The Association has four key objectives, to:

• Provide a strong voice for local authority historic environment services and promote these within local government to strengthen and develop their role within local government in delivering local, regional and national government policy.
• Ensure that local government historic environment services are included within policy (national, regional and local) for culture and education.
• Ensure that policy aims to improve the sustainable management of the historic environment.
• Promote development of high standards in the historic environment profession.

Strategy

The detailed objectives are set out in individual Strategy and Implementation Plans for ALGAO:UK, ALGAO:Cymru, ALGAO:England and ALGAO:Scotland