To remain relevant and knowledgeable across relevant corruption subject matter ACCERUS strives to be appropriately expert in:

• High levels of education and training supported by rigorous research.
• The internal workings and circumstances of government institutions. (Here ACCERUS benefits greatly from the experience the SPL has accumulated through its many years of interaction with, and study of, government organisations and their officials)

?Provide opportunities for world class research on local and provincial government challenges, locally, nationally, in Africa and internationally.

?Be a repository for access to state of the art resources and a knowledge hub for local government academics, researchers, officials, councillors and non-governmental agencies.

?Provide opportunities for learning and growth and to develop a new generation of though leaders in the field of local government.