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The event EN2020, promoted by the Queen Sofia Foundation and the Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIEN) Foundation, and promoted by the Ministries of Finance; Health, Consumption and Social Welfare; Science, Inno- vation and Universities, and the Carlos III Institute of Health, aims to raise public awareness on the importance of promoting research on neurodegenerative dis- eases to advance in the knowledge of the origin of their causes, the only way to reduce the number of people affected and stop the advance of these diseases; to promote the fundraising activities that will be used for the scientific and so- cial purposes of both Foundations and as a platform for the generation of ideas and the exchange of experiences between experts and scientists in the field of neuroscience throughout the world. Numerous initiatives have been carried out around this event, such as the raffle dedicated to Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020. Last Saturday, September 28, 2019 State Lotteries and Betting dedicated its raffle to Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020 Research Year. Throughout Section 7 of this Report, we will see that many of the activities described are framed in the EN2020 event.
The main objectives of this initiative are:
• Contribute to Spain being among the leading countries in international scien- tific research on neurodegenerative diseases.
• Collaborate in the consolidation of the European program against these dis- eases.
• Raise funds from private and philanthropic origin for the social and research purposes of the Queen Sofia Foundation and the CIEN Foundation.
Christmas Tree of Memories
“Remember for those who can no longer” is the premise with which the Queen Sofia Foundation and the CIEN (Neurological Diseases Research Center) Foun- dation set up every year the “Christmas Tree of Memories” at the Cibeles Cen- troCentro in the capital, an initiative that has the support of the Madrid City Council, and which is aimed at raising awareness in society about the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in those who suffer from it, which in 2019 has been framed as one of the activities of the Event of Exceptional Public Interest NEURO 2020 .
The “Tree of Memories” could be visited last Christmas by the locals and visi- tors who passed through the CentroCentro, who has the opportunity hung their most precious Christmas memory on special cards prepared for the occasion, as well as through social networks with the hashtag #TreeofMemory.
The opening ceremony was attended by José Luis Nogueira, secretary of the Queen Sofia Foundation; Ma Ángeles Pérez, manager of the CIEN Foundation; José Aniorte, councilor of the Madrid City Council and of the Family, Equality and Social Welfare area Government delegate, and Mercedes Montenegro, gen- eral director of the Elderly from the Madrid City Council.
7. Dissemination activities
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