The mission of the Arc Manche Assembly is to promote the Channel area as a specific and a coherent entity for territorial co-operation at European Union level and to gain recognition from the European Institutions.

Working as a collaborative network, it aims to reinforce Franco-British partnerships between regions on both sides of the Channel by delivering joint actions and projects, which could be supported by European Union policies.

The actions of the Arc Manche are chiefly centred on seaborn and coastal dimensions but it also insists on the necessity to deepen exchanges with large European areas and particularly, with the hinterland, whose proximity to major capital cities, Paris and London, contribue to reinforce those relationships.

In line with its mission and objectives, the Arc Manche Assembly will concentrate on:

• Intervening at a political and institutional level, in the context of the preparation and implementation of European regional policy ;
• Acting as a co-operation network on maritime and coastal issues of common interest;
• Encouraging all levels/types of co-operation between the regions in areas of common interest, and with different types of actors ;
• Encouraging understanding and exchanges on economic, social, cultural and administrative issues between the regions of Arc Manche;
• Developing a knowledge of the Channel area.