Purpose
The Institute of Infrastructure Services seeks to contribute to the improvement of living conditions for all segments of communities in Africa, with a particular focus on Southern Africa.

The Institute was established to do the following:
• Advance the quality of public infrastructure services through the education and training of professionals, managers and other workers engaged in the provision of infrastructure services

• Undertake research and development in the science, engineering and management of infrastructure services.

• Offer consultancy services

• Advocate, through public lectures, seminars and publications, sound public policies for the better management of infrastructure services.

Focus Areas
The core expertise of the IIS focus on water and energy as the main guarantors of the health and economic well-being of societies. Improvements in these services will need sustained innovations in policy and institutional frameworks.

Modalities
The work of the IIS draws on expertise in fields of engineering, economics and others according to need. The core expertise focuses on areas covering policy, regulation, institutional frameworks and capacity building. The IIS welcomes collaboration with local and international partners. We already have working relationships with the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town and the Public Utilities Research Centre at the University of Florida in the USA on the delivery of regulatory courses. There is also a close association with the African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) and the Southern African Development Community's Regional Electricity Regulators' Association (RERA).

Funding
The IIS is a private, non-profit organisation. The primary sources of income are consultancy, short courses and commissioned work. The Institute also welcomes, on suitable terms, short-term and multi-year grants from agencies working for human resource development, research in priority areas and dissemination of research outcomes and best practice.