SIAS’s Strategic Planning (SP) is grounded on the needs assessment that started in November 2022 and is titled ‘Needs Assessment for Advanced Socioeconomic-Driven Academic Programs in Rwanda’ and abide by the law No 010/2021 of 16/02/2021 determining the organization of education on matters regarding the types of Higher Learning Institutions. The strategy is supported by the Socioeconomic Institute for Advanced Studies (SIAS) vision which focuses on “Enriching communities (through graduates and projects) that bring in major leaps through exploiting the opportunities inside the challenges". Each SIAS program that comes from this strategy has a clear, focused and valued mission which supports the detailed plans and is even reflected more in the business plan.

The SIAS's strategic plan sets forth many of the features that help define its character, strength, complexity, interdependencies and distinctiveness, and it defines SIAS’s goals and priorities. This document has resulted not only from the outcome of the comprehensive needs analysis study that focused on realising the gap from conversations among the research and publication of the team of international socioeconomic experts and the broad multidisciplinary Inspiration Economy’s (IE) international advocates from all over the world in the last seven years. Therefore, this strategy represents the originality, aspirations, concerns, and vision of the SIAS.

SIAS’s strategy comes from an interrelated set of core commitments towards socioeconomic change in Rwanda, East Africa Community (EAC) region, and the world distinguishes it from other higher learning institutions (HLI’s) in Rwanda, yet it complements the Rwandan government and the HEC mission in bringing in the spirit of innovative education and research in the culture.

SIAS recognizes that a combination of academic excellence and urban/rural socioeconomic-focused programs are central to its development. Therefore, the SIAS strategy supported by the detailed needs assessment delivers the following differentiation:

• • Creation of an experiential learning academic culture that provides unique educational opportunities for qualified students from inside and outside Rwanda;
• • Adherence to the principles and the practices of liberal multidisciplinary education with more focus on unique multidisciplinary contribution and new professional disciplines that focus on socioeconomic development;
• • Delivery of instruction and pedagogy of high-quality postgraduate studies, conducted by senior and experienced national and international faculty;
• • Selection, design, and implementation of high-quality graduate programs and activities that contribute substantially to the intellectual and creative activities of the SIAS;
• • Provision of a distinctive education to SIAS postgraduate students that takes advantage of the international presence of the International Institute of Inspiration Economy (IIIE) and its projects and affiliates around the world;
• • Meet higher expectations of a faculty and student body that participate actively in scholarly pursuits and R&D focused on socioeconomic development, with a close focus on community development.
• • SIAS is focused on bringing unique contributions to ‘Rwanda’s innovation index’ through research or professional projects and activities that would enhance the intellectual, cultural, and social well-being of the regional, national, and international communities;
• • Support presence for a well-established and reviewed curriculum that brings both intercultural and international perspectives to the different socioeconomic-focused postgraduate programs and research;
• • Development of programs that facilitate lifelong learning and career development for our students.
• • To participate in the discovery, transmission, preservation, and enhancement of holistic knowledge and the extension of the frontiers of socioeconomic research and bringing in unique solutions to the world through high-quality research and publications.

The first section of this Strategic Planning outlines SIAS's institutional identity based on the outcome of the needs assessment student, and then gives details on its mission statement, vision, core values, objectives, motto and societal contributions. Accomplishments so far carried out are also interwoven in this section.

The second section establishes goals and priorities and takes into account the many forces influencing the world's emerging challenges. It gives a discussion of the SIAS and leadership's readiness to commit to the strategic planning process, followed by ways to stimulate creative and strategic thinking. Additionally, as a prelude to the planning process, it details the dynamics of organizational development and change.

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Click on the link below to download the Published SIAS Facts and Strategic Plan for the year 2023 - 2027

SIAS STRATEGIC PLAN 2023-2027

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