to promote sustainable development and the application of its principles at national and international level; to undertake and promote research, development, implementation and dissemination of technologies and services that meet the needs of civil society in accordance with the principles of sustainable development and social justice; to promote a stable and prosperous socio-economic environment for the benefit of civil society as a whole and which preserves the interests of future generations; to promote the development and implementation of new technologies. (cf. statutes for full purpose)