- Value [1] Quality
- All work of the institute should adhere to the highest academic standards.
- Value [2] Relevance
- Activities of the institute should have high relevance to the mission of the United Nations and responsiveness to the needs
of developing countries, as well as those of the local community in which the institute is situated.
- Value [3] Impact
- Institute activities should be conceptualized and executed so as to achieve the highest possible impact in terms of furthering
the institute‟s mission.
- Value [4] Innovation
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The institute should have the courage to define and tackle grand challenges and explore
bold, new approaches to problems that extend far beyond well trodden intellectual territory.
- Value [5] Entrepreneurship
- Value [6] Interdisciplinarity
- Problem-focused, systems thinking should drive our approach to engineering solutions to problems. This will require readiness
and ability to collaborate with experts in all relevant essential aspects of a problem.
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