A new cooperation platform for civil society in the Atlantic Area

14 member institutions:

• Great-Britain:  Welsh Economic Forums 
  
  
• France :  Regional Economic and Social Councils of Bretagne, Pays de la Loire, Centre, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin, Aquitaine
  
  
• Spain:  Economic and Social Councils of the Basque Country, Cantabria, Galicia, Canary Islands 
  
  
• Portugal :  ISQ (Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade), AERLIS (Entrepreneur Association Lisbon Region), USALGARVE / CGTP-IN (Association of Algarve trade unions – CGTP Interprofessional)
  

Two main objectives

• To make the regional socio-economic protagonists aware and to mobilise them with regard to the issues of Atlantic Area integration and to make them agents of interregional exchanges and cooperation initiatives.
  
  
• To permit a great awareness of the economic and social environments, using its role of relay network with various socio-professional organisations (professional organisations, trade unions, employer organisations, associations, higher education and vocational training institutions,…)