1) to increase public awareness about European history and the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes and to encourage a broad, European-wide discussion about the causes and consequences of totalitarian rule, as well as about common European values, with the aim of promoting human dignity and human rights, 2) to help prevent intolerance, extremism, anti-democratic movements and the recurrence of any totalitarian rule in the future, 3) to work toward creating a pan-European documentation centre/memorial for victims of all totalitarian regimes, with the aim of commemorating the victims and raising awareness of the crimes committed by those regimes, 4) to support initiatives at the European level with a view to giving indiscriminate treatment to all crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as to their victims, 5) to contribute to the education of young Europeans about the totalitarian regimes through the development of training courses, teaching curricula, programs and aids, 6) to strive to become a partner of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and other international organisations in seeking ways toward an honest and open appraisal of Europe’s common totalitarian legacy, 7) to contribute toward deepening the integration of all European citizens, furthering the respect and understanding of the essential importance of democracy, human rights, European values and the rule of law in all of Europe with the goal of avoiding future threats to democracy, 8) to share and exchange knowledge, know-how and experience with institutions and organisations pursuing analogous goals in other parts of the world.