In accordance with The Law on Encouraging Harmonious Regional Development (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, number 93/05 with amendments) municipalities for performing the development function at the regional level establish an association of municipalities or (if the municipalities do not decide to form a union of municipalities) or directly set up a council of the region, which performs the tasks of the union of municipalities. The municipalities of the Ljubljana Urban Region have decided to directly set up a council of the region.

Council of the Ljubljana Urban Region tasks include:

• Acceptance of the regional development program,

• Validating the implementation plan for the regional development program,

• Validating the criteria for the preparation of the list of priority regional development projects,

• Appointing municipality representatives to the regional development council,

• Appointing representatives to the council of the cohesion region,

• Defining the organization of institutions at the level of development regions,

• Concluding contracts on the financing of operations of regional institutions between municipalities and other partners at the development regional level,

• Presenting the development region and co-operation with other regions.

Due to the importance of the decisions made by the body, the legislator determined that it is to be composed of the mayors of the municipalities in the region.

Expert, technical and administrative support for the Council of the Ljubljana Urban Region is ensured by the Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region.