The targets of the Millennium Development Goals include a reduction in poverty, obtaining universal basic education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, all of which must be achieved by 2015. As a result, Indonesia as a developing country needs to work hard to improve acces to education for society and to improve the quality of educaiton. Besides this, Indonesia previously also took part in the Dakar Framework for Action in 2000 to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Education For All, especially in improving access to education for those who have limited facilities due to poverty.

In order for the program to meet its stated aims, 9 primary activities were prepared and carried out by the International Center for Islam and Pluralism. While some of these activities are now complete, others such as monitoring and evaluation will be carried out at regular intervals throughout the program. A complete list of the activities can be found below:

In addition to the general goals of increasing education levels and transforming pesantren modern communities capable of facing the challenges of the contemporary world, this program has also aimed to achieve specific products over its period of operation. These specific products include: