Grip 21's approach integrates fundamental changes in communication and information methods influencing our societies:

�¡ Access to unlimited resources providing information, knowledge development, lessons learned and know-how, and access to strategic expertise resources.

�¡ Optimization of data gathering and processing cost. Grip21 anticipates their impact on the internal organization of public as well as private enterprises, leading to a complete redefinition of information exchange and utilization systems, leading to a revolution in traditional hierarchies and power structures.

�¡ Information exchange globalization under the influence of Internet technologies.

As a Cires member (www.cires.asso.fr), one of Grip 21's goals is to be recognized as an essential link in the chain of reliable Internet connected institutions.