The International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) was established in response to "The Global Exploration Strategy (GES): The Framework for Coordination" developed by fourteen space agencies and released in May 2007.
This GES Framework Document articulated a shared vision of coordinated human and robotic space exploration focused on Solar System destinations where humans may one day live and work. Among the many Framework Document findings was the need to establish a voluntary, non-binding international coordination mechanism through which individual agencies may exchange information regarding their interests, plans and activities in space exploration, and to work together on means of strengthening both individual exploration programs as well as the collective effort.