Among the targets of this association are the creation of a space for the political cooperation of second level institutions, the articulation of a coherent and common discourse in the Mediterranean, which has been very fragmented to date, and ensuring that Europe does not neglect the south; all this through the contribution of both a pan-Mediterranean and a local perspective to policy making.

Member institutions thus join a forum for the promotion of their assets and for the external projection of their actions within a common strategy and towards a well defined aim.