To promote strong and effective democratic local self-government throughout the region/world through promoting unity and cooperation among members;

To ensure the effectif political representation of local government to the UN and other international communities;

To be the worldwide source of key information on local government, learning, exchange, and capacity building to support democratic local governments and their associations;

To promote economic, social, cultural, vocational and environmental development in enhancing the services to the citizens based on good governance principles;

To promote race and gender equality, combating discrimination, promoting decentralized cooperation and international cooperation between local governments and their associations in strong democratic organisation;

To promote twinning and partnership between local governments and peoples.