* Build relationships with world agencies (World Health Organization, United Nations, UNESCO) and national governments. * Establish and maintain a database of naturopathic organisations, regulation, accreditation, conferences and research activities. * Encourage and support quality naturopathic research * Promote accreditation and the highest in educational standards for the global naturopathic profession. * Support the regulation of the naturopathic profession.
* Support the growth and diversity of the naturopathic profession worldwide. The focus of the first WNF General Assembly was on brainstorming and determining the priorities of the WNF for the next few years. The inaugural meeting of the WNF was held in June 2015 in Calgary, Canada, during the CAND's Health Fusion conference. In November 2014, the WNF was officially incorporated in Canada. An interim committee made up of naturopaths/ naturopathic doctors from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, India, New Zealand, Spain and the United States of America was selected to formally incorporate the WNF and to create an infrastructure for the WNF including bylaws, a logo and website. At the closing meeting, it was unanimously agreed to start the World Naturopathic Federation (WNF). During the 2014 ICNM conference in Paris, France 30 naturopaths/ naturopathic doctors spanning 20 countries attended meetings where the Mission of a world federation was discussed. The idea to form a world federation was discussed at the 2013 International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine (ICNM) conference, was furthered by the efforts of the AANP's Global Health Network and was then spearheaded by naturopathic doctors Tabatha Parker and Jon Wardle.
The idea of having a world federation to represent the global interests of the naturopathic profession has been tried several times in the past and has never really gotten off the ground.