Five-year goals 2023-2027

1. Administrative: a) Develop staff ensuring gender equity and have full time researchers, Administrative director, Project manager/s, education specialist, two curators, garden worker, IT person, publicity/media person, secretary/guide, and finance/fundraising officer; b) Activate and expand executive board, c) Developing sustainable funding enough for operations of the institute without dependence on conditional/restricted grants; d) Better integration in university including upgrading the exhibit in the sciences for the museum and and maybe get more; e) Move towards having administrative value equivalent to a faculty?

2. Education: a) To have developed 7 interactive indoor exhibits and 7 outdoor exhibits; b) Host minimum 10,000 students over the five year period, c) To do minimum 10 (30?) workshops/year in diverse areas, for the five years a total > 50 workshops, d) develop the Mobile educational unit and visit 20 marginalized communities, e) develop programs (diplomas, BAs, Masters, ..etc).

3. Research: Publish 100 scientific applied research papers in peer reviewed journals plus over 300 articles

4. Conservation: a) Functioning Center for Biodiversity (include research, conservation and consulting plus a functioning Molecular phylogenetic/DNA barcoding done and operational); b) expand consultancies related to conservation, c) Animal Rehabilitation Unit formalized; d) Collectively establish ethnoecology center at BU, e) Strengthening/building minimum 5 projects annually relating to citizen empowerment, environmental awareness

5. Mainstreaming: a) Visitation increase by 100% annually (considering pandemic and political issues) and the quality improves in ways positively impact education (schools & universities); b) Museum website and social media activities seamlessly integrated; c) Every week we need to have at least one major media appearance or article written and at least three social media (facebook, instagram, twitter); d) Have a functioning “friends of PIBS” groups in many countries and cities that help fundraise and bring other support like networking etc; e) Museum brochures and videos developed/updated for wide use (at least 10 brochures and 10 videos), with focus on electronic materials.

6. Infrastructure: a) ASHA-MRMF funded north building redesign done and operational (incl children activity room, gift shop, bookshop, cafeteria, exhibits); b) Develop the botanical garden and playgrounds and upcycling center, c) expand cytogenetic and molecular facilities and integrate them with PIBS.

7. Fundraising: a) Increase grant and consultancies support to cover 60% of forward operating costs, b) develop endowment to cover other operating costs, double in-kind support and gow quality of interns and volunteers to cover 40% of workload.

We are construction a new green museum building, along with adjacent exhibit halls to serve those needs. The work commenced in July 2024. Funding is from USAID-American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program ($700,000) Munib and Angela Masri Foundation ($400,000) towards the project, but it will needs an additional $500,000, so we are seeking donations. For designs and other information on the project see this folder. Yet our mbitions include even a new green building which will cost even more: see this Brochure and Powerpoint on New architecture.