Organization

Structure

The International Association of Educating Cities has different governing, management and leadership bodies.

Bodies comprising the IAEC

General Assembly

The supreme body of the IAEC, comprising all its members

The Assembly has, amongst others, the following functions:

  1. Election or replacement of members of the Executive Committee.
  2. Amendment to the IAEC Statutes.
  3. Approval of the Executive Committee’s conduct of business.
  4. Approval of the Action Plan.
  5. Approval of the financial statements for the financial year and the budgets.

Executive Committee

The functions of direction, management, execution and representation of the IAEC pertain to this body.

Its current composition is:

  • Presidency and Secretariat: Barcelona
  • Vice-presidency: Rosario
  • Treasury: Granollers
  • Vocals: Brussels, Cascais, Geneva, León, Lisbon, Málaga, Montevideo, Rennes, São Paulo, Seoul, Tampere and Torres Vedras.

Secretariat

Responsible of the day-to-day management of the Association.

Responsible for the day-to-day management of the Association and its day-to-day operations.

Networks

Decentralized structures composed of IAEC member cities from a certain territory and/or focused on a theme.

Regional networks bring together towns and cities from the same region that face common challenges and share common interests, whilst thematic networks bring together local authorities – from a single region or from several countries – around a specific issue linked to the principles of the Charter of Educating Cities.