by Brianna Crandall — March 28, 2016—Global FM, the Global Facility Management Association, recently announced Wednesday, July 13 as this year’s date for World FM Day. The 2016 theme will be “Empowering People for a Productive World,” and will look at how facilities management (FM) enables different business disciplines to collaborate to deliver high-quality business performance.
Speaking on the theme, Duncan Waddell, chairman of Global FM, commented:
FM is all about enablement; as a sector we enable people to work, we enable the economy, we enable technology, we enable social interaction – the list is endless. At the crux of all of this is people – and for this year’s World FM Day we aim to highlight how we, as FM professionals, empower people to reach their full potential and in turn create a productive world.
World FM Day, led by Global FM through its World FM Day Task Force, has been an annual celebration since 2009. It aims to recognize the vital work that FM professionals, and the FM sector, contributes to businesses worldwide while raising the profile of the FM profession across the globe.
Celebrations for World FM Day will be led across six continents by Global FM members:
- Associação Brasileira de Facilities (ABRAFAC)
- British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
- European Facility Management Network (EuroFM)
- Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA Australia)
- Facilities Management Association of New Zealand (FMANZ)
- Hungarian Facility Management Society (HFMS)
- International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
- Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA)
- South African Facilities Management Association (SAFMA)
All FM professionals, teams and local organizations are encouraged to host events such as social media activity, luncheons, seminars and workshops, or by undertaking any other activity to celebrate and promote FM during the week of July11-15.
Winners of the Global FM Awards of Excellence will also be revealed on World FM Day. The awards recognize “the best of the best” in FM, highlighting how they support businesses across the globe. In 2015, BIFM’s “JLL Property and Asset Management Academy” submission scooped the Platinum Award, followed by Westminster Schools through IFMA for the Gold, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia with FMA Australia for the Silver.
Further details on World FM Day, and materials to promote the day within individual organizations, will be made available on the GlobalFM Web site over the coming weeks.
