The United Nations University—Comparative Regional Integration Studies is a research and training institute of the United Nations University, based in Bruges with close collaborative, academic and intellectual links to the College of Europe.
The mission of UNU-CRIS is to contribute towards achieving the universal goals of the UN through comparative and interdisciplinary research and training for better understanding of the processes and impact of intra- and inter-regional integration. The aim is to build policy-relevant knowledge about new forms of governance and co-operation, and to contribute to capacity building on issues of integration and co-operation particularly in developing countries.