The King Salman Center for Local Governance, the first think tank in the field of local governance in the Kingdom, is a unique and pioneering organization. Think tanks may define their work in numerous and varied terms, but what usually unites them is the ambition to influence policy in their respective fields and localities. In this regard, the King Salman Center places particular focus on positively influencing the quality of local governance in the Kingdom. To do so effectively, our team takes a comprehensive approach, focusing on five core areas of expertise that build on and reinforce each other and together contribute to our mission. These five core areas are:

• Research
• Advisory Services
• Executive Education
• Events
• Special Projects

At the King Salman Center for Local Governance, we apply a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to each of our core areas in order to achieve effective results that have a lasting impact. This approach differentiates the Center from an academic institute or consultancy in that our goal is to have a direct impact on real-world policy challenges by offering solutions that are context-specific and actually work in practice, while we hold ourselves to the highest standards of rigorous research and evidence-based methods.