ICOM Strategic Plan 2001 - 2007

Strategic Plan 2001 - 2007 adopted by the ICOM General Assembly on Friday 6th July 2001 in Barcelona (Spain).

5.0 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR ICOM

ICOM has established three principal objectives that it will accomplish during the period 2001 - 2007. These are:

Objective 1: ICOM is recognised as the international leader in the museum field, and a respected voice on issues affecting protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage.

Objective 2: ICOM advances the sharing of professional knowledge and museum practice internationally through mutual assistance, and actively encourages new models of collaboration.

Objective 3: ICOM achieves a dynamic, supple and consistent framework for communications and advocacy on behalf of museums internationally.

For each objective, a series of desired results for the period 2001 - 2007 has been identified. These results will be tracked and measured collectively (see tables below).

The final sections of each of the three tables describes specific Actions to be pursued, identifies the Responsibility for initiation and implementation, and provides a Start Date for each. A separate graph outlining the full time-frame (introduction to completion of each action) is appended to this document.

Within each of the three Strategic Objectives for ICOM as an organisation, the proposed Actions are listed in order of priority - with a bold, double horizontal line to separate the high, medium and low priorities.

As with all strategic planning exercises, it is important to bear in mind that these are the objectives and attendant actions that ICOM wishes to undertake internally, to the extent permitted by available resources.

This document must also be read as a 'living' document, open to change and adjustment as the Executive Council, the Advisory Committee and the Secretariat find necessary.

5.1 Objective 1: ICOM is recognised as the international leader in the museum field, and a respected voice on issues affecting protection and conservation of the world's cultural and natural heritage

The anticipated results in accomplishing this objective during the period 2001-2007 are:

1. ICOM regularly identifies key issues affecting the museum sector and pursues the means to publicly advocate and communicate ICOM's values, policies, and knowledge concerning these issues.
2. ICOM's significant partners and stakeholders consult ICOM regularly regarding world-wide museum, and cultural and natural heritage issues, and its views are represented in important forums of decision-making internationally.
3. ICOM is recognised by the print and electronic media as the global authority for international museum and cultural and natural heritage issues.
4. ICOM's governance and operational structures are responsive, flexible and efficient.
5. ICOM effectively enables its National Committees (in partnership with national museums associations) to brief national governments on issues that are international (e.g. the fight against illicit traffic, UNIDROIT). ICOM assists such advocacy through its issues-identification, research and databases.

Action Plan for Strategic Objective 1 (table)