CIGI's Operating Board of Directors provides oversight for all aspects of operations, including ensuring the organization's financial stability, guiding strategy and asssessing overall performance. The board consists of a chair, a treasurer, a secretary and other directors, one of whom is designated by the deputy minister of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

CIGI has identified four critical issues, reflective of today's top public policy concerns, to explore in depth with focused, cross-program research:

• GLOBAL ECONOMY
• ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
• GLOBAL SECURITY
• GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

The International Board of Governors (IBG) is an advisory group composed of prominent experts who provide intellectual guidance to CIGI on its ongoing and future research activities. The IBG helps ensure that CIGI's programs stay focused and disciplined, with excellence in the quality of research and policy development projects and outputs.

CIGI has identified four critical issues, reflective of today's top public policy concerns, to explore in depth with focused, cross-program research:

• GLOBAL ECONOMY
• ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
• GLOBAL SECURITY
• GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

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CIGI has identified four critical issues, reflective of today's top public policy concerns, to explore in depth with focused, cross-program research:

• GLOBAL ECONOMY
• ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
• GLOBAL SECURITY
• GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT