CEVAP:

Although there are some small differences, principal functions and purposes of the commissions are as follows:
- to initiate and participate in measures for facilitating regional economic development,
- raise the level of economic activity in the respective region,
- maintain and strengthen economic relationships among the states of the region and with other states,
- to investigate and study economic and technological problems and developments,
- to collect, evaluate and disseminate economic, technological and statistical information.