The RFZ, as part of the SRG SSR's umbrella organization, embodies a media-political and media-interested forum with a mandate for events, program monitoring, and education. The RFZ serves the public interest and does not pursue any profit motive. As a media cooperative with regional roots, the RFZ actively influences the media-political development in Switzerland. The focus is on promoting and preserving the public media offering with high quality criteria. The RFZ represents its media and program-political interests and positions vis-à-vis the media companies. It ensures that all its regions are taken into account in reporting. The RFZ supports the SRG SSR within the framework of its media-political objectives and represents the interests of the public vis-à-vis its companies. The RFZ manages its assets with the aim of generating sustainable returns to ensure its purpose in the long term. Within the framework of its objectives, the RFZ can also take on additional tasks and participate in companies outside the SRG SSR.