STRATEGIC AREAS OF FOCUS

The Academy shall concentrate on activities in the following strategic areas:

1. Engineering Research, Development and Innovation
2. Engineering Education and Skills Development
3. Engineering Infrastructure Development
4. Sustainable Engineering Technology in the Manufacturing and Process Industries, Agriculture and Mining)
5. Engineering Operations and Maintenance (Facilities, infrastructures)

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 

In focusing on our five strategic areas, the Academy shall strive to achieve the following ten objectives:

1. Provide Advice to Government, Policy Makers and all Stakeholders: by articulating policies on science, engineering, technology and innovation across all areas of engineering endeavours.
2. Support Individual Engineers: by empowering and promoting innovation, research and the development of the individual engineer.
3. Promote Engineering Businesses: by developing strategies for the development of micro, small, medium and large scales engineering enterprises.
4. Promote Engineering Excellence: by advocating standards of engineering processes and products with a view to protecting the general public from poor quality engineering and manufacturing.
5. Promote Sustainability: by championing the adoption and application of technologies that have low greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollutants and do not have harmful impacts on public health or waste natural resources.
6. Collaborate with Other Academies and Institutions: by learning and sharing best practices in the development of science, engineering, technology and innovation
7. Effective Leadership: by developing and implementing a governance and organisational structure for the Academy to be able to deliver on its external objectives.
8. Membership Commitment and Continuous Development of the Academy: by developing and implementing policies and processes on admission and retention of fellows to promote active participation and commitment, including promotion of diversity and inclusiveness.
9. Effective Secretariat: by developing and implementing a functional secretariat able to deliver on the Academy’s commitments.
10. Sustainable Finance: by developing and maintaining sustainable funding strategies.