COETIC

What COETIC does

COETIC (Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica de Catalunya) is a public-law professional college established by Law 2/2001 of the Parliament of Catalonia on April 9, 2001. Headquartered in Barcelona (Via Laietana 39), it serves as the exclusive official collegiate body representing Technical IT Engineers (Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica) in Catalonia. The organization is a founding member of METGEC (which collectively represents approximately 15,000 technical engineers across 13 collegiate corporations) and a member of CONCITI for state-level coordination in Spain.

The college operates a portfolio of member services including idCOETIC (a proprietary digital signature service for member authentication and document signing), Servei de Mediació TIC (ICT dispute mediation developed with ICAB, GEMME, and ACDMA), Certificació d'Experiència Professional (experience certification via CEPRAL), professional civil liability insurance through Mutua Enginyers, internal training programs (including ISO 27001 and ENS certification via DNV), a job board (Borsa de Treball), and Google Workspace email accounts. Technology is functional and service-oriented rather than platform-driven.

The business model is a subscription/membership model: COETIC generates revenue through annual membership fees (Quotes Col·legials) paid by registered IT professionals, supplemented by training fees, insurance commissions, and mediation service revenues. Go-to-market is regional (Catalonia), with direct member enrollment via the Alta col·legial process, university partnerships (La Salle, UdG, UdL, URV) for talent pipeline development, and institutional representation before Catalan government bodies. Current Dean is Javier Martí Pintanel, with Òscar Planes serving as Vice-Dean of Services and Business Relations.

Name

COETIC

Legal name

Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica de Catalunya (COETIC)

Website

https://coetic.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

COETIC is a Catalan public-law professional college, established by Law 2/2001, that represents and certifies Technical IT Engineers in Catalonia, delivering member services including digital signatures, ICT mediation, liability insurance, training, and a job board funded by annual membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Quotes Col·legials): COETIC generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by registered IT professionals. These fees fund the college's operations, services, and member benefits including insurance, training, and professional support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

COETIC is a public-law professional college that represents, certifies, and supports Technical IT Engineers (Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica) in Catalonia. Its core offering is a portfolio of membership-based services including professional certification, digital signature via idCOETIC, ICT dispute mediation, professional liability insurance, continuing education, and a job board — funded by annual collegiate membership fees.

