The  key  implementers  of the goals of the Bone and Joint Decade are:

provincial instructors. In  the  provinces there    are  13   Bone  and  Joint    Decade instructors  organising  public  lectures  and training  events  on  the disorders belonging 
to the focus areas of the Decade and on the prevention and care of the disorders.

health centre contact persons.  Some 180  health  centres have appointed contact persons   fo   the  Bone  and  Joint  Decade. Information and training events are organised for  the   contact   persons,   most  of  them physiotherapists     and     nurses.     They participate in communicating  the  goals  of the Bone and  Joint Decade  and dispersing information about musculoskeletal disorders in their own  health centres, e.g.  during the Bone and Joint Action Week.

occupational   health   care   contact persons.  Some  160  occupational   health 

care service units have appointed  contact persons to the  network of  actors  of the  International Bone and Joint Decade. Within the framework of   their   own    work    they   participate   in communicating  the  goals  of  the  Bone  and Joint Decade and dispersing information about musculoskeletal disorders.

contact persons  in  member organisa-
tions.  150   member   organisations  of  The Finnish    Rheumatism    Association    have appointed contact persons  for the Bone and Joint  Decade. They  inform  the members of their own organisations  about current issues of   the   Decade.   Many    contact   persons participate  in  organising the  local  events of the Bone  and  Joint  Decade,  such as public lectures.  The   network  of   member   organi-
sations  has  an  important  role  in the imple-
mentation of e.g.  the  Bone  and Joint Action  Day  participated  also  by  member organisa-
tions   of  the   Finnish   Osteoporosis   Asso-
ciation  and  the Finnish Back Association.