 The stakes of an ethical and spiritual responsibility are thus becoming major political issues that must be treated within the framework of a genuine dialogue between civilizations.In order to come forward with a pertinent response to these risks and challenges — replacing science, economics and technology in the realm of means and not of ends - the construction of world civility requires an entity, which is not subject to the constraints of particular interests, to media obsession, or to short-term pressure.This established fact is now the driving force behind the creation of an International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium that has a quadruple function