Product overview

COETIC operates as a professional college rather than a traditional product company, offering a portfolio of member services. The core services include idCOETIC for digital signatures, a TIC mediation service, professional experience certification via CEPRAL, professional liability insurance, internal training programs, and a job board. Members also receive access to Google Workspace for professional email communication. These services are designed to support technical computer engineers throughout their professional careers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• idCOETIC Digital Signature Service Proprietary digital signature and identity credential service providing registered members with electronic authentication and document signing capabilities for professional use.
• Servei de Mediació TIC Specialized ICT dispute resolution and mediation service for members and the technology sector, developed in collaboration with ICAB, GEMME, ACDMA, and the Departament de Justícia de Catalunya, covering civil, criminal, labour, and administrative mediation.
• Certificació d'Experiència Professional (CEPRAL) Professional experience certification service operated via CEPRAL, validating members' work experience and professional history for credentialing purposes.
• Assegurança de Responsabilitat Civil Professional (RCP) Professional civil liability insurance for IT engineers, brokered through Mutua dels Enginyers with special member rates as part of the membership benefits package.
• Formació Professional Continuing education and training service for members covering expert witness training, ISO 27001 courses (with DNV), and ENS certification training, plus other professional development offerings.
• Borsa de Treball ICT-sector job board connecting member professionals with employment opportunities from employers in the technology sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Professional civil liability insurance coverage through membership
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• DNVmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022DNV, COETIC, and COEINF signed a framework agreement to promote certification and training in information security (ISO 27001, ENS). DNV offers certification courses and audits with special pricing for COETIC members. Two online courses on ISO 27001 were planned for July 2022.
• Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de CatalunyamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Department of Justice and COETIC signed a collaboration agreement to promote mediation knowledge and use in Catalonia. Actions include outreach, awareness, and specialized training in mediation; participation in pilot programs. Collaboration covers civil, criminal, labor, and administrative jurisdictions, both extrajudicial and judicial mediation.
• METGEC (Mesa d'Enginyeries Tècniques i Graus en Enginyeria de Catalunya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2001METGEC is a non-profit entity grouping 13 collegiate corporations representing approximately 15,000 technical engineering professionals in Catalonia. COETIC is a founding member and participates to defend common or transversal professional interests. METGEC coordinates positions on technical engineering education, professional practice regulation, and advocacy before Catalan government.
• CONCITI (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería Técnica en Informática)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2001State-level governing body for Technical IT Engineering professional colleges in Spain. COETIC is a member for matters requiring state-level action and coordination across Spanish autonomous communities.
• CTecno (Cercle Tecnològic de Catalunya)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOETIC is a patron member of CTecno, the Catalan Technology Circle, a leading tech industry organization. CTecno organizes events including the annual Baròmetre del Sector Tecnològic a Catalunya. COETIC participates in these activities and receives priority invitations to tech sector events.
• COEINF (Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria Informàtica de Catalunya)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOEINF is the official college for Computer Engineering in Catalonia. COETIC and COEINF share administrative resources under a 2018 collaboration agreement and jointly participate in information security training initiatives with DNV.
• ICAB (Il·lustre Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOETIC collaborates with ICAB on mediation services, organizing joint webinars and events on ICT contract mediation. The collaboration was formalized through a cooperation agreement with the ICAB Mediation Centre (ADR-ICAB).
• GEMME (Grupo Europeo de Magistrados por la Mediación de España)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOETIC and GEMME signed a collaboration agreement to promote ICT mediation research and awareness. GEMME brings judicial expertise to COETIC's mediation services for the tech sector.
• ACDMA (Associació Catalana per a la Mediació i el Disseny de Conflictes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOETIC and ACDMA signed a cooperation agreement allowing members to request mediations at each other's rates. Joint efforts to promote mediation awareness, quality, and specialization.
• Caixa EnginyersminorOthersCaixa Enginyers (Engineering Insurance Mutual) provides professional liability insurance for members and offers special banking conditions for COETIC members.
• Mutua EnginyersminorOthersMutua Enginyers provides professional civil liability insurance specifically for IT engineers through COETIC membership. Special insurance rates are available for members.
• Banc SabadellminorOthersBanc Sabadell offers special banking conditions and services for COETIC members under commercial partnership agreements.
• ZyncrominorGTM or Marketing PartnerZyncro provides collaboration and knowledge management tools to COETIC members at special discounted prices through a commercial collaboration agreement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Australian Computer Society: Australia's professional association for the ICT sector, providing certified professional status (CP) and skills assessment. Closest international functional analogue to COETIC's collegiate role for IT engineers in another developed-market jurisdiction.
• BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT, UK): UK chartered professional body for IT practitioners, offering membership, certification (CITP, RITTech), and continuing education. Conceptually analogous to COETIC in role (professional legitimacy and certification for IT professionals) but operating at national scale in the UK market.
• METGEC (Mesa de les Enginyeries Tècniques i Graus en Enginyeria de Catalunya): Catalan association of 13 technical engineering collegiate corporations, representing ~15,000 professionals. COETIC is a founding member; METGEC functions as a peer-level umbrella coordinating advocacy and shared services across engineering disciplines.

Direct peers

• COITT (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos de Telecomunicación): Spanish national professional college for telecommunications technical engineers. Operates under the same Spanish professional-college legal framework as COETIC, serves an adjacent engineering discipline, and offers a directly comparable mix of membership services, training, and certification.
• COIIPA (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática del Principado de Asturias): Regional professional college for IT engineers in Asturias. Same Spanish collegiate model, same target profession (Computer Engineering), and same member-service portfolio (certification, training, representation), differing mainly in geographic scope.
• COEINF (Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria Informàtica de Catalunya): The sister collegiate body for Computer Engineering graduates in Catalonia. Shares administrative resources under a 2018 collaboration agreement and co-develops training initiatives (e.g., DNV ISO 27001 courses), making it the most direct functional peer.

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Computer Society: Global professional organization for computing professionals. COETIC already references IEEE/ACM CC2020 computing curricula for accreditation recommendations, making IEEE a thematically adjacent standards-and-membership body for the same IT professional community.
• CONCITI (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Ingeniería Técnica en Informática): State-level umbrella body for all Technical IT Engineering professional colleges in Spain. COETIC delegates state-level coordination to CONCITI, which sits one layer above and serves the same professional constituency at the national level.

Others

• ICAB (Il·lustre Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona): Barcelona Bar Association, COETIC's cooperation partner for ICT mediation services via ADR-ICAB. Peer in the broader Spanish professional-college ecosystem and a co-provider of mediation, not a competitor for IT engineering membership.
• CTecno (Cercle Tecnològic de Catalunya): Catalan Technology Circle industry association. COETIC is a patron member and participates in CTecno events including the annual Baròmetre del Sector Tecnològic. Not a direct competitor but a closely adjacent industry-body peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/coetic.cat

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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