The North West Region Cross Border Group comprises the five Councils of Derry, Donegal, Limavady, Magherafelt and Strabane and has a total of twenty-two elected members representing it’s member Councils – six from Donegal and four each from Derry, Limavady, Magherafelt and Strabane.

The administrative areas of the following local authorities encompass the North West Region Cross Border Group:


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;

Enhancing 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; and
Securing, sourcing and attracting funding under the INTERREG, Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, International Fund for Ireland and other relevant funding sources.

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

NORTH WEST REGION CROSS BORDER GROUP MAP