The Observatoire des Amériques is an activity of the Centre of Integration and Globalisation Studies (CEIM). The CEIM is affiliated to the Faculty of Law and Political Science, as well as the Institute for International Studies of Montreal (IEIM). Besides the Observatoire, the CEIM comprises one well established research units: the Research Group on Continental Integration (GRIC). The CEIM has 29 individual members in total.