The town is implementing Workplace

The first municipality
to implement the Workplace communication platform

The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has
Introducing the Workplace by Facebook communication platform for employees
of the municipality. The medium is based on the same features as Facebook but is customised.
for the environment of businesses and institutions. Hafnarfjörður is the first municipality.
in Iceland to implement the platform. Workplace is intended to improve the flow.
information, knowledge sharing and communication, as well as increasing productivity and improving
procedures in joint projects across the organisation.

Just over 1,600
Employees of Hafnarfjörður Municipality gained access to the platform this morning.

After having looked into numerous solutions to a new internal
For the municipality, it was decided to implement the communication platform Workplace.
which is owned by Facebook. Workplace is a closed social network that connects with
in no way a personal Facebook account of employees. The City of Hafnarfjörður received
an opportunity to take part in the implementation phase on the communication platform and now has
The system had only been implemented for just under four weeks and introduced to just over 1,600 of them.
staff who work far and wide around the town in a variety of jobs and that on
nearly 70 sites. Workplace
Based on a user interface that most people will be familiar with from Facebook, along with additional functionality.
which is suitable for businesses and organisations.„That
Almost everyone knows how it works, and so most people should be able to take an active part from
at the outset or received good assistance from their colleagues“ says Árdís
Ármannsdóttir, Communications Manager for the City of Hafnarfjörður. A select group of staff and managers has in recent days and weeks
Tested the functionality and set up groups suitable for our primary schools, nurseries,
the swimming pools and other facilities. The medium is therefore 100% ready to
for use, and we invited all the council's staff to play this morning with
a party in each place, respectively. Hafnarfjörður is a large employer with
many locations and a diverse range of projects in the fields of family affairs and education,
planning, environmental, financial and administrative affairs. The Workplace medium is
designed to better connect all these policy areas and, thereby, workplaces,
ensure that appropriate information is communicated to staff and that staff can access it themselves
to directly demonstrate in words and pictures the diversity that exists in
the activities of the municipality.„We have about
for some time, seeking a solution that makes the operation more visible and strengthens
the corporate culture and makes us one workplace. We are extremely proud of
for being the first Icelandic municipality to implement Workplace. Facebook
It pushed us ahead of a long queue of businesses, so that they thought something was wrong.
Exciting to get the local council on board.“ says Árdís at last.