ROCs usually involve collaborative partnerships between neighbouring councils in a particular region or area.
In addition, a number of coastal councils also belong to the Sydney Coastal Councils Group Inc [7] which functions as a ROC in addressing environmental and natural resource management issues relating to the Sydney coastline.
Some metropolitan ROCs, in particular SHOROC, WSROC, NSROC and SSROC are particularly active in areas such as regional advocacy and joint activities involving their member councils such as regional tendering agreements.
[8] A more detailed description of the functions of ROCs can be found in the article Regional Organisations of Councils.
There are a number of active ROCs outside the metropolitan area, most notably in the Hunter and Illawarra.