The fundamental objective of SILAE is to promote the research, development and use of medicinal and food plants in different countries of the Word. SILAE welcomes and actively seeks opportunities to work cooperatively, activating and intensifying scientific relations between Countries and between SILAE Members.

SILAE proposes to establish contacts with Scientific Communities, Universities, Research Centres for the pursuit of medicinal and food plants knowledge. Science is international.

SILAE aims to be a truly international scientific organization by providing access to the scientific literature to anyone, anywhere; by publishing works, through our SILAE Special Issues, from every nation; by engaging a geographically diverse group of scientists in technical-scientific relationships, projects and interexchange programsand visits.

Since SILAE was founded its objective has been set to contribute to the close examination of the themes of great interest and actuality in the context of the relationships between Latin America and European Union.

In addition to this it aimed to individualize new ways of collaboration among its member countries, also in the amplest frame of the European as well as Asiatic continent to sign under such accords with intergovernmental organisms.

Moreover SILAE_live, the one-to-one live chat on our website, is the first scientific chat on the web and is a developped tool to engage the interest and imagination of the public and helping non-scientists to understand and enjoy scientific discoveries and the scientific process.