Currently, it brings together 680 research centers and postgraduate programs (masters and doctorates) in various fields of the social sciences and humanities, located in 51 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the United States, Africa and Europe.

Through these activities CLACSO contributes to rethinking, from a critical and plural perspective, the integral problems of Latin American and Caribbean societies.

The highest governing body is the General Assembly that takes place every three years.

Its main powers are to choose the Executive Secretary and the members of the Steering Committee; decide on the reports, financial statements and the income and expenses budget; decide on the affiliation and / or disaffiliation of Member Centers proposed by the Steering Committee; and provide guidance on the contents of the proposed work program for the immediate period.

[3] The Executive Secretariat is divided into the following Areas, Programs and Sectors: In order to give visibility and facilitate access to the results of the research of the CLACSO Member Centers, as of 1998, an institutional repository was developed that currently offers free and open access to: The service is a joint effort of: CLACSO, in collaboration with more than 309 member centers in 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, participate in the promotion of open access to the results of research financed with public funds.