowledge, understand the possibilities of the internet and can further develop their use in a conscious manner.
Håkan Nilsson, Chairman of the Board and Johan Oscarsson, CEO of MTR Tunnelbanan, receive the Swedish Quality Award 2018 from Jan Sundling, Chairman of the Board SIQ - Institute for Quality Development and Sven-Erik Österberg, Governor of Stockholm County.
- In 2014, MTR Tunnelbanan received the Swedish Quality Award for the first time and that we are now once again recognized for our quality work is incredibly gratifying. It is proof that we are still on the right track, comments Johan Oscarsson, CEO of MTR Tunnelbanan. We are driven by constantly improving the metro and contributing to the development of the Stockholm region by delivering an efficient, safe and modern public transport that Stockholmers can rely on. Both in daily life and in terms of sustainability and new solutions for a region in strong growth.
The Swedish Quality Award
Since 1992, SIQ - Institute for Quality Development has awarded the Swedish Quality Award to organizations that systematically develop their quality and improvement work in the long term.
The award is given to organizations that have demonstrated significant results from their successful quality work. The award is based on a thorough evaluation of the participating organizations. The organizations are highlighted from a holistic perspective where strengths and opportunities for improvement are identified in detail based on the SIQ Management Model, which forms a basis for how organizations achieve success with their operations.
The purpose of the Swedish Quality Award is to support the development of systematic improvement work at the organizational level and to highlight good examples to inspire others, both in the private and public sectors.
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