The main goal of he ACCC is to promote, spread, broaden and improve scientific communication in the Catalan speaking countries. It aims also to focus on the social and political aspects of scientific information, while trying to contribute to social progress.

Another priority goal of the ACCC is to facilitate the continuous training of its associates and to encourage the debate and auto criticism among communicators of science, technology and innovation.

From this principles, the ACCC works for

invigorating the presence of science in the different media; (b) facilitating the free circulation and dissemination of ideas and scientific knowledge;

facilitating the free circulation and dissemination of ideas and scientific knowledge;

watching over the independence and objectivity of the informative contents that are generated about science, technology and innovation;

promoting the normalization of science and scientific dissemination as a basic contents in the context of Catalan culture.

With these aims, the ACCC carries out activities that include:

(a) organizing lectures on hot scientific topics imparted by experts in the corresponding field , so that journalists, other communicators and general audiences may get first-hand information;

(b) publishing a quarterly newsletter (Papers de l'ACCC), and booklets comprising the text of lectures and debates;

(c) organizing an annual prize for young researchers to promote popularisation of research (Joan Oró Prize);

(d) setting up and maintaining specialized groups of journalists and other communicators (the group of journalists devoted to environmental issues has worked for 8 years and organizes its own meetings, and currently a group on health sciences is being set up);

(e) publishing -both printed and online-directories of journalists and other professionals of science communication;

(f) participating in activities and committees to promote the public understanding of science;

(g) collaborating in the organization of courses to train scientists and journalists in the field of science communication;

and (h) keeping a website that contains information on the ACCC activities and where ACCC publications are available to everybody.