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General
management
CIEN Foundation is a State wide public sector Foundation supervised by the Carlos III Institute of Health under the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Com- petitiveness.
The CIEN Foundation is governed by its Statutes; by Law 50/2002, of December 26, on Foundations; by Royal Decree 1337/2005, of November 11, which approves the Regulations of the Foundations of State competence; by the provisions of the National Budget Law, in everything that refers to the Foundations of the State Public Sector; by Royal Decree 384/1996, of March 1, on the Registry of Foundations of State Competence; by Law 49/2002, of December 23, on the Tax Status of Non-Profit Organizations and Tax Incentives to Patronage; and for the rest of the legal provisions of an administrative, civil, mercantile or labor nature that apply to it.
The purpose of the CIEN Foundation is to promote research in all fields of basic, clinical and epidemiological neurology, aspiring to become a Center of national and international reference on research in Alzheimer’s disease and other de- mentias. The CIBERNED-CIEN Foundation consortium is the only Spanish insti- tution recognized as a Center of Excellence in Neurodegeneration within the Centers of Excellence in Neurodegeneration Network (COEN), a complementary initiative to the JPND to establish a common approach to research in neuro- degenerative diseases, promoting collaborative research between recognized national Centers of Excellence in neurodegeneration in order to accelerate pro- gress in understanding the mechanisms of the disease, as well as the identifica- tion of new therapeutic approaches.
Particular aims include fostering scientific advances to have an impact on the healthcare system and the well-being of patients. To this end, an offer of ser-
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