Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Canarias

What Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Canarias does

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Canarias (COITIC) is the regional professional college and statutory regulatory body for Technical Computer Engineers (Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática) in the Canary Islands, Spain. Founded in 2007, it operates from its headquarters on the Universidad de La Laguna campus in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, with a secondary office in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and is staffed by approximately 9 employees. The college provides mandatory membership (colegiación obligatoria) under Spanish and Canary Islands law, verifies professional credentials, defends the profession against unauthorized practice (intrusismo), offers continuing education and formation programs, mediates job placements, and confers industry awards.

Its service offering is membership-based rather than commercial: members access credentialing, a single-window (ventanilla única) service, webmail, a member directory, training programs, and partner discounts (e.g., Banco Sabadell, NH Hotels, Fred Olsen, ENIIT Business School). Distribution is direct via the coitic.es website and on-campus offices; there is no commercial software product, SaaS offering, or technology platform sold externally.

COITIC is institutionally embedded in the national regulatory architecture through its affiliations with CONCITI (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería Técnica en Informática) and CCII (Consejo General de Colegios Profesionales de Ingeniería Informática), and collaborates closely with the Universidad de La Laguna and the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Revenue is generated primarily through colegiados membership dues; no publicly disclosed revenue, pricing schedule, or membership count is available.

Name

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Canarias

Legal name

COLEGIO OFICIAL DE INGENIEROS TÉCNICOS INFORMÁTICOS DE CANARIAS

Website

https://coitic.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

COITIC is the statutory regional professional college for Technical Computer Engineers in the Canary Islands, Spain. It provides mandatory membership, credential verification, continuing education, and legal defense against unauthorized practice, serving individual engineers and compliant member companies under Ley 7/2006.

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Headquarters

HQ city

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COITIC is the regional professional college (colegio profesional) for Technical Computer Engineers (Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática) in the Canary Islands, Spain. It provides mandatory membership registration (colegiación), single-window administrative services (ventanilla única), credential verification, legal defense of professional competencies against unauthorized practice, continuing professional training, a job posting board, member directory, and partner discount programs. The organization is regulated under Spanish law and operates as a nonprofit membership body affiliated with national councils CONCITI and CCII.

Product overview

Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Canarias (COITIC) is a professional association for computer engineering technicians in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is not a technology product company but rather a regulatory professional body that provides membership services, professional training, single-window (ventanilla única) services for members and the public, job posting services, and manages agreements/partnerships with third-party service providers for the benefit of its members. The organization does not develop or sell commercial software products.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Membership (Colegiación)
• Single-Window Services (Ventanilla Única)
• Professional Credential Verification

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CONCITI (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería Técnica en Informática)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational-level council representing all regional computer engineering colleges. COITIC participates in joint initiatives including electoral regulations, professional equivalence procedures, and representation at national level.
• CCII (Consejo General de Colegios Profesionales de Ingeniería Informática)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneral Council of Professional Colleges of Computer Engineering. COITIC collaborates on national policy advocacy, digital agenda discussions, and professional regulation efforts.
• Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic university in Tenerife hosting COITIC headquarters. Collaborates on student events, graduation ceremonies (orlas), congresses, and professional development.
• Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic university in Gran Canaria. COITIC participates in student events, awards prizes at GAME FEST DEII, and collaborates on professional formation programs.
• SPEGC (Sociedad de Promoción Económica de Gran Canaria)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEconomic promotion agency of Gran Canaria. Collaborates on technology events, entrepreneurship programs, and digitalization initiatives like digiON Canarias.
• CET (Canarias Excelencia Tecnológica)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTIC business cluster in the Canary Islands. COITIC partners on industry events, student internships, and digital transformation projects.
• Banco SabadellminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides ICO credit lines for members through professional agreement (convenio). Enables financing up to 10 million euros for business investments.
• NH HotelsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHotel chain providing 5% discount to COITIC members. Part of member benefits package.
• Fred Olsen and Viajes OcéanominorGTM or Marketing PartnerTravel agencies offering preferential rates to COITIC members as part of member benefits.
• ENIIT Business School / Campus Internacional de CiberseguridadminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducational partner offering cybersecurity and IT masters programs with exclusive conditions for COITIC members. Programs certified by UCAM.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): International professional society for computing. Comparable to COITIC in serving the professional interests of computer engineers/scientists, but without the Spanish regulatory mandate.
• CONCITI (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería Técnica en Informática): National-level umbrella council for all regional colleges of technical computer engineering in Spain. COITIC is one of its constituent colleges, so CONCITI is the direct hierarchical peer representing the same profession at the national level.
• CCII (Consejo General de Colegios Profesionales de Ingeniería Informática): Parallel national council covering the broader computer engineering profession. COITIC collaborates with CCII on policy advocacy and the digital agenda; CCII is the closest peer in terms of professional scope and national representation.
• IEEE Computer Society: Large international professional society for computing professionals. Overlaps with COITIC's professional-development, certification, and continuing-education remit, though it operates at global rather than regulatory-mandate scope.

Regional players

• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Informáticos de la Comunitat Valenciana (COIICV): Regional professional college for computer engineers in the Valencian Community. Same profession, same colegio model, different autonomous community — a comparable regional peer.
• Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de la Región de Murcia: Regional professional college for computer engineers in Murcia. Operates the same colegio model for the same profession in a different Spanish autonomous community, making it a comparable regional peer.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación de Canarias (COITC): Canary Islands-based professional college for telecommunications engineers. Co-located in the same region and broadly comparable structure (colegio profesional under Spanish law), though serving a related but distinct engineering profession.

Direct peers

• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Andalucía (COITIA): Regional professional college for technical computer engineers in Andalucía. Same profession, same colegio model, adjacent autonomous community — a direct regional peer to COITIC.
• CPITIA (Consejo Profesional de Ingenieros Técnicos en Informática de Andalucía): Andalusian counterpart professional body for technical computer engineers. CPITIA pursues the same regulatory defense and mandatory-membership mandate as COITIC but in a different autonomous community, making it the closest functional peer.

Emerging players

• BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (UK): UK chartered professional body for IT practitioners with statutory recognition of computing as a regulated profession. Closest international analogue to the regulatory college model COITIC operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/COITIC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-profesional-de-ingenieros-t-cnicos-en-inform-tica-de-canarias

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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