2021 - 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN
2021 is the first year of the Council’s five-year strategic cycle. The 2021–2025 Strategic Plan was developed in collaboration with clients, stakeholders, and staff in order to respond to emerging challenges and take advantage of new opportunities to build on the strength of the system.
Effectively Using Resources
Alberta’s economic challenges have created financial uncertainty throughout the province, and our system is no exception: as reduced permit activity has led to less revenue for the Council and our partner organizations, it has been necessary to find efficiencies in our own system while supporting our partners in delivering services.
Supporting Innovation
As regulators increasingly turn to risk-based approaches to compliance monitoring, the Council is focused on building the capacity to support a system that effectively addresses high-probability outcomes and high-impact activities. This means utilizing data and analytics and leveraging emerging technologies, including machine learning and virtual inspection capabilities, to allocate limited resources in a way that ensures the continued safety of Alberta’s built environment.
Ensuring Consistency
Through our oversight role, the Council is well-positioned to encourage the consistent application of codes and standards in all of Alberta. Ensuring consistency provides peace of mind for the general public and administrative certainty for industries that operate throughout the province. Over the next five years, the Council will continue to reduce red tape in our processes in order to increase the province’s economic competitiveness and ease the administrative burden for the organizations that drive recovery.
Focusing on the Future
The safety codes system is changing, and the Council is responding. Advancements in building technologies and a focus on energy efficiency offer new opportunities for our province, and the Council can play a leadership role by ensuring that safety codes officers and other system professionals are able to evaluate these new technologies effectively.
SIX STRATEGIC PILLARS
The Council is committed to a transparent and collaborative approach to keeping the built environment in Alberta safe, accessible, and sustainable. We have identified six strategic pillars that form the basis for an ambitious strategic direction that begins with the 2021 Business Plan.
ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN ALBERTA’S SAFETY SYSTEM
Ensuring the administration of Alberta’s safety codes system is conducted efficiently and effectively, enabling the advancement of new technologies within the Council and Alberta’s safety codes system.
HARNESS DATA AND ANALYTICS
Building capacity to collect and analyze data to drive decision-making and enable risk-based approaches to safety service delivery.
SUPPORT HARMONIZATION AND PROMOTE THE CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF CODES AND STANDARDS
Developing tools to enable and increase regulatory consistency in the delivery of safety codes and standards to support Alberta’s economic competitiveness and improve public safety.
STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY
Building relationships and collaborating with all system stakeholders to ensure Council programming continues to add value to those we serve, finding synergies and working together to achieve common system goals.
EVOLVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM
Delivering educational programs and initiatives that provide our clients with the knowledge and competencies that the system requires, now and into the future.
IMPROVE REGULATORY EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY
Identifying opportunities for improvements within the Council and the system and providing transparent reporting to demonstrate accountability for the Council’s regulatory oversight functions.
FOUNDATIONAL ENABLERS
Our strategic pillars are built on a strong organizational foundation. The Council’s operational success is a result of its people, processes, and technology. The focus of the next five years will be to strengthen the foundation by building on two enablers: supporting our people and creating service excellence through innovation.
SUPPORTING OUR PEOPLE
Our people are our strength and are foundational to everything we do. As systems evolve and the regulatory environment becomes more complex, we must continue our focus on building a strong organizational foundation by developing our people and culture to support new strategic priorities.
CREATING SERVICE EXCELLENCE THROUGH INNOVATION
The Council is uniquely positioned to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in Alberta’s safety codes system. We are committed to evaluating our processes to ensure that we are responsible stewards of resources. A focus on innovation in our programs will ensure continued operational sustainability, including timely investments to support the system.