In 2021, Agulhas and OpenCities conducted the External Review of the World Resources Institute’s 2018–2022 Strategic Plan. Five years on, WRI contracted us again to carry out the mid-term review of its 2023–2027 Strategic Plan, in partnership with OpenCities. We were pleased to work with our in-country partners, Dala Institute in Indonesia and JaRco in […]
In 2021, Agulhas and OpenCities conducted the External Review of the World Resources Institute’s 2018–2022 Strategic Plan. Five years on, WRI contracted us again to carry out the mid-term review of its 2023–2027 Strategic Plan, in partnership with OpenCities. We were pleased to work with our in-country partners, Dala Institute in Indonesia and JaRco in Ethiopia, on the country focus areas.
The review affirmed that WRI remains a high-performing institution with strong technical credibility, valued partnerships and continued capacity to deliver results. It found satisfactory or moderately satisfactory progress on the majority of the recommendations from the 2021 External Review. Since then, WRI has doubled down on making the whole greater than the sum of its parts, through systems thinking and a OneWRI approach. Its current strategy is built on five shifts: People, Nature and Climate; Systems Change; Country Transitions; stronger PMEL; and OneWRI.
Drawing on document and portfolio review, interviews, focus groups and country deep dives in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the review also identified six recommendations for the remainder of the strategy period. WRI’s management response accepts all six.
