Under the provisions of Law 9/2013 of 9 December on transparency, access to public information and good governance, and in order to enable the publication of data and facilitate the fulfillment of these obligations of active publicity, the “Fundación Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Energía Alternativas CIC energiGUNE Fundazioa” makes this Transparency Portal available to the public.

1- Institutional Information

Creation

The Basque Foundation for the Development of Energy Technologies-ENERLAN, CIC energiGUNE´s genesis, was born as a private and permanent foundation, created by public deed on 31 October 1996 by the following founding trustees: Iberdrola, MCC, Sener, ldom, Babcock-Wilcox, the Department of Industry of the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Alava and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE). It was added to the Register of Foundations by virtue of the Ordinance of 14 September 1998 of the Regional Minister for Justice, the Economy, Labour and Social Security, which entered the so-called "Basque Foundation for the Development of Energy Technologies" in the Register of Foundations of the Basque Country.

At the end of 2006, the Basque Government decided to create a new Cooperative Research Centre (CIC) in the field of energy technologies. The design of this Centre was framed within the 3E-2010 Plan of the Basque Country´s energy policy, and the Science, Technology and Research Plan (2007-2010), as well as the needs detected in the framework of the Strategic Plan of the Energy Cluster.

At a meeting of the Foundation´s Board of Members held on 9 July 2007, it was agreed to modify the Foundation´s name and adapt its Statutes to become the entity that will undertake the objectives and actions assigned to CIC energiGUNE.

The Foundation is inscribed in the Basque Country Foundations Register under number F-59, having been classified by virtue of its purposes in Section 1 of the same Register, relating to teaching and research foundations.

Functions that it develops

The aim and purpose of the foundation is the promotion and development of all scientific research and technological development activities of interest for the industry in the field of energy technologies and the coordination with other entities for the encouragement of the energy technology strategy of the Basque Autonomous Community.

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Applicable regulations

The Foundation operates in the exercise of its functions by its Statutes, by Law 9/2016, of 2 June, on Foundations of the Basque Country, as well as by Decrees 100/2007 and 101/2007, of 19 June, which approve the Regulations of the Protectorate of Foundations and the Registry of Foundations of the Basque Country, respectively.

The Foundation also operates in its contractual activity by the Law 9/2017, of 8 November, on Public Sector Contracts, which transposes into Spanish law the Directives of the European Parliament and Council 2014/23/EU and 2014/24/EU, of 26 February 2014, in which framework it is considered a contracting authority that does not have the status of a Public Administration.

The Foundation has been accredited as a Technological Scientific Agent integrated in the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network, in the category of Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) in accordance with what is specified in Article 22.2 of Decree 109/2015 of 23 June, which regulates and updates the composition of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network.

1.2- Governing bodies and organizational structure

The highest governing body of the Foundation is the Board of Members.

1.3- Remuneration

No one of the board of members receives any compensation for his or her position as an employer, either in salary or expenses.

2- Economic information

2.1- Annual Accounts

The "Fundación Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Energía Alternativas CIC energiGUNE Fundazioa" submits its annual accounts to an audit. The foundation deposits its accounts in the Foundations Register where they are available for consultation.

2.2- Grants and subsidies received

2.3- Signed contracts and agreements

Access to contractor´s profile

If you do not find the information you are looking for in the Transparency Portal, you can submit your request for information by email (administracion@cicenergigune.com) or by post to the following address Fundación CIC energiGUNE, Albert Einstein nº 48, 01510 Vitoria - Gasteiz, Álava.