Our Strategy

The Swiss Paraplegic Association (SPA) has a clear, established and consistantly documented strategy for the whole enterprise as well as for each individual department. This is annualy reviewed and enhanced by the executive in co-operation with Dept. Heads.

Thereby various strategic approaches are currently in focus:

• Strengthen the SPA through emphasised readiness to innovate
• Promotion of strategic partnerships to strengthen competitiveness
• Strengthening the wheelchair clubs as local SPA branches
• Secure anchoring of representation of interests in the wheelchair clubs and on a political level
• Enhanced establishment and definition of the SPA brand
• Increased levels of brand recognition
• Preservation of all five departments to cover comprehensive service provision from one source
• Professionalisation in competitive sport
• Expansion of external services through Peer Councelling
• Assessment and evaluation of the quality of life of SCI sufferers in co-operation with Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPR) and thereupon, improvement of life’s quality.
• Contribute to the promotion of holistic rehabilitation of SCI sufferers in co-operation with the Swiss Paraplegic Group (SPG) and other specialised institutions
• Promotion of international networking