- As the only global pigeon racing body, FCI shapes and develops the pigeon sport and its rules of competition
- Its activities are crucial in ensuring standardization for all racing pigeon competitions organized by different federations
- It safeguards the rules, explores proposals for modification and ultimately decides whether to modify the competition rules
- It also studies the general issues of pigeon racing
- Makes political and strategic decisions
- Designs and modifies the internal organization
- Its main decision-making body is the Congress, which meets once every two years