The Council's bodies provided for by the Law establishing it are the following:

- The Assembly, composed of the representatives of San Marino Communities abroad, yearly convened in plenary session in October in San Marino;

- The President of the Assembly, who is elected annually by simple majority by the Assembly; he/she performs coordination and representation functions in the institutional bodies and implements the decisions taken by the Council;

- The Minister of Foreign Affairs as Honorary President, with the right to speak but without the right to vote;

- The Board of the Council, made up of four members representing the four geographical areas of the Communities: North America, South America, Italy, other European countries. The individual geographical areas, called "rings”, elect their representative annually.

The Council consists of:

- The President of the Council;

- The Honorary President;

- The Official of the Department of Foreign Affairs responsible for the Communities, who has a consultative and executive role;

- The Presidents of the legally recognised Communities;

- The representatives of the legally recognised Communities (1 for the Communities with 1 to 500 members, 2 for the Communities with 501 to 800 members and 3 for the Communities with more than 800 members).

At the invitation of the President, the members of the Government and of the Great and General Council, the diplomatic and consular representatives of the Republic, the representatives of political parties and any other interested person may attend the meetings of the Council, but without the right to vote.

The decisions of the Assembly are taken by a simple majority of those present and the meetings are validly held when at least a relative majority of the Communities is present.

The Concluding Statement is the document adopted at the end of the Council meeting, on which the Government and the Permanent Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs are required to express their opinions, to be discussed by the following Council.

The works and operations of the Council are governed by internal Regulations, while the organisational and economic modalities of travel and stays in San Marino of the participants in the Council meetings are governed by specific Regulations adopted by the Government.

The Board of the Council is currently composed as follows:

- Otello Pedini, President of the Council;

- Giovanna Gasperoni, President of San Marino Community of Milan, for Italy’s ring;

- Germán Carlos Tura, President of San Marino Community of Central Argentina, for South America’s ring;

- Maria Theresa Maiani Giulianelli, President of San Marino Community of Detroit, for the North America’s ring;

- Maryse Mularoni, President of the Association of San Marino citizens residing in Eastern France, for the other European countries’ ring.