Consultancy services include long-term strategic forecasting for sectors of the economy through scenarios planning, strategic research on policy issues, short-term inputs into ongoing work, country assessment reports and research partnerships on specific issues such as:
The Green Economy;
The political economy of mining with a focus on Platinum Group Metals (PGMs);
Inequality and social cohesion; National Development Plan (NDP) alignment and social compacting.
In order to ensure focus on its core research projects, MISTRA has established a principle of limiting such consultancy work to 25% of its research work.
About our Consultancy Services
Commissioned Research
Our commissioned research consists of requests that have been lodged for MISTRA to provide research in a variety of areas. At the same time, MISTRA has itself identified areas of strategic research that it can conduct, in partnership with other institutions.
Advisory services
MISTRA's Advisory Services are conducted objectively and dispassionately based on client briefs or as follow up to our core research. MISTRA also facilitates intellectual and experiential debate on the issues we research. The facilitated debates are conducted through partnerships with a wide range of institutions and individuals.