Building Business and Understanding The mission of CSCI is to encourage economic development, educational enhancement, and cultural exchange by establishing and fostering relationships between Columbus and its sister cities.  Columbus Sister Cities exists to serve as facilitator between businesses, educational institutions government, and social and cultural organizations in Columbus and its sister cities.  This service increases the global education and awareness of citizens, helps to improve understanding of and tolerance for differences, and can be a valuable vehicle for expanding local business to overseas markets and vice versa, thereby contributing to the economic strength of Columbus.  The objective of CSCI is to be a well-organized nonprofit organization, with well-established, meaningful relationships with its sister cities.   The CSCI goal is to be a sought-after middle point for businesses that desire to expand to overseas markets that include Columbus sister cities and for any sister city business that has desires to expand in Columbus. Today, Columbus is proud to have eight sister cities representing diverse regions of the world and will hope to soon be adding sister cities in Mexico, Africa, and Japan.