Objectives of WFA activities

The objectives of cooperation between the Regional Councils in the WFA area are:
- to promote common interests and to join forces on issues concerning more than one region
- to reinforce mutual interaction and the exchange of knowledge and experiences
- to market the area domestically and in the EU area
- to intensify cooperation in international affairs and project activities.

The aim of WFA cooperation is to develop an area attractive for its knowledge, entrepreneurship and net-works – an area that is prosperous, successful and competitive both domestically and internationally.

These goals are being attained through cooperation, common training and the exchange of experiences and best practices between Regional Councils. In addition, expert resources of the Councils are being assigned to common tasks. These include influencing regional policy at the national level and, in particular, taking pre-emptive action to influence regional and structural policy at the EU level, looking after joint interests na-tionally and internationally, and cooperating with different European regions according to development pri-orities and focus areas verified annually by the WFA.