The purpose of the Consell Assessor del Mecenatge is to carry out the proposal of declaration of social interest of the non-professional projects and activities related to culture, science or sports at the request of the beneficiary people or entities; to examine the activities or projects considered of social interest without need of an express declaration; to propose the declaration of events of special relevance and to guarantee the control over transparency and advertising of the sponsorship actions.

The Consell has a parity of representation and, apart from the departments of the Consell, there are other members from the Consell Valencià de Cultura, the Valencian public universities, public institutes and research centres, and from the Valencian public centres of Arts.

This body is regulated by the Llei del mecenatge cultural, científic i esportiu no professional a la Comunitat Valenciana, (Law of cultural, scientific and sports non-professional sponsorship of the Valencian Community), a law that aims at encouraging and promoting the private sponsorship, a voluntary and philanthropic action that is configured as a force of participation and social responsibility that favours freedom and cultural diversity, contributes to the development of creativity, economic growth and enrichment of the cultural capital of society.

During the first meeting of the Consell, the members analysed and assessed the communications of social interest presented during the February 2019 call for the beneficiary entities of the sponsorship. When the proposals are assessed, any person may offer an economic contribution in order to carry out the project, same procedure as in the platforms of microsponsorship. Moreover, the sponsors may write off a maximum of 25% of their contribution in the income statement, when this amount does not go over the 30% of the tax basis of the annual incomes.

Soon, the Oficina del Mecenatge will publish on their own website (www.mecenatge.gva.es) the different projects, in which anyone may offer their microsponsorship contribution.​

Composition of the Consell Assessor del Mecenatge
The Consell Assessor is presided over by the regional minister for Culture and Sports, Albert Girona. The secretary is occupied by the head of the Servei de Coordinació de Fons Europeus i de l’Oficina del Mecenatge, María José Rodrigo García.

The spokespersons are leading figures of prestige in the fields of non-professional culture, science and sports, like the manager of the General Foundation of the Universitat de València, Cristóbal Suria Luengo, expert in the foundational sector; the communicologist, singer and cultural supervisor Marga Landete; the dramatist and stage director Roberto García; and the yudoka Laura Gómez Ropiñón.

There are representative spokespersons of several institutions. Representing the Consell Valencià de Cultura, Ana Noguera Montagud; representif the Valencian public institutions, Modesto Fabra Valls, Vice-Principal for Planning, Coordination and Communication of the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón; representing the public institutes and research centres, Paloma Pérez Sánchez, from the Biomedicine Institute of Valencia IBV-CSIC; and the Institut Superior d’Ensenyaments Artístics de la Comunitat Valenciana, ISEACV, represented by its director, Josep Manel García Company.

Other spokespersons are a representative of the public museums of the Valencian Community, the manager director of the Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana, José Luis Pérez Pont; a representative of the sports federation and sports clubs, Cristina González Paniagua, secretary of the Associació de Federacions Esportives; and two representatives of the Administració del Consell: Josep Miquel Moya Torres, general director of Sports, and Ana María Ávila Peñalver, general director of Research, Innovation, Technology and Quality.

Cristóbal Suria
Cristòbal Suria is B.A. in Economic Science by the Universitat de València and M.A. in Accountacy and Account Auditing, and Taxation. Currently, he heads the General Foundation of the Universitat de València as managing director. However, before becoming managing director, he has been part of the managing team as economic head, a position which he has occupied for four years. He has also worked as an accounts auditor in KPMG, carrying out auditories in national and multinational companies of different fields. 

Previously, he developed a grant in IMPIVA so that companies in the Valencian Community immersed in technology innovation projects could be studied and analysed economically and financially.

As an expert in foundation management, he has given conferences and sessions on budgets and programmes, associationism or sponsorship at ceremonies and conferences, meetings and Master’s degrees.

As the managing director of the General Foundation of the Universitat de València is a member of the management board of this association, he is the coordinator of the Consell Autonòmic de Fundacions de la Comunitat Valenciana, which is part of the Asociación Española de Fundaciones (AEF). He is also a member of the Comisió Sectorial de Fundacions Universitàries of AEF; he has been part of the management board of Alumni España as treasurer and coordinator of activities with Universia and coordinator of institutional relationships; and he is a member of the 0.7 Commission of the Universitat de València, created for the development of cooperation projects with poor and developing countries, of grant programmes and supporting initiatives to awareness projects.

Furthermore, the General Foundation of the Universitat de València is a member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Network of Anna Lindh Foundation (ReFAL), coordinated by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), and, among other purposes, it represents Spain in the Anna Lindh Foundation. This foundation was created to boost regional initiatives which fight for a better understanding among cultures, religions and beliefs, as well as the human rights and the democracy. More than 130 organisations integrate the Spanish network Anna Lindh.