Focus of our Programs : local and international

• Research-action on pluralism and interculturalism.

• Action towards the strengthening of grassroots social spaces and the reclaiming of people’s commons (reinforcing civil society).

• Advocacy of people’s rights to cultural identity with a special focus on aboriginal and first nations.

• Cultural studies on and advocacy of the knowledge systems of peoples, cultures and communities in the following areas : health and healing, education, agriculture and food, economy and sustenance, environment and ecology, politics and social movements (e. g., human rights, women’s movements, etc.) and spirituality.

• Intercultural teaching and training for alternatives addressed to : educators and teachers ; social and health-care professionals ; community workers and activists ; agents for international development and co-operation.

• Production and providing of intercultural resource materials : publishing a journal (InterCulture), monographs and “manuals” ; providing audio-visual resources ; offering a fully-equipped library and documentation services.

• Offering intercultural referral and consultation services.