To promote international understanding and goodwill among the world’s funeral service professionals and to achieve uniformed standards, rules, regulations and treaties.
To increase the level of the professional knowledge of funeral service practitioners.
To safeguard the global funeral heritage in joint effort with other organizations and to create awareness in governments and international bodies.
To provide due respect and deference to the autonomy of national organisations and to avoid any interference in all matters pertaining to laws, regulations, customs and manners of individual nations.