- Fostering communication and spreading innovative ideas and best practices throughout academia, policy makers and practitioners across the region;
- Continuing to develop our understanding on interacting regional and global drivers that affect the region, as well as on how we can encourage local actors synergic development;
- Stimulating cooperation in areas of common interest for the nations in the Black Sea Region;
- Stimulating the promotion of regional history, values, culture and agency;
- Continuous horizon scanning to identify emerging challenges against the region, as well as opportunities to promote its vital interests;
- Encouraging growth of ideas, goals and strategic thinking of policy makers in the Black Sea Region.