Mission, Objectives and Values
ECIT's mission is to stimulate major opportunities for economic growth by pioneering future directions and innovation in key areas of advanced technology through the integration of complementary research expertise in a world-leading facility.
Objectives
To act as a local driver for Northern Ireland’s knowledge-based economy by providing a state-of-the-art environment to:
- Stimulate world-leading, cross linked research and innovation
- Provide a balance and rich mixture of ‘blue skies’ and strategic/industrial related research
- Create opportunities for commercial exploitation of IPR and know-how
- Hot-house spin-in and spin-out start-up companies
- Develop a new generation of high technology engineers and entrepreneurs
Values
People – Our goal is for everyone in ECIT to respect one another and to treat each other in a manner in which we would expect to be treated ourselves. Our people understand that whilst valuing diversity, our mission and objectives will only be achieved through teamwork which will require everyone at all times to be co-operative, constructive, open and honest. Our people will remain approachable and easy to talk to, regardless of their position within the Institute. We will strive to provide the highest levels of health and safety for our people at all times.
Culture – We want ECIT employees to believe they are pioneering future directions in key areas of advanced technology. We will encourage our people to speak out and take risks. Through cross-fertilisation of ideas we will recognise and reward high achievers both at individual and team level.
Innovation – Innovation is critical to the success of ECIT. Our goal is for research to be fun. We will encourage everyone to think out of the box and have the confidence to dare to innovate.
World-leading – We will strive to be recognised to be the best, through carrying out world-class research and development. We will continually benchmark ourselves against best-in class.
Customer Focused – Our goal is to satisfy our customers’ (both internal and external) needs and expectations. We will only make commitments we can keep and will strive to deliver on these on time, every time. When circumstances arise and we cannot deliver, we will be honest and find an accountable way to respond.