According to the Constitution, the Secretariat is responsible for the administration and management of the Network, specifically to:

• Keep the Network’s files and minutes.
• Arrange for the Network’s publications.
• Prepare the annual reports.
• Prepare, organise and convene the Network’s meetings.
• Prepare, organise and convene the Board’s meetings.
• Collect fees and subscriptions.
• Management of all financial procedures.
• Provide any kind of assistance INQAAHE members may require.
• Assume other responsibilities, as agreed by the Board, not provided for in the Constitution.

Only full members can provide the Secretariat for INQAAHE. The Secretariat is appointed for a term of two and a half years.

At least six months before the end of the first term of the Secretariat the Board decides whether the Secretariat —if interested— may continue for a second term of two and a half years. In this case the existing contract is prolonged for another term of two and a half years without re-tender. If the first term contract is not automatically prolonged, and in any case after a second term, an open call is published for candidates to host the INQAAHE Secretariat.