Eastern Norway County Network is a voluntary co-operation between the eight counties. The counties have two basic aims for participating in the network :
- to influence the development of the region, by making joint approaches towards decision-making bodies, especially such bodies on state or county level
- to achieve better and more efficient solutions for matters within the responsibilities of the county, by division of work and joint projects
The network carries out those tasks which the counties agree to solve in common. These tasks may be of political or adminsitrative character.