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E-governance and Citizen Information 72 Structure and Organisation5.3. Cooperation and Transversality at the Management Levels of theAdministration of the GeneralitatThe sources to observe the horizontal integration at the management levels of the Generalitatmainly come from the analysis of the social networks, used to visualise the relations betweenthe departments of the Generalitat. The relational data show the link existing between two elementsand from here we can build networks that graphically show a general vision of the stateof relations in a defined set of actors (Molina, 2001). The knowledge of the links existing betweenauthors gives us not only a descriptive analysis that will help us understand the connectionbetween actors in a determined field. In addition, the high explanatory power provided bythe graphical representations of networks (Brandes et al., 2005) allows us to identify the neuralgicpoints of the network of relationships between departments and the nodes with a higherweight (and power).5.3.1. The Interdepartmental NetworksThe interdepartmental commissions are organs with a high political level and executives ofthe Generalitat (mainly the chairman, members of the board, general secretaries and managingdirectors), the origin of which “is to guarantee work in cooperation” (P107). 14 For someyears now, the Generalitat has registered the existing interdepartmental commissions, thename of the commission, the regulations, the main purpose and finally, the departments participatingin it. With this information, we have carried out a comparative study of the existingcommissions in February 2003 and April 2006, through which we have observed, at leastpartially, the evolution of relations established between the councils of the Generalitat. 15 Theparticipation in common events (the interdepartmental commissions) creates relations betweenactors (councils) (Wasserman and Faust, 1999). 16 In this sense, to obtain a good connection tothe network, not only it is important to be present in a large number of commissions, but actorspresent in the network must also be well connected. We are interested in observing not onlythe volume of relations but also the number of participating departments, those with the mostconstant presence, the centralities configured, etc. To carry out this study, we have carriedout an analysis of affiliation networks.14. The Interdepartmental Commissions are administrative organs used for coordination, consultation, assessment andproposal tasks, aimed at managing issues that could affect more than one department. They have consulting competencies.15. We must take into account that the number of departments existing as of April 2006 was higher (16) than those existingin February 2006 (13).16. Even though in affiliation networks the joint-results do not necessarily involve a relation between actors, in the case ofthe networks analysed, an initial budget has been used, since the decisions of the commissions link participating departments.http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic