ERIA will intellectually contribute to the regional efforts for East Asian Economic Integration in wide-ranging policy areas from Trade/Investment to SMEs, Human Resource development, Infrastructure, Energy, etc.
ERIA's main task will be to provide the policy analyses and recommendations to Leaders/Ministers in strong partnership with the ASEAN Secretariat and existing research institutes.
Capacity Building aimed at strengthening policy research capacities especially in the less developed countries is another important issue for ERIA.