Inter-University Council of Catalonia

The Inter-University Council of Catalonia (CIC) is the coordinating body for the Catalan university system and acts as a consultative and advisory body to the Government of Catalonia on university matters. It is made up of representatives of all the Catalan public universities and of those private universities that are recognised by the Parliament of Catalonia.
Its main purpose is to coordinate relations between the university community and the education authority.
It is also responsible for managing specific policies such as those assigned to it by the Law governing Catalan Universities or those assigned to it by the universities or by the Ministry of Universities, Research and the Information Society (DURSI).
At the end of each financial year, the CIC gives an account of its activities to the universities of Catalonia and to the Parliament of Catalonia.

Structure, organisation and operation

The Inter-University Council of Catalonia is organised on the basis of individually held posts and collegiate bodies.
The individually held posts are those of Chairman, Vice Chairman and General Secretary, while the collegiate bodies are the General Conference and the Board. The Council acts in accordance with their agreements and proposals.
The General Conference meets a minimum of twice per academic year. It may also hold extraordinary meetings if this is decided by the President or at least a third of the members of the Conference.
The Council can also be organised into committees. These committees report to and advise the General Conference and the Board on matters relating to academia or other specific aspects of general concern to the university system. The Council is currently organised into the following committees:

Permanent committees
- Committee for Planning and Academic Programming
- Academic Staff Committee
- Admission and Student Affairs Committee
- Committee for Linguistic Policy
- Research Committee
- General Committee on University Policy
- General Committee on internationals relations

Non-permanent committees
- University Management Committee
- Students' Committee
- Women and Science' Committee

Specific advisory committees may also be created.