ISPO
Vision, Mission & Values
Our Vision
A world where all people have equal opportunity for full participation in society.
Our Mission
To enhance the quality of life for everyone who may benefit from prosthetic, orthotic, mobility, and assistive devices by:
- Promoting multidisciplinary practice.
- Facilitating professional education to improve quality care.
- Promoting research and evidence-based practice.
- Facilitating innovative and appropriate technology.
- Fostering international collaboration and consensus.
- Facilitating knowledge exchange.
Our purposes
- Serving as an international impartial and non-political coordinating, correlating and advisory body on prosthetics, orthotics, wheelchairs, rehabilitation engineering and other matters related to the neuromuscular and skeletal system in close collaboration with other national and international bodies, offering appropriate guidance and advice to these bodies to avoid unwitting duplication of effort and to encourage maximum use of resources.
- Fostering scientific exchange among its members and others by collecting and disseminating information through publications, correspondence, exhibits, regional or international courses, seminars, symposia, conferences, staff efforts or otherwise.
- Promoting and when requested, assisting in efforts to co-ordinate or guide research, development, and evaluation activities related to prostheses, orthoses, wheelchairs and rehabilitation engineering around the world.
- Guiding, and supporting the efforts of all those responsible for the education and training of the professions involved and when requested, correlating these activities around the world.
- Encouraging, guiding, and supporting the efforts of all those responsible for care of patients involving these important fields and, when requested, correlating these activities around the world.
- Undertaking, when requested, appropriate projects to encourage and facilitate high-level uniform practice by development of standards for nomenclature, curricula, design of devices, techniques and processes, testing, and by involvement in all appropriate aspects of patient care, research and development, evaluations, and education and training.
- To conduct research and surveys when appropriate
Our Values
- Inclusion: We welcome all nations, regions, age groups, genders, and abilities to take part in ISPO activities and actions.
- Collaboration: We value the transformative impact of collaboration. We partner with others who share our values and objectives, believing that we can achieve something bigger than we could alone.
- Education and continuous professional development: We value education and continuous professional development to ensure appropriate and quality services.
- Exchange: We value the exchange within ISPO and beyond, with the wider community, and we recognize and acknowledge the strength that comes from the diversity of approaches.
- Leadership: We aspire to lead efforts to advance equitable access to quality rehabilitation and prosthetic, orthotic, orthopaedic footwear, wheelchair care.
- Transparency: We strive for efficiency, effectiveness, and meaningful results across our work, and we are accountable for our efforts. We value transparent relationships with our National Member Societies, members, and partners.
