In this respect, CICP set out to form a mandate for itself that included conducting research, debate forums, directing skills training, disseminating information, and formulating policy recommendations that could be presented to policy makers.

So far CICP has published nearly a hundred books, papers and articles in various development issues and we have affiliated with many regional and global academic network including a regional association of similarly oriented think tanks known as the ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS), Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), East Asian Development Network (EADN) and Global Development Network (GDN).