The Minister of Culture and Business Affairs appoints delegates for the Committee on the Icelandic Sign Language every four years, in accordance with Article 7 of Act no. 61, from 7 June 2011, on the status of the Icelandic language and Icelandic sign language.

The role of the Icelandic Sign Language Committee is to encourage the promotion of Icelandic sign language and its use in Icelandic public life, strengthen its status and respect, and take action needed to preserve it.

When appointing the committee the following must be consulted: the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Iceland, the Communication Center for Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, the Association of the Deaf, the Union of Icelandic Municipalities.

Since the committee was first appointed, the Communication Center has handled the budget for the committee, despite the fact that according to law, the office of the committee is in the Árna Magnússon Foundation for Icelandic Studies.

The minister appoints five people to sit on the committee and an equal number of alternates.

For the period 2020-2024, the Icelandic Sign Language Language Committee is appointed like this:

• Heiðdís Dögg Eiríksdóttir, chairperson

• Rannveig Sverrisdóttir, vice-chairperson

• Árni Ingi Jóhannesson

• Árný Guðmundsdóttir

• Hjördís Anna Haraldsdóttir

Over the years the Communication Center has been involved in diverse development projects.

Some of them can be seen here

A Sign Language Resarch Laboratory is operated at the University of Iceland and belongs to the School of Humanities.

The Sign language Research Laboratory is based on the collaboration between the Institute of Linguistics and the Communication Center. The aim is to promote research on sign language, sign language communication, interpretation, language development of sign language speaking children and the pedagogy of sign language and sign language interpretation. In addition, cooperation between those involved in sign language research is encouraged, to ensure the best use of knowledge and resources.

Sign language teachers at the Communication Center teach sign language and sign language interpretation at the University of Iceland.