The Regional Development and Coordinating Commission of the Algarve (CCDR Algarve) is an organism of the Ministry of Environment, Territory and Regional Development, endowed with administrative and financial autonomy, charged to execute, to the level of its geographic area of intervention, the politics of regional development and of the towns, of environment, of management of the territory, of conservation of the nature and biodiversity, of sustainable use of the natural resources, of urban requalification, of regional strategical planning and of support to the local municipalities and its associations, pursuing an integrated development of the region of the Algarve.

The services provided by the CCDR Algarve are organized, in functional terms, in accordance with the following areas: assessorship and coordination, administrative and financial management, monitoring and fiscalization, environment and hydric resources management, planning and regional development, support to the local administration, management of the territory, conservation of the nature, management of the coast and cartography and information systems.