Organizational chart
It is the highest governing body with responsibility for the overall management and planning of the Agency’s research activities. It is a collegiate body, chaired by the person holding the Presidency. Its functions include:
✓ Approve CSIC’s annual and multi-annual action plans
✓ Approve the proposal for the management contract and the preliminary draft budget
✓ Approve annual accounts
✓ Approve organisation and operation rules both at the general level and at the level of their centres, institutes and units
✓ Approve CSIC’s participation in public or private entities
✓ Agree on the creation and abolition of research institutes, centres and units
✓ Carry out follow-up and superior supervision and control of the agency
GOVERNING BOARD COMPOSITION OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STATE AGENCY (CSIC)
(Article 12 of the CSIC State Agency Statute approved by RD 1730/2007 21 December)
GOVERNING BOARD PRESIDENCY
Mrs. ELOÍSA DEL PINO MATUTE
CSIC President
ADVISERS ON BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING MINISTRIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
Mrs. SILVIA CALZÓN FERNÁNDEZ
Spain State Secretary for Public Health
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
Mr. GONZALO ARÉVALO NIETO
Director-General for Research Planification
PRESIDENCY, RELATIONS WITH SPANISH PARLIAMENT AND DEMOCRATIC MEMORY LAW
Mr. RAFAEL OÑATE MOLINA
Director-General of Minister’s Office
FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Mr. JUAN JOSÉ HERRERA CAMPA
Director-General of Personnel Costs and Public Pensions
ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE
Mrs. Mª JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ DE SANCHO
Director-General of Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Mrs. ISABEL BOMBAL DÍAZ
Director-General for Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AMONG PROFESSIONALS OF RECOGNIZED PRESTIGE IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Mrs. MONTSERRAT TORNÉ ESCANY
Geociencias Barcelona - CSIC
Mrs. AMPARO MORALEDA MARTÍNEZ
Independent Advisor to Airbus Group SE, Caixabank SA, Vodafone Plc. and A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S.
Mrs. MARGARITA DEL VAL LATORRE
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa - CSIC, UAM
Mr. DANIEL RAMÓN VIDAL
Biópolis, S.L.
Mr. JUAN ROMO URROZ
Universidad Carlos III Madrid Vice-Chancellor
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
U G T
Mr. FRANCISCO JAVIER SÁNCHEZ ESPAÑA
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España – CSIC
CC OO
Mrs. ALICIA DURÁN CARRERA
Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio - CSIC
C S I F
Mr. RICARDO MARTÍNEZ MURILLO
Instituto Cajal - CSIC
SERVES AS SECRETARIAT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL (non-member)
Mr. IGNACIO GUTIÉRREZ LLANO
CSIC General Secretary
Unipersonal body that has entrusted the following government and execution competences as head of the management bodies.
✓ Presides over the Governing Council and holds the institutional representation of CSIC
✓ Their appointment and dismissal are made by agreement of the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the head of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
The Vice-Presidency for Scientific and Technical Research is the governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. It directs the planning, coordination and monitoring of research, the transfer of knowledge and the recruitment and training of research and technical staff, as well as the management of scientific and technical infrastructures and the evaluation of research activity.
VICEPRESIDENCY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH
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José Mª Martell Berrocal
D.V for Scientific Programming
Jaime Juan Carvajal García-Valdecasas
D.V. for Knowledge Transfer
Ana Castro Morera
D.V. for Scientific- Technical Areas
Elena Cartea González
Post-Graduate and Specialisation Department
Carmen Simón Mateo
Scientific and Technical Areas
The Vice-Presidency for Institutional Affairs & Organisation is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. It directs and coordinates institutional relations; the organization of institutes, centres and units; editorial policy and the scientific-technical information system. Activities to promote scientific culture are also carried out under its direction.
VICEPRESIDENCY FOR INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS & ORGANISATION
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Carlos Juan Closa Montero
D.V for Institutional Affairs
Ana Isabel Criado Contreras
D.V of Organization
Inés Galindo Jiménez
Scientific Information Resources Unit
Institutional Delegations in Autonomous Communities
The Vice-Presidency for International Affairs is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. Responsible for the planning and promotion of international relations linked to research activity. It coordinates the participation of CSIC in European scientific committees and bodies, and plans, coordinates and monitors the participation of CSIC in European and international programmes.
VICEPRESIDENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes
D.V for Internationalization and Cooperation
Isabel Díaz Carretero
International programmes area
Guillermo Sanjuanbenito Garcia
Cooperation and International Resources Area
Mónica Martín-Lanuza Olmeda
CSIC’s Institutional Delegation to the E.U
The General Secretariat is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency. The General Secretariat shall, without prejudice to the superior authority exercised by the President, exercise the following functions:
✓ The management of the Agency’s staff.
✓ The management of the functioning of the administrative organization..
✓ The direction of economic-financial and budgetary management and internal control.
✓ Management of assets, contracts and works and infrastructure.
✓ Direction of the planning, promotion and management of computer development in the CSIC.
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
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Ignacio Gutiérrez Llano
D.G.S for Economic Performance
Mª Esther Vaquero Redondo
D.G.S for Human Resources
Beatriz Esteban Añover
D.G.S for Works and Infrastructures
Mª Carmen González Peñalver
D.G.S for Informatics
Mar Fernández Fernández
D.V. For Legal Advice
José López Calvo
Administrative Office
Juan Manuel Rodriguez Quintana
Management Office
Amor Suárez Muñóz
Governing body supporting and advising the Presidency.
✓ Responsible for internal and external corporate communication
✓ Responsible for protocol
✓ Support body for governing bodies
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
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Mrs. Isabel MARTÍNEZ SIERRA
President’s Office Director
Protocol Unit
Communications Department
Technical Assistance & Coordination Unit
Ethics Department
Informs and advises the Presidency and the Governing Council on the scientific and technological matters entrusted to it. It shall inform, specifically, on a mandatory basis, the Management Contract, the Multi-Annual Action Plans and the creation, modification or abolition of research institutes and units.
Of permanent nature, is chaired by the person holding the Presidency. Members of the committee are the holders of the vice-presidencies and a number of scientists and technologists from different areas of knowledge in which the CSIC conducts research, as determined by the Governing Council.
COMPOSITION
PRESIDENT
Mrs. Eloisa DEL PINO MATUTE
CSIC President
SECRETARY
Mr. Jaime Juan CARVAJAL GARCÍA-VALDECASAS
Deputy Vice-President For Scientific Programming
MEMBERS
Mr. Jose Mª MARTELL BERROCAL
Vice-President For Scientific and Technical Research
Mr. Carlos CLOSA MONTERO
Vice-President for Organizational and Institutional Relations
Mr. Francisco Javier MORENO FUENTES
Vice-President for International Affairs
Mrs. Elena CARTEA GONZÁLEZ
Deputy Vice-President for Scientific-Technical Areas
Mr. Antonio ALCAMÍ
Research Professor at the Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM)
Mrs. Teresa BUSTO DEL CASTILLO
ENTALENTA Founder
Mr. Joan FONT FÀBREGAS
Scientific Researcher at Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA)
Mrs. Emma HUERTAS CABILLA
Tenured Scientist at Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC)
Mr. Luis M. LIZ-MARZÁN
Ikerbasque Professor Scientific Director, CIC biomaGUNE
Mrs. Ángela NIETO TOLEDANO
Research Professor at Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)
Mr. Esteban RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ
Managing Director (CEO) of BIOFABRI, S. L.
Mr. Alberto SANFELIU CORTÉS
University Professor, Instituto de Robótica e Informática Industrial
(IRII-CSIC-UPC)
Mrs. Montserrat VILÀ PLANELLA
Research Professor at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)
Institutional body with specific competencies in the field of scientific integrity and ethics in research.
The mission of the Commission on Women and Science is to achieve, together with the Presidency, gender equality in research at the Spanish National Research Council.
The Institutional Delegations are in charge of institutional representation and coordination of its institutes of research in their territorial areas. They carry out coordination, representation and management, and provide support to CSIC’s research investigation, innovation and knowledge transfer, traineeship, scientific culture and visibility.
Delegation to the European Union