Development Planning Management and Innovation (DPMI) academic program focuses on and the role of innovation and planning in sustainable development and how the areas of planning and innovation interplay, evolve and shape the economy and the environment in different regions and periods of time. The program prepares graduates with knowledge, competencies and skills in planning and managing the challenges of sustainable development such as poverty, food insecurity, social environmental change, with the emphasis of cross-cutting issues like power, politics, justice, and ethics. Practice oriented development planning is carried out regularly at district and sub-district levels following a participatory and integrated approach. Attention is also paid to innovation and knowledge generation for sustainable management of development institutions, infrastructure and human and natural resources.