With this new headquarters, the intention is to strengthen the relationship with the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and other research entities, the regional and local administration, and the private and commercial sector, as well as to expand its scope of action initially focused on the Ría de Arousa. The City Council of Santiago and the Fundación RIA have reached an agreement for the cession of the building of the regional Commonwealth, currently unused, in the rúa das Oblatas, in the surroundings of the Sarela river.