# The Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 10: Objectives of regional partnership boards

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The objectives of a regional partnership board are—
(a) to ensure that the partnership bodies work effectively together to—
(i) respond to the population assessment carried out in accordance with section 14 of the Act, ...
(ii) implement the plans for each of the local authority areas covered by the board which local authorities and local health boards are each required to prepare and publish under section 14A of the Act... ,
(iii) respond to the market stability report which local authorities are required to prepare and publish under section 144B(1) of the Act,
(iv) promote social enterprises, co-operatives, user-led services and the third sector (in accordance with a local authority’s duty under section 16 of the Act) when responding to a market stability report, and when implementing an area plan, or a joint area plan,
(v) promote and facilitate the participation of children under the age of 18 in relation to decisions which affect them that are made in the exercise of the partnership arrangements (in accordance with a local authority’s duty under section 12 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010), and
(vi) promote the development of integrated health and social services arrangements;
(b) to ensure that the partnership bodies provide sufficient resources for the partnership arrangements, in accordance with their powers under section 167 of the Act;
(c) to promote the establishment of pooled funds where appropriate... ;
(d) to work with the Citizen Voice Body to promote the involvement of people who need care and support, and carers, in the work of the partnership arrangements.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1989/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-arrangements-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-10
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