As of this writing, CIMA is in development. In general, activities will be designed to help groups:

Initial programme work includes The Media and Communications Policy Clearinghouse (MCPC), which consists of interactive online tools to track, centralise, and cross-reference news, proposals, research, campaign strategies, and events in media policy from a public-interest perspective. In addition, CIMA has contributed to workshops, presentations, and materials related to the upcoming UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and current regulatory debates taking place at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and in the United States Congress, focussing on translating issues for a wider audience and highlighting possibilities for action. CIMA recently produced The Reporters' Guide To Media Ownership Rules And The FCC.

Alternative media.

Organisers write: "The mass media and the Internet are becoming ever more central to our political and social lives, and the stakes are rising...social-justice values, civil rights efforts and dissenting voices are being blocked by concentrated and homogenous media. Journalism itself, so fundamental for informed democracy, is endangered by commercial and political pressures - locally, nationally and globally." They claim that media advocates, with the support of widespread public concern, could help advance media policies, practices, and systems that reflect the needs and interests of citizens and communities. However, they are concerned that "Too often, advocates, academics, community groups and (inter)national campaigns aren't aware of - or able to build upon - each other's strengths and research." They say that CIMA was founded to help bridge those information and communication gaps.