What we do

IREO has four main functions by which it seeks to provide timely and relevant guidance and advisory services to stakeholders in order to inform and facilitate their individual and collective understanding of and engagement in European activities:

• Policy – to monitor and report on relevant EU policy developments and enable input into the policy-making process where possible.
• Committee of the Regions – to provide the secretariat to the Irish delegation to the Committee of the Regions and to work to enhance the strategic linkages between their activities and the priorities of Irish local and regional government.
• Funding and financing – to highlight opportunities and assist with the development of quality involvement in EU funding programmes and initiatives.
• Networking – to represent our stakeholders’ interests by identifying and engaging with decision-makers and by participating in collaborative value-added activity including relevant European networks, associations and partnerships.

Being based in Brussels gives us a practical advantage and enables us to:

• Pinpoint contacts and identify relevant decision-makers.
• Open doors and engage with key Institutional interlocutors in the European Commission, the European Parliament and Ireland’s Permanent Representation
• Organise targeted study visits for our stakeholders
  Network and build alliance with other European local and regional authorities and European associations (CPMR, ERRIN…).
• Represent our stakeholders’ interests at working/advisory groups, thematic and regional fora and project meetings.