The role of EBLUL is:

to promote active EU policy-making in favour of regional or minority languages and to defend the linguistic rights of the speakers of those languages

to safeguard the languages of more than 40 million minority language speakers living in EU Member States

to represent regional or minority languages in dealings with EU institutions and other international organisations

to coordinate the range of activities of specialised institutions and/or associations actively involved in language promotion, as well as to coordinate the range of activities of its Member State Committees

to keep language communities informed about European policy developments concerning minority languages and about language-related programmes

to maintain a permanent communication between communities and to facilitate contacts and exchanges between them

to organise cultural events and conferences in Brussels or in those Member States in which regional or minority languages are spoken