As well as its work with the UNU World Network of Research Centres and Programmes through the UNU-PREP, the CPP also developing a large-scale research project, in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, on cattle farming, fisheries and alternative economic activities in the Pantanal.
Through this programme, research and training is carried out in several different areas such as ecology, economics, engineering, law and administration among others, and aims to contribute to the formation and implementation of public policies which promote citizenship and the well-being of the people that live in the region.
Action is taken by means of a network of institutions that co-operate in a non-competitive, horizontal way, thus taking advantage of what each institution in the network has to offer. This guarantees maximum efficiency in the use of the CPP’s resources avoiding duplication and redundancy and promoting co-operation.