Initiate a historical and anthropological reflection on the foundations and the process of interculturality, with particular emphasis on the place and the evolution of cultures in a globalizing world; promote an integrated system of research activities, training in the field of memory, cultures and interculturality; facilitate collaboration between high-level researchers, internationally recognized professors from universities and higher education institutions in France, Europe, North America, Central America, South America and other parts of the world.

Seek to deepen the multidisciplinary understanding of religious issues, stressing, among others, the relevant role of history as a tool to understand diversity and to be able to accept pluralism as a key to human culture.

Promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities in the field of history, linguistics, cultural, and religious studies; serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the Institute and other institutions in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Inform members of the university community and society in general about the state of migrations in progress, particularly in the Mediterranean area, as well as the (social, economic, legal and cultural) problems that migratory processes involve today; train university students in the spirit of tolerance in a multicultural society and prospect what may be a new concept of citizenship keeping up with the times; develop initiatives to reconcile respect for one's own cultural identity with the knowledge of other cultures in an international context characterized by a very unequal development and transmission of information and communication; publicize educational projects under way to resolve conflicts arising from the encounter of cultures, with special attention to the fact that many migrants have been raised in different religious convictions from those of the host country and explicitly express their desire to preserve them; cultivate positive values which facilitate respect for differences, the free expression of cultures and the voluntary integration of cultural minorities that exist in our society, as a result of recent major population movements.

Train high-level religious and lay executives for the development of intercultural and interreligious dialogue based on fraternity and mutual respect, so as to ensure a preparatory teaching of the Scriptures, religions and spiritual traditions; undertake a thorough study of school textbooks used in the participating countries in order to eliminate all forms of religious intolerance and call to violence; ensure a third-level education with a multidisciplinary and comparative approach of the three religions of the Book and the cultures linked to it, so as to provide training excluding any form of syncretism and proselytism; raise awareness on the need for an interreligious dialogue open to the religious and secular youth and to all civil society; help religions contribute more actively to a culture and an education for peace on an international scale, promote sustainable human development and foster tolerance.

Prepare its students for committed lives of service to the church, academy, and society; develop practices of mind and body that foster intellectual and academic excellence, social justice, and compassionate wisdom; form courageous faith leaders who make a difference wherever they serve.

Change lives — individually, systemically and globally; work to make transformation possible, but trust in God's grace; insist that churches must be places of vitality in worship, learning, and advocacy; Work for justice, and believe that lives are changed through global experiences and friendships.

Work toward a more peaceful, more socially inclusive world, by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, highlighting the will of the world's majority to reject extremism and embrace diversity; seek to operate in situations where it can contribute to broader efforts to ameliorate identity based crises and promote culturally sensitive development policies.

Support countries own solutions to development challenges; develop national and local capacities that will help them achieve human development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Create the conditions for dialogue among civilisations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values; contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information; attain quality education for all and lifelong learning; mobilise science knowledge and policy for sustainable development; address emerging social and ethical challenges; foster cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace; build inclusive knowledge societies through information and communication.