The organization facilitates and enhances the effectiveness of existing social justice and advocacy efforts at Jesuit instiutions across the nation.

The institute specializes in research, development and dissemination of new models and methodologies for rural and urban development, sponsoring concrete initiatives to micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs.

The institute works to empower and improve self-management of communities of farmers in the region bordering to Buga in the Valley of the Cauca. The students also collaborate in the optimization of the production and product commercialization of the field.

The centre supports the overseas aid and development work of the Australian Jesuit province, especially in India, East Timor, and Cambodia.