- acting as points of contact at the national level for the Community to support the Competence Centre in fulfilling its mission and objectives, in particular in coordinating the Community through the coordination of Community members in their Member States;
- promoting and disseminating the relevant outcomes of the work of the Network, the Community and the Competence Centre at the national, regional or local levels;
- assessing requests by entities established in the same Member State as the national coordination centre to become part of the Community;