We propose an invariant formulation of completely integrable CP N−1 Euclidean sigma models in two dimensions defined on the Riemann sphere S 2 . We explicitly take the scaling invariance into account by expressing all the equations in terms of projection operators, discussing properties of the operators projecting onto one-dimensional subspaces in detail. We consider surfaces connected with the CP N−1 models and determine invariant recurrence relations, linking the successive projection operators, and also immersion functions of the surfaces.