Strategic Portfolio Management Office (SPMO)

The Strategic Portfolio Management Office (SPMO) is established within the Office of the Secretary General (OSG) to strengthen ICAO’s capacity to plan, prioritize, implement, monitor, and adjust organizational initiatives in a coordinated, accountable, and transparent manner. 

The SPMO exists to:

• Provide organization-wide oversight support, ensuring programmes, projects, and activities are consistently prioritized, resourced, and aligned with the Strategic Plan, Business Plan, and Triennial Operating Plan.
• Standardize portfolio, programme, and project management by introducing common standards, processes, templates, and governance models across the Secretariat.
• Enable cost-effectiveness and benefits realization through efficiency gains, synergy across functions, and return on investment.
• Support informed decision making by providing accurate, timely information and analysis to Bureaus and Offices, Senior Management, Council, and Member States.

Mandate & Core Functions:

The SPMO supports the oversight of ICAO’s Portfolio aligned with ICAO’s Strategic Plan, Business Plan, and Triennial Operating Plan (TOP). Its remit spans the following integrated functions:

• Strategic & Business Planning: Coordination and maintenance of strategic and business planning processes, including prioritization, monitoring, reporting and support to TOP and PMF governance.
• Portfolio Governance, Monitoring & Reporting: Development and management of organization-wide dashboards, performance monitoring, and consolidated status reports to support evidence-based decision making.
• Portfolio & Project Management, Oversight and Support: Establishment and maintenance of standardized project management methodologies, tools, templates, project lifecycles and stage-gating.
• Continuous Organizational Improvement (COI): Programme management, project delivery, lessons learned and benefits realization. Find here the Programe for 2026-2028.
• Business Process Management (EBPM): Governance, mapping, standardization and continuous improvement of processes.
• Change Management: Organizational readiness assessments, change-impact analysis, stakeholder engagement, training, communication, and adoption support for major initiatives and new processes.
• Risk Management (ERM): Enables a structured and focused approach to organizational oversight, ensuring important risks are understood and managed appropriately.

• Accountability & Internal Controls: Ensures clear roles and responsibilities, supported by effective internal controls that promote well‑governed delivery of work plans.

   

  Publications

  Continuous Organizational Improvement (COI) Program 2026-2028