IFAA Mission Statement, Vision and Core Objectives
Mission Statement
The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) is an independent policy research institute and think-tank committed to advancing progressive alternatives to our social and economic system based on the principles of equality, non-racialism, self-reliance and democracy. Based in South Africa, IFAA has a Pan-African and global perspective and consciousness.
Vision
We promote:
- Economic Transformation, with a primary focus on environmentally sustainable industrialisation and redistribution
- Non-racialism and anti-racism
- Maintenance of our democratic systems, the values of the constitution and an active civil society
- Continental Solidarity and African self-reliance
- Youth participation in political and social discourse
10 Core Objectives:
We pledge to:
- Understand and promote solutions to achieve structural economic transformation and equality
- Understand and promote solutions to escaping commodity dependence in Africa’s minerals rich economies
- Understand and promote efforts to promote economic development in poor communities, particularly in townships
- Promote efforts to address class, racial, and gender injustice in society
- Promote wide and democratic participation in socio-political and economic discourse
- Promote anti-corruption efforts and the renewal of the state apparatus
- Promote Pan-Africanism and economic, socio-political and cultural integration in Africa
- Promote workers co-ownership and representation in corporate and political governance
- Promote and advance a version of non-racialism that addresses and resolves the deep colonial and apartheid legacy in South Africa
- Promote political and social literacy amongst the youth
