Strategy I – Ensure leadership
To achieve this strategy we will pursue the following initiatives:
- Ensure that all initiatives and programs are of the highest quality and relevant to the political agenda
- Explore and expand national and international partnerships to broaden and enhance consulting and other opportunities.
- Continue to leverage emergent policy trends in sustainable development and invest in policy initiatives.
- Develop the organizational structure to maximize flexibility, cross-program collaboration, and responsiveness to policy-makers demand and competitive challenges.
- Develop policy initiatives to encourage creative policy making and bring faculty-consultant model to life.
- Associate to the ESPOL’s Masters Program on Public Management to integrate a professional perspective into the curriculum that provides greater opportunities to experience and develop practical skills and real-world solutions.
- Establish a Program of Excellence to incentivize faculty engagement across campus.
Strategy II – Ensure financial stability.
To achieve this strategy we will pursue the following initiatives:
- Strengthen public-wide culture of data-based policy decision-making, using public opinion and communication tools.
- Design calls for volunteer and non-paid internships to satisfy management and administrative needs
- Develop opportunities to associate undergrad and grad student to research projects
- Develop a long-term facilities financial plan to provide the physical spaces that will support a vibrant policy environment.
- Implement a comprehensive fundraising campaign
- Review and update our strategic plan annually
Strategy III - Enhance organizational culture.
To achieve this strategy we will pursue the following initiatives:
- Develop a communication strategy for the internal and external community
- Move toward more competitive compensation and institutional incentives to attract faculty as our financial situation allows.
- Enhance operational effectiveness and service to public agencies.
- Recruit a diverse faculty, staff and administration to more closely reflect the ambition on first-class policy outputs.