The delegate facilitates the coordination of State and local authority actions carried out under the heading of regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean zone.
He contributes to the dissemination of information relating to actions carried out in the zone. It draws up an annual report for the attention of the ministers, prefects, presidents of the departmental councils concerned and the president of the Réunion regional council, on the assessment and evaluation of regional cooperation initiatives involving Réunion and Mayotte and makes any proposals aimed at developing these initiatives.
The departmental councils and the presidents of the regional councils of Réunion and Mayotte are responsible for drawing up the report.