Strategic Plans
Our mission and objectives are supported by Strategic Plans developed every few years by the ISI Executive Committee in consultation with the Council. They focus on the long-term goals of the ISI and on how to realize these goals.
ISI in Action
The ISI will pursue its mission and objectives through various lines of action indicated below, as well as others developed to advance our strategy.
- Collaborating and developing partnerships with national and international statistical bodies and with other organisations to develop a worldwide voice for statistics through policy statements and strategic initiatives on a range of statistical issues, including professional ethics and statistical literacy.
- Organising World Statistics Congresses, Regional Statistics Conferences, satellite meetings and short courses.
- Promoting and delivering capacity building workshops and activities that serve the needs of the community, especially from the low and middle income countries / regions.
- Supporting our membership:
- through a website that communicates with members of the ISI family and highlights their activities;
- by awarding prizes for outstanding statistical contributions;
- by obtaining funding to facilitate travel for young statisticians and statisticians from low and middle income countries / regions to conferences and workshops;
- by supporting and collaborating with international, national and regional statistical societies;
- by providing networks through outreach committees, special interest groups and regional networks;
- by facilitating collaboration through virtual meetings using modern technology;
- by reporting examples of successful influence, intervention and interaction with politicians and the media to promote our values;
- by maintaining a comprehensive listing of statistical conferences and events, and a glossary of statistical terms.
- Publishing our journals: International Statistical Review and Stat.
- Supporting and working with the ISI Associations.