Involved in a broad variety of activities designed to support its mission that will build a network of bridges of understanding that crisscross the Pacific PACIFIC CENTURY INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO FOSTER EDUCATION, POLICY DIALOGUE, AND RESEARCH CONCERNING THE WHOLE PACIFIC RIM REGION. OUR CHOSEN CONSTITUENCY ARE THE SIGNIFICANT ACTORS ON THE REGIONAL STAGE CONSISTING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SCHOLARS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND JOURNALISTS. PCI STRIVES TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF REGIONAL PROBLEMS, TO FOSTER THE CREATION OF COMMON SOLUTIONS, TO PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION, TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC RIM, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON GAPS NOT BEING FILLED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS, TO USE IMAGINATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMMING TO FOSTER EDUCATION, RESEARCH, CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION, AND POLICY DIALOGUE, AND TO PROVIDE "SEED MONEY" TO GET INITIATIVES OFF THE GROUND AS WELL AS SEEKING PARTNERS TO CARRY FORWARD. ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO CONSTRUCT A MORE OPEN AND HARMONIOUS FUTURE A FUTURE FREE FROM THE FORCES OF PAROCHIALISM AND CHAUVINISM THAT HAVE MARRED OUR MUTUAL PAST.