The foundation's activities range from the organization of events (conferences, dialogues, academic seminars and Gold Medal Award ceremonies) to the conservation and the enhancement of its collection of archives and documents.

Reasons for the creation of these organizations are found when considering the devotion to and the great interest that Rieben had in Monnet, as well as the easiness to create associations in Switzerland.

Under the command of Henri Rieben, the center published numerous academic works as part of the "Cahiers rouges" collection.

The third association was created in 1963 in Lausanne with the signatures of Jean Monnet as president and Henri Rieben as administrative secretary.

They are Konrad Adenauer, Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi, Paul-Henri Spaak, Johan Willem Beyen and Joseph Bech.