The Winner and Highly Commended from each category will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on May 11, 2023
The top 3 winners will then qualify for the Global FM Awards of Excellence in FM 2023, along with nominations from other FM associations around the world
Read more about Global FM awards of Excellence
The Global FM Awards of Excellence, recognise the “best of the best” within the FM World and promote the strategic value and progress of facilities management. Recognition through the Global FM Awards of Excellence, celebrates and shares the efforts of individuals and teams, who have made a significant contribution to the knowledge and practice of FM to improve the workplace, building, or personal environment.
These awards will provide an invaluable worldwide recognition to recipients for their commitment and success in promoting and enhancing FM practices.
The recipients of these awards will have demonstrated the value of their innovations and/or improvements to the industry by considering the global impact and vision of FM – Making a Real Difference.
MEFMA award categories
Technology Implementation in FM
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This award recognizes the most effective and innovative use of FM technology, wherein the impact of using technology from customer experience, operations effectiveness & ROI needs to be validated.
Digital Transformation in FM
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This award recognizes implementation of a digital transformation strategy within its business, with the ability to quickly and effectively adapt to change while embracing technology as a center of operation excellence.
Sustainability in FM Operations
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This award recognizes an outstanding commitment to sustainability and how FMs are integrating sustainability initiatives into their FM operations. The case study shall showcase stakeholders involvement while achieving the expected results.
People Development in FM
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This award recognizes the submission that showcases the most effective investment in people development & welfare across all their FM workforce.
Customer Experience in FM
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This award recognizes the diverse needs and satisfaction of its clients, leading to a positive customer experience, whilst showcasing the impact of such delivery of customer-centric solution.
Energy Management in FM
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This award recognizes the project that has achieved outstanding performance in their facility by adapting best practice processes to reduce the consumption of energy / carbon emissions considering the RRR philosophy (reduce, reuse and recycle).
Excellence in FM Health & Safety
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Health & Safety culture is a key to FM success towards protecting humans and reducing financial impact of accidents. This award submission will need to showcase and demonstrate commitment to HSE engaging all relevant parties.
CSR Initiative in FM
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This award recognizes outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives across FM that contributes to the social, ethical and environmental aspects of the society.
FM Partnerships
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This award recognizes outstanding FM partnerships and collaborations between the client & service provider / supplier & service provider, resulting in close cooperation and delivery of best practice.
FM Consultancy Best Practice
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This award recognizes and supports achievement in FM consulting practice that includes offering clients effective solutions and providing expertise that help them achieve their business objectives such as FM design review, life cycle assessment, FM strategy initiatives among other FM consultant offerings.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Eligibility Criteria
All submissions must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a MEFMA company member
- The submission must focus and concentrate on one specific project / case study / initiative considering the categories and criteria mentioned hereafter
- Operational or implemented initiatives must have been fully operational in the Middle East for at least six months prior to February 1, 2023
- No General or Commercial Marketing material to be included in the submission
- All entries must be submitted in English only
Terms & Conditions
- Applications must be submitted online by logging in to the member’s account on the MEFMA website
- Each member company is eligible to apply for one or more award categories
- Each category entry should be filled in a separate submission form, for companies submitting in more than one awards category
- Incase of any membership cancellation during the awards submission and until the awards announcement, MEFMA reserves the right to withdraw the company’s submission
- The submission deadline is final and not subject to any exception or changes
- The submission must follow the exact specifications and word count mentioned hereafter
- Once the entry is submitted, no further changes will be accepted
- There is no financial obligation associated with the awards entry submission
- MEFMA will announce the winners only during the Awards Gala Dinner, none of the applicants or nominees will receive any statement, result or hint prior to the event
- MEFMA reserves the right to cancel part or all of the awards categories for any reason
- MEFMA reserves the right to change or postpone the submission deadline
- MEFMA reserves the right to publish a winner’s submission as a report / case study thereafter, in coordination with the member company
- MEFMA reserves the right to withdraw the award, if the winner fails to attend the Awards
Judging Process
- All entries will be evaluated and judged based on the awards criteria, by an independent Jury Committee, composed of leading experts and industry players who represent a broad spectrum of Facilities Management, to ensure fair judging of the submissions
- All judges names will be kept anonymous and only announced once the Judging Process has been completed
- The Winner & Highly Commended will be announced within each MEFMA awards category
- Top 3 highest scoring submissions to qualify for the Global FM Awards of Excellence in FM 2023
Submission Guidelines
- Applications must be submitted online by clicking on the ‘Apply’ tab of the Awards page on the MEFMA website.
- Member companies are required to login to their membership account to continue with the submission process.
- Please select the Awards Category you would like to enter. If you would like to apply in more than one category, kindly submit another form for the additional category that you wish to apply for.
- During the submission process, you will also have the option to ‘Save and Continue Later’, wherein the submission can be accessed from the ‘My Submission’ tab of the Awards page and/or from your membership dashboard.
- Answer each of the below criteria to support your submission process (500 words maximum per judging criteria). Description of each criteria will be available once you login to your membership account and start the application process.
- Creation, Evolution, and Implementation
- Innovation in FM
- Corporate Outcomes
- Leadership and Success in FM
- Contribution to FM Worldwide
- Attach a maximum of two supporting documents (total of 4 pages), for example:
- Published articles;
- Certificates/awards or any other materials that may be considered to support your entry;
- An independent report verifying the entry’s findings or outcomes will be heavily weighted;
- Final submission deadline – March 5, 2023 (Late submissions will not be accepted)
Sponsorship
Please contact the MEFMA team on info@mefma.org to know more about the Sponsorship Opportunities available!