strategic planning is a dynamic process that with enough flexibility makes changes according to environmental alterations and unprovoked conditions. NCD research center steering committee collaborates with experts to codify the five year strategic plan based on Bryson’s models and SWOT matrix. Some major research policies are as follow:

• Enhancing national and international collaborations
• Developing quantity and quality of services
• Acqiring international grants
• Establishing science based companies
• Contributing in regional and national decision and policy makings
• Training and potentiating researchers