The Regional Assembly comprises of 29 elected members nominated by the 14 constituent local authorities, within the BMW region.
The Headquarters of the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly is located in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.
Meetings of the Assembly take place six times per annum.
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The main roles of the BMW Regional Assembly are to: Manage the BMW Regional Operational Programmes 2000-2006 and 2007-13; Monitor the general impact of all EU and Irish exchequer-funded programmes in the Border, Midland and West region; Promote the co-ordination of the provision of Public Services in the region; and Ensure that national policies take regional issues into account.

The BMW Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013 has a planned investment of €458m of which €229m is provided by the EU Structural Funds under the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective. One of the conditions of the Region’s designation as an Objective 2 ‘phasing in’ region is that 79% of the EU contribution has been committed over the first three years of the programme.

Total Employed (000's) - 551.9 (Q3 2012)
Unemployment Rate - 16.7% (Q3 2012)
Labour Force Participation - 57.7% (Q3 2012)
Live Register - 132,517 (October 2012)

Index of total income per person