The MI Secretariat is led by the Director. Its main duties are to organize the specific activities for educational purposes through working with other reputable GMS and international institutions and to provide information to the GMS and international institutions and to provide information to the GMS member countries on all areas of HRD for GMS Development and Cooperation.

MI s only GMS-based development learning institute, founded by the six GMS Goverments, offering standard and on-deman human resource development and integration issues.

MI's learning programs and services cater to the capacity building needs of current and future GMS leaders and pocily makers on issues around rural development, trade and investment facilitation, human migration, with good governance and regional cooperation as across cutting themes.