ISAP aims to improve the economic and social status of resource-poor people through skill enhancement, research, entrepreneurship, capacity building and infrastructure development utilizing innovative, participatory, and market-based approaches. 

• Become a catalyst and create a platform for improving the standard of living 

• Enhance skills and knowledge that would help people seeking economic betterment increase their productivity and adapt to newer technology

• Strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal through improved knowledge base, information sharing, storytelling, and research as well as by instilling entrepreneurial spirits in children and youths 

• Enhance learning in vocational and formal education

• Develop supporting social and physical infrastructure for local economic development and for early recovery from disasters