The MTR was undertaken at a critical point for IPPF. The timing coincided with the tail end of a comprehensive and intense process to develop an IPPF Secretariat Business Plan to provide a roadmap for accelerating the delivery of

the Strategic Framework. The Business Plan, which was published in February 2019, articulates an MA‑centric approach to achieving the Strategic Framework, identifying key solutions where one or more Member Associations (MAs) can provide the support and technical assistance needed to bring other MAs up to speed. Within this new model, the Secretariat’s role is defined as being an

architect of cooperation. Significantly, the MTR process also coincided with IPPF’s journey to reform its global governance and its resource allocation model, which began in May 2019.