Profile

SERI's Objectives
To fulfill its mission to facilitate the building of a balanced and fully developed Penang. SERI undertakes to:

• Conduct socio-economic and environmental studies related and relevant to the development of the State and to recommend policy options that would concur with the principles of sustainable development;
  
• Carry out research commissions by private and public sector clients, both local and international;
  
• Conduct research and policy analysis as well as strategic planning in Penang;
  
• Maintain a comprehensive databank and resource centre in order to facilitate research on the State;
  
• Provide a forum for intellectual and professional exchange on critical, current and strategic issues that will have an impact on Penang's development;
  
• Publish and disseminate research findings that would enrich public discourse and promote sustainable development in Penang;  and
  
• Provide support service on socio-economic and environmental programs to the State Government and its agencies.

Funding
SERI is partially funded by grants from the Penang State Government and the Penang Development Corporation. It also receives funds from other international organizations on project basis, such as the ABILIS Foundation, Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Royal Netherlands Embassy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pasific (UN-ESCAP).