The Broad aims and objectives of the IOCP are:

• The promotion of the Creole Culture worldwide.
   
•  Encourage interaction among Creole groups at local and international level.
   
• Coordinate efforts towards identity building.
   
• Provide technical assistance where needed to emerging groups.
   
• Organize, with the help of various local groups, a yearly International Creole Symposium.
   
• The setting up of an International Creole Research Institute.
   
• Identify the similarities and differences or particularities in the Creole world.
   
• Document on the history and development of creolism in the different parts of the world.
   
• Highlight the Creole legacy (eg oral traditions, language, religion, cuisine, values).
   
• Identify the opportunities and threats facing the Creole World.
   
• Encourage publications about issues related to Creole Culture.
   
• Build up a pool of resources.