The institute engages in a range of activities across urban, suburban, and rural areas, spanning the public, private, and cooperative sectors, and covering agriculture, industry, mining, commerce, and services:

1- Providing consultancy services:

  • Focused on inclusive growth and finance, bolstering microfinance and value chains in production, sustainable development, entrepreneurship for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), startups, as well as social and green businesses;
  • Targeting social protection, poverty eradication, and the economic empowerment of social groups, with an emphasis on vulnerable and at-risk populations, offered to government agencies, chambers of commerce, development institutions, financial institutions, and the private sector;
  • Enhancing capabilities in policymaking, modeling, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programs and models centered on inclusive growth and finance, and sustainable development for government bodies, chambers of commerce, development agencies, financial institutions, and the private sector;
  • Strengthening international and regional relations and collaborations, with a focus on neighboring and Asian countries, to facilitate knowledge and experience exchange, and to highlight achievements and insights based on inclusive growth and finance, and sustainable development for both public and private entities;
  • Performing fundamental, developmental, applied, and strategic research at national, regional, and international levels.

 

2- Organizing seminars, symposia, specialized workshops, specialized exhibitions, innovation support weekends (e.g., startup weekends), etc., with the objective of transferring knowledge, sharing experiences, and presenting achievements.

3- Offering research services focused on inclusive growth and finance, and sustainable development.

4- Developing collaborations with international, development-focused institutions active in financing and poverty eradication within various economic activities, such as agriculture, industry, mining, and services across private, public, and cooperative sectors, aimed at enhancing indigenous knowledge and facilitating the exchange of successful experiences between Iran and other nations.