FIM’s vision statement is as follows:

FIM envisions a world where informed, empowered civil society in all parts of the world participate in global governance; all multilateral institutions are open to participatory democratic processes; inequality based on class, gender and race is absent from every country and from the multilateral system; strong alliances between grassroots movements, civil society networks, and committed academics make civil society voices and strategies credible, powerful and effective; and poverty, and all forms of violence are eliminated. FIM’s vision of a desirable world is based on values of equality, justice, freedom, peace, dignity, and well being for all.

FIM’s mission statement is as follows:

FIM believes that the stated goals of the UN are beyond reasonable reproach and that the challenge of FIM is to assist meaningfully in bringing them to fruition. FIM believes that transparent and democratically accountable multilateralism offers the best hope for Global Governance. In order to best meet this challenge FIM endeavours to strengthen the influence of the voice of Southern civil society within civil society in all debates and activities affecting global governance.