BREI's Objectives

• Bring together BR&E practitioners to enhance their skills and improve their programs and impacts
• Promote and disseminate BR&E research results, practices and technical information through publications, training and other forms of communication
• Increase the understanding and promote BR&E as a primary economic development strategy
• Encourage the teaching of BR&E procedures and practices
• Train and certify professionals in the development and use of effective retention and expansion programs
• Continually review and update policies & procedures