The regional health agency provides the secretariat for the regional health and independence conference and contributes to the running of the conference.
At the beginning of each term of office, the chair of the regional health and independence conference submits a work programme to the director general of the agency, together with an assessment of the resources required to carry it out. The Agency’s Director General will inform the Chairman of the provisional budget that will be made available for each of the years of this term of office. No later than 31 January of each year, the Agency’s Director General shall indicate the annual amount actually entered in the budget.