IAN Strategic Plan released

IAN's 2017 Strategic Plan document was releasedThe Integration and Application Network produced its first-ever Strategic Plan. The 16 page Strategic Plan outlines IAN's vision, mission, and goals. It identifies IAN priorities for three major focus areas: partner engagement, social impacts, and ecological outcomes. The Strategic Plan also reviews IAN's fifteen year history in five phases: initiation (2002-2004), partnership (2005-2009), engagement (2010-2014), globalization (2014-present), and future. The plan also includes sections on IAN staff, evaluation, financial viability, and new directions. The IAN Strategic Plan is linked to the annual IAN report cards that we have instituted as a way to track our progress in achieving our goals.