COIIPA: Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias

What COIIPA: Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias does

COIIPA (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias) is a regional professional association — a 'colegio oficial' — that regulates and represents computer engineers in the Principado de Asturias, Spain. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Oviedo, the organization operates as a non-profit professional body staffed by approximately 6 people. Its core functions include maintaining the official register of qualified computer engineers in the region, upholding professional standards, providing continuing-education resources, and representing its members before public administrations and industry stakeholders.

The organization serves registered members (colegiados) — practicing computer engineers in Asturias — as well as external users and the general public who interact with services such as credential verification or public-facing regulatory guidance. Its underlying technology footprint is minimal: a WordPress-based website (coiipa.org) serves as the primary digital touchpoint for membership information, regulatory updates, and event announcements. There are no proprietary technology products, no commercial software offerings, and no disclosed engineering or product roadmap.

COIIPA's revenue model is fundamentally membership-based, funded through member dues rather than commercial pricing. The organization's operational scope is geographically defined by the Principado de Asturias and its authority derives from Spanish professional-college legislation. It coordinates with the national Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería en Informática and engages with entities such as the AEPD (Spanish Data Protection Agency) and regional public administrations on regulatory matters. The organization has no disclosed venture funding, no acquisitions, and no commercial revenue streams beyond membership fees.

Name

COIIPA: Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias

Legal name

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias

Website

https://coiipa.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

COIIPA is a non-profit professional college founded in 2001 that regulates and represents computer engineers in the Principado de Asturias, Spain. Headquartered in Oviedo with approximately six staff, it serves registered regional members and the public through statutory professional-body functions.

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Professional Association Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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PRIMARYEDADAAAG

Higher Education Regulators & Tertiary Education Commissions

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Ministries, Departments & Regulatory Agencies

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National/Institutional Accreditors (Career, Faith-Based, Distance, etc.)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

Keywords

• Professional licensing services
• Engineering regulation
• Professional membership association
• Deontological enforcement
• Registry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oviedo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

COIIPA is the Official Professional College of Computer Engineers in Asturias that regulates, registers, and represents computer engineering professionals through collegiate membership. It enforces deontological codes of conduct, provides administrative services such as the Single Window (Ventanilla Única), and offers expert witness reports (Peritos) and professional training. The organization serves three segments: member computer engineers, external individual users (general public), and public/private entities.

Product overview

COIIPA is a professional association (Colegio Oficial) for computer engineers in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is not a technology product company; rather, it provides professional services to its members including administrative management of registered engineers, fiscal and labor management, collegiate communications, deontological disciplinary proceedings, a single-window service (Ventanilla Única) for various procedures such as expert witness requests and member registration, and event management. The organization operates under GDPR compliance and manages personal data for its members and users.

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Products and services

• Colegiación (Professional Registration) Official collegiate registration service for computer engineering professionals in Asturias, granting legal professional status to practice the engineering profession. The service is targeted at individual computer engineers and includes formal accreditation and inclusion in the professional registry.
• Precolegiación (Pre-Collegiate Registration) Pre-collegiate registration service for prospective members preparing to obtain full collegiate status. Targeted at computer engineers not yet fully eligible for full college membership.
• Ventanilla Única (Single Window) Single Window administrative service providing a unified point of access for procedures and services for both member professionals and external users (individuals or public/private entities).
• Peritos (Expert Witness Reports) Court-recognized expert witness (perito) report service provided by collegiate members to judicial proceedings and external requesting parties. Targeted at individuals, lawyers, courts, and public/private entities requiring certified technical expert opinions.
• Formación (Professional Training Courses) Professional training and continuing education courses offered by COIIPA for its members and the broader professional community in Asturias.
• Deontología (Deontological Proceedings) Internal disciplinary and deontological proceedings service enforcing the professional code of ethics on registered members. Mandated regulatory function of the Official Professional College under Spanish law.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consejo de Colegios de Ingeniería en Informática (Council of Colleges of Computer Engineering)coreOthersCOIIPA shares member census data with the national Council of Colleges of Computer Engineering (Consejo de Colegios de Ingeniería en Informática) for regulatory and statistical purposes.
• Administración de Justicia / Juzgados de la Comunidad AutónomacoreOthersCOIIPA cooperates with Courts of Justice (Juzgados de la Comunidad Autónoma) in cases involving deontological proceedings against members and for the Single Window service requests.
• Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)minorOthersCOIIPA shares member data with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) for security breach management and regulatory compliance purposes.
• Administraciones públicas con competencia en la materiacoreOthersCOIIPA works with public administrations with jurisdiction in the matter for fiscal-laboral management compliance and regulatory oversight.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• Conseil National de l'Ordre des Ingénieurs (CNISF): French national body representing the engineering profession with regulatory and registration functions analogous to Spain's Colegio Oficial model. Comparable in function but operating in France.
• BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT: UK chartered professional body for IT and computing practitioners, performing an analogous role of professional registration, certification, and ethical oversight — but operating in a different (UK) jurisdiction.

Direct peers

• CITIPA - Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática del Principado de Asturias: The Asturias-based colegio for Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática (technical computer engineers), operating the same regional compulsory-membership model as COIIPA and serving an overlapping but distinct professional cohort in the same territory.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales del Principado de Asturias: Regional Asturias colegio for industrial engineers, sharing the same compulsory-membership, deontological-oversight and Single-Window service structure as COIIPA, but for a different engineering profession in the same territory.
• Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria en Informàtica de Catalunya: The Catalan regional colegio for computer engineers — structurally identical to COIIPA (compulsory collegiate body for Ingenieros en Informática) but serving a different geography (Catalunya instead of Asturias).
• Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Asturias: Asturias regional professional colegio for architects. Operates the same compulsory-membership, regional regulatory, deontological and Single-Window service model as COIIPA, providing a useful structural comparator for organizational design.

Broad incumbents

• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingenieros en Informática: National umbrella body for Spain's regional computer-engineering colegios, with which COIIPA shares census data. It operates at a broader, national level and does not provide direct professional services to members.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (COIT): National professional college for telecommunications engineers in Spain. Uses the same 'Colegio Oficial' regulatory and membership model as COIIPA, but operates nationally and covers a broader engineering discipline.

Others

• ACM - Association for Computing Machinery: International learned society for computing. Like IEEE, it is voluntary-membership and non-regulatory, but its code of ethics and professional-development role are thematically aligned with COIIPA's deontological mandate.
• IEEE Computer Society: International professional society for computing professionals. It is not a regulatory body and does not grant compulsory licenses, but it performs adjacent functions (certification, standards, ethics) that overlap thematically with COIIPA's mandate.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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