The Pedagogical Co-ordination Council promotes educational excellence in the school activities and experiences provided by its members. The desire of the members of the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council to achieve effectiveness and efficiency in relation to their educational goals entails the need to establish a set of quality parameters and criteria for evaluating the plans for the educational activities offered to schools in order to ensure that they are of a high standard. At several meetings of the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council proposals have been put forward regarding the criteria for assessing the plans for the activities organised within the framework of the School Activities Programme and the methods for establishing effective assessment indicators and instruments.

Qualitative improvement of these activities also requires training for the staff involved. Continuous training activities aimed at the professionals in the organisations belonging to the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council include talks, the presentation of facilities and educational resources, conferences, seminars and working groups.

The educational activities of the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council members are published every school year in the School Activities Programme whose aim is to furnish as much information as possible on the educational activities provided by civic organisations. The School Activities Programme systematises the descriptions of the activities to make it easier for teachers to choose those that are most suitable for their requirements. More than 3000 different activities are available every academic year for students at all educational leves. This number is growing year by year, although not in a linear fashion, as the activities available each school year vary quite considerably.

The activities provided cover a wide spectrum of topics: music and the stage, involvement and solidarity, the natural environment and environmental education, films, the plastic arts, mobility education, health and risk prevention, physical education, access to information, service companies, the media, municipal services, public transport, knowledge of history, science and technology, etc.

In addition, the Programme also furnishes information on booking the activities, how schools can get in touch with the organisations providing the activities beforehand and access to related materials and documentation. The School Activities Programme and the system for booking the activities can be accessed via the Internet. The number of activities booked over the Internet has increased each year too. The School Activities Programme website also has teaching materials and suggestions to do with the activities on offer.

In addition to this, the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council is a framework for collaboration among organisations for the production of materials and resources, and the evaluation and dissemination of activities.

Since 2002 the Pedagogical Co-ordination Council has had a Set of Rules governing how it operates laying down, among other things, how the Council’s meetings are organised and how often they are held. The Pedagogical Co-ordination Council holds plenary meetings of representatives of all organisations belonging to it and meetings open to teachers and other education professionals. The aim of these open sessions is to establish a dialogue between schools and civic organisations with a view to improving collaboration between them on educational matters.