The research activities performed by the staff of the CIST have a pivotal role in integrating awareness and understanding of IST, as well as their implementation into the Bulgarian Public Society.

Regional development, local economic development and issues of cohesion are among the main goals in research, analysis and development of the CIST in the last years.

Strong efforts have been applied in promotion of global society development using the new technologies and for local community development initiatives.

The research activities of the Centre offer different ways how a large number of national organisations, NGOs, SMEs and local communities can best benefit from new IST.

The Centre aims at assisting the processes of liberalisation and standardisation of the social environment and its harmonisation with the best European practice.

The Centre brings together the theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research in IST and their applications in the natural, social and economic sciences.

CIST provides its capabilities at the service of the economic and social needs of the region and the country, in its efforts to meet the standards of accession to the European Union.