INAW is an independent, self-financing, educational initiative which provides opportunity to foster mutual dialogue and understanding between our policy-makers in Wales and the worlds of Business, Industry and Commerce.

Over the past 10 years, INAW has delivered hands-on learning opportunities to policy-makers and business representatives through exchanges, seminars, visits and placements in companies throughout Wales.

Since INAW’s inception, many of our Assembly Members, Researchers and Government Officials have benefited from the opportunities to learn ‘first hand’ from ‘exemplar’ businesses that vigorously pursue the ethos of Corporate Social Responsibility.

With greater devolved powers and continuing growth in regulation, the fast moving business environment, and the cyclical nature of the parliamentary calendar, there is an increasing need for INAW’s activities in helping inform the legislative processes of Wales, the UK and the EU.

Vision and Values -

The INAW vision is to promote greater understanding, and ethical, mutually beneficial relationships between Parliamentarians in Wales and the business communities, towards well-informed policies and efficient administration for public benefit.

Our mission is to facilitate and promote the best business informed parliament and best parliamentary informed business by providing educational services that:

• Enable policy-makers in Wales to learn directly from the business community, how it operates, generates and delivers value, so that they may appreciate and take proper account of the impact of legislation on business and commerce.
• Enable businesses of all sizes and sectors to learn directly from parliamentary members and staff about the procedures of Welsh, UK and EU parliaments so that they may understand how legislation is drafted, scrutinised and enacted.
• Enable civil servants, as the drafters and facilitators of legislation that impacts on business, to gain a thorough understanding of the Wales parliamentary process.

We remain constant to our values -

• INAW is non-party political and invites all parliamentarians and policy-makers to participate in its activities.
• INAW is a strictly non-lobbying organisation, and no company or parliamentarian may seek to derive direct benefit or preferment from its involvement.
• INAW is mutually educational and informative, and has the support and involvement of all political parties in the Welsh Assembly, and representatives from the business community.
• INAW is open to businesses of any sector or size that are fully committed to Corporate Social Responsibility.
• INAW promotes mutual trust and understanding between our policy-makers in Wales and business.
• INAW is collaborative and seeks to work in partnership with others if this will deliver greater benefit.