The Strategic Plan of the Institute is a joint document produced in a "bottom-up" approach which contains a self-criticism of the situation of the Institute, defines the objectives to be reached during the lapse covered by the Strategic Plan, and the resources needed for accomplishing them. The Strategic Plan is then analized by international reviewer panels, who indicate the aspects that should be revised, if any. Finally, the Board of the Scientific Area to which the Institute belongs approves the revised Strategic Plan of the Institute and assigns the resources needed for its accomplishment. An important characteristics of the Strategic Plan is the definition of specific objectives with quantitative indicators that allow to easily track their development and degree of accomplishment.