• Promote communication and exchange between all of these associations and to maintain effective collaboration.

• Represent the optometric organizations of the Asia and Pacific region at the World Council of Optometry, and to participate in the governance of the World Council of Optometry.

• Maintain, promote and protect the visual welfare of the peoples of the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Assist, support, uphold and promote the character, status and interests of the profession of optometry in the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Convene and conduct scientific, educational and professional meetings and conferences between members of the Council and between optometrists from the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Improve, assist, support and advance the standards of education and training of optometrists in the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Promote, assist, advance and guide the standards of clinical practice of optometrists in the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Seek and gain, where necessary, specific higher level or university education and training of optometrists in the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Seek and gain for members, where necessary, statutory control of entry to and clinical practice in the profession of optometry in the Asia and pacific region of the world.

• Cooperate or affiliate with any other national or international organization whose interests or activities are related to visual welfare.

• Advocate optometry and represent it generally to government and non-government agencies in the Asia and Pacific region of the world.

• Represent, generally, the views and interests of the profession of optometry and to preserve and maintain its professional status and integrity by imposing rules of conduct designed to establish uniform and improved standards of professional conduct and by promoting just and honorable practice and by suppressing malpractice.

• Assist in developing an informed public opinion among all peoples on matters relating to optometric vision care.