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she clothes and cares for him despite the       healthy brain, its diseases and their social
            toll that the years have taken on her. The      impact. The CIEN Foundation is one of its
            third prize (Bronze Neuronita) went to          founding members and has participated
            Adiós hija, by Olga de Lorian, which tells      as secretary in its Board of Directors since
            the story of Sara, a young woman who            November 2013. The CEC carries out these
            returns home after spending a few years         tasks in permanent contact with the Euro-
            abroad but will encounter a reality that she    pean Brain Council (EBC), participating in
            would have never imagined. A letter from        turn as an observer member in the Aca-
            her mother will change everything.              demy of the European Brain Council and
                                                            as a deputy member of representation of
            The jury, chaired by the deputy director of     the Academy in the General Assembly of
            networks and cooperative research cen-          the EBC.
            ters of the Carlos III Health Institute, Ms.
            Margarita Blázquez, has valued "the high        In 2020 the CEC has participated in several
            quality and professionalism of all the pro-     activities, in which we highlight the fo-
            posals, as well as the diversity of approa-     llowing:
            ches when addressing a topic as complex
            as Alzheimer's disease". During the con-
            test, a colloquium in which the actress and     1. Organization of activities:
            member of the Film Academy María Luisa
            San José, the film director Alfonso Alba-       Brain Research Information Day. The
            cete, and the director and actress Cindy        Spanish Brain Council, the Spanish Parkin-
            Fuentes, winner of the Golden Neuronita         son's Federation and the CIEN Foundation
            for the best short film in the First edition    organized an information day about brain
            of the festival, talked about the relations-    research. The event was scheduled for
            hip between cinema and Alzheimer's also         March 18, 2020 and was part of the Dana
            took place.                                     Foundation's Brain Awareness Week.
                                                            Patients and researchers were to meet to
                                                            discuss the importance of clinical and neu-
            The CIEN Foundation at the Spani-               ropsychological evaluation, neuroimaging
            sh Brain Council                                studies, and brain tissue donation. In the
                                                            end this event was canceled due to the
            The Spanish Brain Council (CEC, for its         pandemic.
            acronym in Spanish), was founded in 2009
            as a non-governmental organization that         Erasmus + Care4Autism Project. The appli-
            brings together scientific societies and        cation for the Care4Autism project is sub-
            patient and industry associations, with         mitted to the Erasmus+ call with several
            the fundamental objective of promoting          European partners, including several Na-
            brain research in Spain and thus expan-         tional Brain Councils (NBCs). The Council
            ding knowledge of the functioning of the        for the first time leads a European project





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