Six professional associations are challenging the creation of 36 new positions, arguing that 86% of environmental disciplines have been excluded. They also warn of a "serious irregularity" in offering the positions before the legal deadline for filing an appeal had expired.
The associations are requesting an urgent meeting with the Regional Minister for the Environment.

Valencia, May 26, 2026 – A united front of the Valencian environmental professional community against the public administration's hiring criteria. Six professional associations in the Valencian Community—representing environmental scientists, geographers, chemists, chemical engineers, geologists, and biologists—have jointly expressed their "deep concern and rejection" of the recent resolution by the Ministry of the Environment, Infrastructure, and Territory creating 36 new positions.

The associations warn that the structure of these positions unjustifiably excludes their disciplines, despite the fact that almost all of the posts have unequivocally environmental functions. As an example, the appeal filed by the College of Environmental Sciences reveals that only 5 of the 36 positions created (13.9%) allow direct access for these professionals, leaving out the remaining 86%.

The professional associations emphasize that the functions described for the positions—such as environmental assessment, waste management, contaminated soil control, renewable energy, climate change, and land-use planning—fully align with the competencies of their members. They assert that this exclusion violates the constitutional principles of equality, merit, and ability in access to public employment, and breaks with the historical approach that the Civil Service has applied in Public Employment Offers (OPE), where the environmental corps (category A1) was open to a wide range of disciplines and not a single profile.

"We have been demonstrating our technical expertise for decades in both the public and private sectors," the organizations stated in a joint press release. "The Administration continues to prioritize engineering profiles or regulated professions, relegating key environmental disciplines and depriving the Generalitat (Catalan Government) of highly qualified multidisciplinary teams to manage current climate challenges."

Beyond the exclusion of certain profiles, the six professional associations denounce a "serious administrative irregularity": the Administration published and offered the positions before the legal deadline for filing appeals had expired, contravening Law 39/2015 on Common Administrative Procedure. According to the associations' legal departments, this "undue preemption" limits the right to a defense, compromises legal certainty, and could even threaten the legal validity of the entire recruitment process.

Given this situation, the associations have formally endorsed the appeal filed by the Association of Environmental Sciences as the first step in a collective legal offensive. Furthermore, with the aim of finding a mutually agreeable solution, the seven associations have already submitted a request for an urgent meeting with the Third Vice President and Minister of the Environment, Infrastructure, Territory, and Recovery. The signatory organizations demand an immediate review of the job assignments and the correction of the functional classification to reflect the true environmental nature of the positions.

List of signatory Colleges: Official College of Environmental Sciences of the Valencian Community, Official College of Biologists of the Valencian Community, Official College of Chemists of the Valencian Community, College of Geologists Delegation in the Valencian Community, Territorial Delegation of the College of Geographers in the Valencian Community and Official College of Chemical Engineers of the Valencian Community.