MISTRA conducts long-term strategic research and organises penetrating discourse on the challenges facing South Africa, the continent and the globe. Our Consultancy services include long-term strategic forecasting for sectors of the economy, through scenarios planning, strategic research on policy issues, short term inputs into on-going work, country assessment reports and research partnerships on specific issues, such as the green economy, the political economy of mining, inequality, social cohesion, Scenarios Planning and social compacting.