The year 2024 has been a year of renewal for the CERCA Institution (I-CERCA). With a change in leadership, structural and organisational reforms have been driven forward to consolidate its core mission: to be an agile and efficient tool at the service of the CERCA centres, enhancing research and its impact on society.
The new organisational structure responds to the demands and opportunities set out in the Science Act and its regulatory framework. With a determination to adapt to emerging challenges, I-CERCA is now structured into two main areas of work that strengthen its operational capacity.
On the one hand, the management area focuses on internal administration and on providing legal, financial, public sector and communications advice to the centres. On the other, the strategic area has been created with the mission of establishing the necessary structures to support the CERCA centres in complying with the Science Act and its implementation.
To this end, this new area brings together the units of internationalisation, knowledge transfer and evaluation—already part of the current performance contract—and incorporates three new fields: the development of the open science strategy, the promotion of the gender equality strategy, and the reinforcement of the Catalan language in the scientific domain.
Through these changes, I-CERCA strengthens its commitment to being a key institution for the research ecosystem in Catalonia, providing the CERCA centres with the necessary support to grow, innovate and lead.
