I-ICSTI ibe lilungu ukusukela ngo-1984.
Yasekwa ngoJuni ka-1984 njengendlalifa ye-ICSU Abstracting Board, iBhunga laMazwe ngaMazwe loLwazi lwezeNzululwazi kunye nobuGcisa (ICSTI), njengendibaniselwano yeBhunga lezeNzululwazi laMazwe ngaMazwe (ICSU) kunye nombutho wamazwe ngamazwe ongenzi nzuzo, uququzelela intsebenziswano. phakathi kwabo bonke abachaphazelekayo ababandakanyeka kwinkqubo yonxibelelwano lwezenzululwazi ngenjongo yokuphucula impumelelo yophando lwenzululwazi. Isebenzisa ngokupheleleyo isikhundla sayo esisodwa ekudibaneni kolwazi lwenzululwazi nobugcisa, umbutho, ukusasazwa kunye nokusetyenziswa, ukuchonga nokwenza imingeni engundoqo, ngaphandle kwe-ajenda yezopolitiko okanye eqhutywa kurhwebo.
I-ICSTI iya kujongana nabaqhubi botshintsho kwaye ithathe amanyathelo ahambelana ngqo neenkxalabo zangoku nezexesha elizayo zonxibelelwano lwabafundi. Okungundoqo phakathi kwezi kukuvumela ukuba kwenziwe izinto ezintsha, uvavanyo lwefuthe lobuchwepheshe obutsha kunxibelelwano lophando lwezenzululwazi, kunye neemfuno zabasebenzisi bolwazi 'besizukulwana esilandelayo'. I-ICSTI iya kukhuthaza kwaye ibonelele ngeqonga lokutshintshiselana ngamava, ubuchule kunye nokuqonda, nokudala ithuba lothungelwano lombutho kunye nentsebenziswano kulo lonke ulwazi lwezenzululwazi nobugcisa (STI) uluntu.
