The mandate of the Council, at the regional level, are:

a) To help establish the needed environment and opportunities conducive to the growth and development of the MSME sector;

b) To recommend all policy matters affecting MSMEs;

c) To coordinate and integrate various government and private sector activities relating to MSME development;

d) To review existing policies of government agencies that would affect the growth and development of MSMEs and recommend changes whenever deemed necessary, and this shall include efforts to simplify rules and regulations, as well as review of the applicability and relevance of procedural and documentary requirements in the registration, financing, and other activities relevant to MSMEs;

e) To monitor and determine the progress of various agencies geared towards the development of the sector, and shall include overseeing the development among MSMEs;

f) To promulgate implementing guidelines, programs, and operating principles as may be deemed proper and necessary in the light of government policies and objectives;

g) To provide the appropriate policy and coordinative framework in assisting relevant government agencies in the tapping of local and foreign funds for MSME development;

h) To promote the productivity and viability of MSMEs; and

i) generally, to exercise all powers and functions necessary for the objectives and purposes of the Magna Carta for MSME.