2019-05-07 P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Sustainability Institute - Concepts and Options Report

4. The Institute for Sustainability Africa (INŚAF)
http://instforsustainafrica.org/




Institute model – Physical institute located in Eastlea, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Active organisation – The Institute for Sustainability Africa (INŚAF) is an independent multi-
disciplinary think tank and research institute founded in Zimbabwe in 2010 with the Vision to advance
sustainability initiatives for Africa.
Background – The Institute promotes achieving sustainable development goals in Africa. It
undertakes applied research and thought leadership using a combination of innovative approaches,
methodologies and tools to help stakeholders to understand and deal with subject matters that
ranges from simple to complex.
Mission - To foster sustainability initiatives and innovations towards green economy, sustainable
development and living. They strive to provide the strongest possible professional focus to
sustainability and sustainable development initiatives by providing applied research, capacity
development and technical support services across sectors in Africa. A key to their mission is
transforming people, organisations and institutions towards sustainable economies and living in
Africa.
Governance structure – The institute is run by a management team working with an operational
team. All activities are overseen by a Board of unaligned trustees.
Funding - The Institute operates on a sustainability business model drive by implementing
sponsored or donor funded programmes and providing technical support services to stakeholders
across sectors. The model rest upon three strategic units: Programmes, Research and Advisory.
Selection criteria – This selection was based on the Institutes focus on value-based and results
driven research projects that advance sustainability initiatives of our stakeholders and inform
policies. Other information on the institute providing training and capacity development; technical
advisory; sustainable investment advisory; stakeholder engagements; monitoring and evaluations.




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