The Plenary Session of the Council approved the decree for the creation of the new Inter-University Institute, López Piñero, of Historical and Social Studies, which will be devoted to issues related to science, technology, medicine and the environment. The universities that participate in this center are Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Miguel Hernández de Elx and the University of Valencia. The main headquarters of this new Institute is the Palacio de Cerveró, in the center of the city of Valencia.