ResolutionNumber: A1
Year: 2002
Title:   STRATEGIC PLANNING - VISION AND MISSION
Resolved:


Whereas Amnesty International adopted the following vision and mission statements as part of the statute (article 1) at the International Council Meeting in Dakar, Senegal (August 2001):

"Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights."


Be it resolved that Amnesty International USA adopt the Amnesty International vision as its own; and

Be it further resolved that Amnesty International USA adopt the following:

Amnesty International USA mission statement

As a leading grassroots human rights organization, AIUSA's mission is to act in concert with the international human rights movement to prevent and end grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of our work to promote all human rights.


Implementation: All program staff have integrated this strategic plan into the development of their annual operational workplan and budget. Senior managers have reviewed those workplans to ensure consistency with the strategic directions. The Board had its first reading of the 2003 Workplan/Budget at its July meeting. Based on that discussion, a final 2003 Workplan/Budget will be submitted to the Board at its September meeting.

Managerial staff are expected to oversee and monitor the implementation of the plan they are responsible for. AIUSA expects to hire a part time evaluation officer whose job in part will be to track overall implementation of the strategic plan, with periodic senior management review. The Board has also formed a committee to succeed the Strategic Planning Team to review and monitor implementation of the strategic plan.


Update: AIUSA has integrated this strategic plan into all facets of its programs via our operational workplan and budget process for fiscal year 2003/2004. AIUSA’s Board of Directors assessed, advised and approved the official workplan in September of 2002. As such, each manager began

overseeing implementation with the new mission, and our strategic planning goals and objectives at the core of a myriad of projects, programs and important initiatives over the last year.

Managerial and program staff have had the responsibility of overseeing implementation throughout the year. AIUSA Senior management has routinely reviewed departmental workplans to ensure consistency with the strategic directions and goals outlined. The Senior Management Team has scheduled a mid-year review to be held shortly to review and assess in detail the progress being made in implementation. Further, the Board will be establishing a committee to further evaluate the section’s progress.

We had planned to hire an experienced, part-time evaluation officer who would help with ongoing tracking and evaluation of implementation to ensure we are on course. However, due to financial constraints we have had to delay the hiring of this officer although we expect to move on this in the coming months.