The JOŽE PUCNIK INSTITUTE strives towards the implementation of high standards of the European political culture in Slovenia, a democratic and open society, tolerance and understanding in public life, enhancement of plural cultural and scientific creativity, stabilisation of Europe with the enlargement of the European Union and with the support of democratic forces in the accession process, for cooperation with the political, cultural and scientific groups and individuals in Europe and around the world joined together by the principles of the society of democracy, openness and solidarity.