Objectives of the IOCP
- 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.
