This is the Fourth Strategic Plan (2021-2026) since the establishment of the Institute in 2008. This Strategic Plan embeds pursuit of excellence, integrity and honesty, professionalism, innovation and team work and this makes it practicable for the Institute to deliver on its core mandate. IPAR – Rwanda will continue to articulate timely and relevant policy advice in supporting the medium and long term development strategies as enshrined the National Development Strategies in current Vision 2050 and NST1) which are implemented through a series of development policies that are implemented across the various sectors of socio-economic activity in the country. The Institute is now more than 14 years in existence, the impressive performance exhibited in past years, is now directing our focus in the next five years to deliver on our mandate of continued development and strengthening capacity for research and policy dialogue and debate, resources mobilization and financial sustainability as well as strengthening capacity for policy analysis, implementation oversight and coordination of delivery of the institute’s mandate to inform policy and impact change in Rwanda and beyond. It is by efficiently exploiting the available synergies that the Institute can responsively inform the National development agenda. To ensure the strategic plan implementation is realized, the Institute’s culture will be nurtured in the context of its values and principles of governance. This way, the Institute will be at the forefront in providing high quality, timely and relevant policy advice to stakeholders at both national and international levels with a strong support for institutional structures.

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