The Regional Baha’i Council (RBC) is an element of Baha’i administration between the local and national levels, established at the discretion of the Universal House of Justice in countries where the condition and size of the Baha’i community warrant. A means of decentralizing the work of the National Spiritual Assembly, a Regional Council, may be formed either by election or by appointment, depending on local requirements and the condition of the Baha’i community.

It provides for a level of autonomous decision making on both teaching and administrative matters. In some countries, state Baha’i councils perform these tasks within specified civic jurisdiction. Councils have 5, 7 or 9 members.

Shortly, this institution, carries out several roles or functions, it carries out the policies of the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA), inform the NSA of regional activities and also to devise expansion and consolidation programs of the region. RBC take part in forming plans for the region, in alignment with national and global plans of the faith, administration and formulating an annual budget for the region but also dealing with teaching and administrative matters at the region level.