The NWRCBG is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the Region encompassed by the administrative areas of the following local authorities:

Derry City Council www.derrycity.gov.uk
Donegal County Council www.donegalcoco.ie
Limavady Borough Council www.limavady.gov.uk
Strabane District Council www.strabanedc.com
Magherafelt District Council www.magherafelt.gov.uk

The aim of the Group is: -

“To strengthen and develop the local economy so that general living conditions of the area (North West Region) improve”.

The Group will achieve this by:-

• Fulfilling the role of a lead organisation in facilitating partnership between the various organisations in the Region
• Co-ordination with all relevant parties in the Region.
• Improving the quality of life and well being of all inhabitants of the Region through tackling, in partnership with statutory, private and community groupings, those issues which create barriers to economic growth.
• Providing a targeted response to the needs of the Region and to exploit the said regions strengths in pursuit of economic development by promoting business development, inward investment, tourist development, community economic development, human resource development and infrastructure throughout the Region.
• Enhance the potential for socio-economic development within the Region primarily by assisting local groups to create sustainable projects by raising local awareness about options and potential for socio-economic activity.
• To secure, source and attract funding under the INTERREG Programme and other relevant funding sources.

To this end the NWRCBG endeavours to operate in a way that is complimentary to other development programmes or activities.

The group‘s objective is to achieve this through joint planning and co-ordination of regional development activity and it has identified the following as priority themes for the Region:-

Enhancing and sustaining the capacity for Cross-border development.
Jointly promoting marketing of the entire cross-border Region (Tourism).
Jointly promoting marketing of the entire cross-border Region (Inward Investment).
Elaborating an integrated and sustainable approach to the Foyle Basin.
Developing a joint waste disposal and management capacity for the entire North West Region.

The Group takes forward those issues, which will have a regional impact on behalf of its member Councils. This activity has allowed the group to increase consultation for cross-border development and has enabled joint promotion and collaboration on regional development themes.

By creating a framework of integration on a multi-sectoral and sub-regional basis the plan will allow all actors and sectoral groupings to contribute to the creation of a growing and sustainable regional economy