o Coordinating with the participating cities about the purpose of the network, its operation and cooperation activities etc., and promoting the network to additional cities
o Liaising with and managing daily communications with the participating cities
o Identifying, establishing and expanding partnerships with relevant institutions to mobilize more support to the network

o Developing short-, medium- and long-term strategy and work plan of the Network
o Leading resource mobilization and strategic development
o Developing and implementing network communication / PR strategies

o Creating an effective platform that participating cities can work together to jointly improve air quality in the region, notwithstanding the political and cultural differences between countries
o Establishing an urban air quality policy database in order to track, summarize and disseminate best practice policies, actions and technical solutions for knowledge sharing and peer learning
o Providing technical assistance and capacity building to participating cities and other project cities (e.g. matching air quality related stakeholders and solution providers with cities, capacity building workshops to local government officials, with focus on co-control / co-benefits on air quality management and addressing climate change)
o Conducting joint campaign with participating cities around air quality improvement in East Asia
o Organizing general meeting of the network, co-organizing and supporting annual air quality forums initiated by participating local governments, e.g. Seoul and Beijing
o Continuing existing research topics and initiating new research ideas, creating a structure for working level dialogue between cities (e.g. regular meetings, exchange of discussion results, etc.)