The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance is one of the 19 ministries of the Government of Iran. It is responsible for formulating the country's economic and financial policies, implementing tax policies, and the program of economic cooperation and joint ventures with other countries.
Following paragraph 16 of the general policies of the system in the management of the administrative system "Knowledge-based administrative system through the application of the principles of knowledge management and information integration, based on Islamic values" and the emphasis of the comprehensive administrative reform program on improvement in management systems and technologies and " Designing and establishing a knowledge management system and summarizing experiences in government agencies, "the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance considered the implementation of knowledge management to be vital for its activities.
The importance of knowledge capital in this ministry led managers to implement, and plan a Knowledge Management Total Solution in five phases, including maturity assessment, structure design, culture building, CoPs, and system setup, to record, maintain, share, and apply the knowledge generated and Put knowledge management on their agenda.