The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness has four distinct strategic goals including;

1. To build bipartisan relationships between the regional governments and business institutions.
2. To build constant, consistent and passionate drive for productivity through research and action.
3. Develop trust and advice between private sector and governments to enhance regional financial and policy sustainability.
4. Become a constant and perennial resource of ideas and data to enhance wealth creation in the region.

To this end ISC is a research driven institution with regional aspirations and global agenda.