Aims 

The County Development Board was established in March 2000 primarily to   prepare a Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural Development of Cork County for the period 2002-2011 and oversee its implementation. This is a single strategy for the entire county which operates as a framework for the various organisations providing public services in the county. It is a vision for the county, a clear statement on where the county should be within a five/ten year period and the means by which it should achieve this objective.

The Vision Statement for the Cork County Strategy is:

"The Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural Developemnt will result in an inclusive and progressive County with an enhanced Environment and effective Infrastructure.

It will have achieved balanced Sustainable Development, redressed Rural Decline, with Equal Access and Opportunity to Education, Work and Services for All."