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FOREWORD

DR. DIOSDADO M. AQUINO
Vice President for Planning, Finance and
Resource Generation

This 8 – year Strategic Plan of the Ifugao State University contains all the amalgamated plans
for all the University’s thrusts in Instruction, Research, Extension and Resource Generation. Guided by
IFSU’s Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives, this Strategic Plan shall be the basis for all strategies that
set the tone of IFSU’s development direction in the next eight (8) years. It also takes into account
the creation of additional offices and service departments which are deemed very important
in intensifying our quest for excellence as we continue working together to fulfill our University’s
mandate. This Strategic Plan can be said to be rightfully claimed by its planners who came from
various offices and service departments and laboriously worked so that this end might be achieved.
Given the funding and legislative requirements, it can be translated into a package of Programs,
Projects and Activities (PPAs) intended to facilitate development for all IFSU’s stakeholders.

The planning process appeared to be as tedious as it was expected to be. The Planning
Team led by the Department of Planning and Information Management was first organized
and eventually mobilized. Its roles were defined as to how the members get themselves into the
various tasks required of the activity itself. One characteristic that distinguishes this planning activity
away from the others is that this was essentially participatory. The term signifies the involvement
and active engagement of individuals representing various sectors in the academe, research
and development and resource generation and the rest of the stakeholders who certainly have
their own stakes to be upheld in this all-important convergence of brilliant and progressive ideas.
Indeed, the consultations proved to be a utilitarian approach since it made everyone speak out his/
her own observations about how the University is being governed.

The University’s Vision, “A globally recognized university upholding excellence amidst rich
cultural heritage by 2026” fittingly describes its significant role in the total development not only of
the Province of Ifugao or the Cordillera Region but of the entire country as well. Built on a dynamic
leadership coupled with a sense of pride and integrity in governance, the University will continue
doing all its tasks as it assumes its roles as the only university in the province. The risks and challenges
are expected, but IFSU shall emerge victorious amidst all these.

With the rising new trends in strategic planning, optimism is on the hands of IFSU’s leaders,
administrators, faculty, non-teaching personnel, students and other stakeholders who are constantly
responsive to challenges.

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