Catalan Statistical Council

The Catalan Statistical Council is a consultative and advisory body for Idescat and the Statistical System of Catalonia as a whole. It is made up of the following members:

• The President of the Council, who is appointed by the Government of Catalonia at the proposal of the Minister responsible for economic policy.
• The Vice-Presidents of the Governing Council of the Statistical System of Catalonia.
• The Director of Idescat, who serves as Secretary of the Council.
• One representative of each of the Catalan universities.
• One representative of the Institute of Catalan Studies.
• One representative of each of the most representative business associations in Catalonia.
• One representative of each of the most representative trade unions in Catalonia.
• Two representatives of the most representative municipal associations in Catalonia.
• One representative of the most representative consumer and user associations in Catalonia.
• One representative of the Catalan Statistical Society.
• One representative of the Catalan Institute for Public Policy Evaluation (Ivàlua).
• The Director of the Catalan Data Protection Authority.
• The Director of the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia.
• The Director of the Opinion Studies Centre.
• A maximum of four experts in fields linked to the objectives and statistical actions programmed in the current statistical plan and the annual programmes that develop them.

The Deputy Directors General of Idescat also form part of the Catalan Statistical Council, with a right to speak but not to vote.

The Catalan Statistical Council has the following functions:

• To draft a non-binding prior opinion on:

  • The draft for the Statistical Plan for Catalonia, prior to its submission to the Government by the Minister responsible for economic policy.
  • The draft for the Annual Statistical Action Programme.
  • The proposal for the appointment of the Director of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia

• To draft proposals and recommendations on:

  • The public interest of statistics compiled by other entities not included in the Statistical Plan.
  • The statistical situation in Catalonia in relation to the rest of Spain and the European Union, and the analysis of its needs.
  • The evolution and implementation of the Annual Statistical Action Programmes.
  • Statistical nomenclatures and classifications, territorial references, codes and standardised disaggregation levels.
  • Governance of the data access system for research and public policy evaluation.
  • The remaining issues submitted to it by the Government of Catalonia.

For a more detailed description of the functions of the Catalan Statistical Council, you can consult Decree 62/2026, of 28 April, on the organisation and operation of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia.