IGADI’s history is characterised by using its capacities as units of knowledge to boost projects and specific initiatives, from different levels, following its founding objectives. It must be highlighted the creation of organisational and operative networks such as the Galician Fund for Cooperation and Solidarity (Fondo Galego de Cooperación e Solidariedade) in 1997, the Observatory of Chinese Politics in 2005, the Plácido Castro Foundation and the Galician Observatory of Lusophones in 2009.
Also initiatives other initiatives are part of the IGADI's history, such as the Bilateral Forums promoted by the Latin American countries of the Galician diaspora and initiators in the economic diplomacy of the Autonomy; the ORBALIA Network, formed by journalists interested in international information (in collaboration with the Professional Association of Journalists of Galicia); the Arredalia Network, formed by dozens of people who did internships at IGADI, or specific projects such as the gatherings The World From Here (O Mundo Desde Aquí) or the Expanded Cooperation project.