ICN has identified three key programmes areas as crucial to the betterment of nursing and health. These are known as ICN's Pillars and they are: Professional Practice, Regulation, and Socio-economic welfare. The association's activities are focused in these areas. The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) and Leadership for Change™ are two significant ICN projects which come under the professional practice pillar. Leadership in Negotiation is a project which comes under the socio-economic welfare pillar.
