The Observatory has the mandate to monitor integration processes in the Americas, study the new forms of integration, to serve as a meeting point and incubator for research on the Americas in Quebec, to join in public debates on integration and provide analysis and action tools for governments and civil society (NGOs, business sector, among others). The Observatoire works in tandem with other members of the Center for Studies on Integration and Globalization (CEIM) and establishes networks with centers, professors, researchers and national and foreign organizations that have comparable missions and assume similar mandates.