Federation’s mission, vision and strategy
Mission – organization idea
Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare Associations (SEY) is strong and respected national non-governmental organization, which
- respects individual animals
- advance the welfare and good treatment of animals
- protects animals from pain, suffering, fear, harm and agony in best possible way
- functions professionally and co-operatively
- carry animal protection work out in practice
Vision
As communal voluntary organization, federation is
- affecting society widely
- Finland’s largest organization for protecting animals
- acting with economic stability
- operating as most known and visible of a kind
Values
Responsibility
Federation carries ethical and global responsibility over welfare of animals. Federation obeys current legislation in its action. Federation’s operations are carefully and economically considered and professionally executed. Federation feels responsibility for preserving domestic production conformable to its values. Federation also follows wishes of those who support its action and values.
Reliability
Federation’s operation is open and transparent. Decision making supports democracy, sincerity and members’ participating. Professional help is used if needed. Working of animal welfare inspectors and advisors is reliable, competent and professional.
Functionality
Federation is leading, society-affecting and society-serving animals’ welfare and animal protection organization. Federation has nation wide and active network of both local associations and animal welfare inspectors and advisors. Federation functions initiatively raising forth important problems of animal protection and professionally suggests how to prevent or solve problems. Federation acts as an organization of which all people interested are easily able to be part of.
Ability to co-operate
To execute its mission, federation has good co-operative connections to animal protection authorities and organizations, which carry out their responsibility for animal welfare. Federation is also able to make an effect on animal welfare and good treatment with its co-operations. Federation is active in international animal protection.
Strength in SEY
- Strong organization, which has clear objective, is protean and stretch all around the country
- Professional, competent and trained animal welfare inspector and advisor network
- Members in local associations, who are active and have absorbed well ideology to protect animals
- Staff, which is committed to federations objective, professional and motivated
Strategic objectives
- By activity, federation advances that production, hobby, accompany and test animals’ and also wild animals’ welfare is taken care of in every decision in society and that animals’ good treatment actualize in practice everywhere.
- Federation completes animal welfare inspector and advisor network to cover whole country and takes care, that inspectors and advisor are well trained and committed to duty
- Federation is animal protection association, members of which cover whole country with local associations’ network
- Federation works economically and effectively to ensure its financial solidity, which enables planned and long-term operating
