centralizing information supplied by INTERPOL National Central Bureaus and other partners involved in countering the illicit trade of cultural property;
- transmitting information received to member countries and official partners as rapidly as possible;
- developing tools to enable member countries to counter the traffic in cultural property;
- organizing international conferences, either in Lyon or in member countries;
- organizing training courses on countering the traffic in cultural property; maintaining a close working relationship with the international organizations involved in countering the traffic in cultural property as UNESCO, WCO, ICOM who have also signed memoranda of understanding with INTERPOL;
- participating in international conferences and workshops throughout the world.