1. The Common
Assessment Framework
in Poland - Practical
illustration of the CAF in
the Polish Ministry of
Climate and
Agnieszka Tomaszewska, PhD
Counsellor
Department of Strategy and Analysis
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2. The examples of good practices of the Polish
Ministry of Climate and Environment:
1. Management and control system
2. The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
3. Project approach
4. Common Assessment Framework
5. Project - covering the area of operation with the Deming
cycle
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3. 1. Management and control system:
• Ministry activity plan and unit activity plans of organizational units
• Specific plans and goals
• Cyclical reporting
• Self-assessment of management control
• Implementation of tasks in the control and management system
• Employees coordinating tasks related to management and control system
• Erisk
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4. 2. The Eco-Management and Audit
Scheme:
• The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a premium
management instrument developed by the European Commission for
companies and other organisations to evaluate, report, and improve
their environmental performance
• EMAS is open to every type of organisation eager to improve its
environmental performance. It spans all economic and service sectors
and is applicable worldwide
• EMAS helps organisations optimize their internal processes, achieve
legal compliance, reduce environmental impacts, and use resources
more efficiently
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5. 3. Project approach:
• The procedure applies to initiatives implemented in the project formula,
including projects indicated for implementation in the Strategy for
Responsible Development (strategic projects) and initiatives that, due to
their specificity, complex nature or high priority, were included by the
Management in the project portfolio (internal projects)
• The main benefit - the systematization of the process of organizing and
implementing projects and enabling the acquisition of current
information on the progress of the implementation of these projects
• The result - the number of projects which achieved the intended goals
within the intended time and budget increased
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6. 4. Common Assessment Framework:
• The reasons:
- numerous organizational changes
- the need to improve the management system
• The result a comprehensive overview of the functioning of the
Ministry, including an analysis of the performance and
organizational potential
• The CAF model was used to diagnose the quality of
management in all its areas, and the diagnosis indicates
strengths and identifies ways to improve the Ministry
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7. 5. Project - the Deming cycle:
• The project concerns one of the areas defined by the CAF methodology as:
Employees
• Its purpose is to identify areas of operation in which there are no
appropriate mechanisms of cyclical evaluation, drawing conclusions and
introducing corrections implemented
• The project defined those activities in which the full Deming cycle should
be implemented
• The project includes an educational and information component about
the Deming cycle and benefits
• Justification for implementation: consolidation, simplification of
procedures and inclusion of the cyclical evaluation mechanism along with
raising awareness of good co-management at the formal level
• Consequence of the CAF project implementation
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8. CAF - particular attention:
• Search for evidence
• Peer review of evidence
• Scoring - Scoring Rules
• Team scoring
• Proper / orderly collection of documentation / evidence
• Important areas - communication, human resource
management, management control
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9. Strengths
Improvement plan
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10. Summary:
• A comprehensive approach
• Linking tools and procedures
• Ongoing evaluation
• Continuous improvement
• Collaboration between different
management levels
• Risk prediction
• Reacting and corrective actions
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11. Thank you for your attention
Agnieszka Tomaszewska, PhD
agnieszka.tomaszewska@mos.gov.pl
05.09.2023.