Document code:  POL-0001.07  Security level:  Public  Effective date:  19/12/2019  ECHA Integrated Management System Strategy and Framework  by def ault” and paperless environment, where information is secure, protected and, where relevant,  submitted only once while serving multiple purposes. The Agency is ensuring that the technology, assets and the IT systems used for running its processes  are reliable, secure, comply with the applicable legislation, provide adequate audit trails and are in  line with the principles of data protection, availability, confidentiality and integrity. Principles:  Aiming at agility and flexibility to respond to changes while ensuring continuity The Agency’s management system and operational structure support flexibility and agility in response  to changes in the external and internal environment while maintaining effectiveness and increasing  efficiency. The Agency is assessing external and inter nal major changes as a result of evolving stakeholders’  requirements, which may potentially have an impact on the Agency’s priorities, and consecutively on  its strategies and on ECHA Integrated Management System.  Principles: Aiming at performance-based management where continual improvement is  pursued and ex-ante and ex-post controls are risk-based  The Agency aims at having adequate and performance-based monitoring and measurement structures,  including procedures for monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations to ensure  reliability of reporting, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of data and related information on the  use of the Agency’s resources, activities, processes and products.  The Agency aims at having adequate ex-ante and ex-post controls which are proportionate to the risk,  to detect, assess and manage gaps, non-conformities, complaints, deficiencies, as well as continual  improvements.  TEM-0129.01  Uncontrolled copy once printed. Ensure that the right version is in use.  Page  7  of  8 Characteristics  Component 4.1. Performance management  4. Evaluation and improvement  Characteristics  Component 3.3. Change management