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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, “la Caixa”

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Culture Development Disabled Persons Education Environment Extreme poverty Family Labour Micro-Credit Migration Refugees Science and Technology Social Development Sustainable Development Volunteerism Women/gender Equality Youth
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Colombia Peru Ethiopia India Mozambique Egypt Ecuador Portugal Spain
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	”la Caixa” has worked for more than 110 years contributing to the advancement of society and the progress of individuals, with a special emphasis on those who need it most at any given moment. The 2016-2019 Strategic Plan reflects how ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation will strive in the coming years to become even more effective in fulfilling our founding purpose, taking very much into account the following mission, vision and values: Web Content Display MISSION To build a better, more just society, that offers greater opportunities to the people who most need them. VISION To be a point of reference for society… … in the development of lasting solutions that cover people’s basic needs and create equality of opportunity. … when responding to new challenges in the field of research, through training and promoting excellence in research. … in the dissemination of culture, science and education throughout all segments of the community. VALUES Social commitment, understood as the commitment to build a better society. The beneficiaries of the Foundation’s energy, effort and capabilities are the people, above all the weakest, and those members of society who have fewer opportunities. Responsibility, meaning the duty to ensure that the organization’s actions are undertaken according to criteria of excellence in management and effectiveness in results. To accomplish this, the programs must be assessed and their activities dynamically defined in order to maximise the achievement of their mission. Confidence, resulting from social recognition of the Foundation’s activity and the impact of its programs. Quality must be the characteristic trait of all the organization’s actions and interventions.
Year established:	1904
Year of registration:	1904
Organizational structure:	Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, “la Caixa”, is a nonprofit organization, and its heritage is bound to the compliance with general interest purposes. It is the result of transforming Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (“la Caixa”) into a banking foundation and, coming from this transformation, the organization maintains its legal personality, with full legal and working capacity. The Foundation focuses its main activity on the care and development of Obra Social and on the appropriate management of CriteriaCaixa. This wholly-owned investee is the holding company for the ”la Caixa” shares in CaixaBank as well as for holdings in other, non-financial, strategic sectors. Fundación Bancaria Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, ”la Caixa”, will mainly carry out its activities throughout the Spanish territory, without prejudice of a special dedication due to its origin to Catalonia and the Balearic islands, as well as the possible development of its activity at a national scale. The Foundation is registered in the Foundations Registry and is bound by Law 26/2013 of 27 December on savings banks and banking foundations, by Law 50/2002 of 26 December on foundations, by the rest of the applicable regulations and by its Statutes. Additionally, the Foundation is under the protection of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and the Bank of Spain carries out the supervision tasks assigned to it by the current regulations. Governing Bodies According to the Law, the government bodies of the Foundation are the Board of trustees and the CEO. The Board of trustees is the highest government body and representation of the Foundation, and they have the task of complying with the foundation purposes and diligently managing the assets and rights which make up the Foundation's heritage, while maintaining its performance and usefulness. The Board of trustees is the body that names the CEO. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF "LA CAIXA" BANKING FOUNDATION Chairman Isidro Fainé Casas Vice-Chairman Juan José López Burniol Trustees Salvador Alemany Mas César Alierta Izuel Shlomo Ben Ami Eugenio Gay Montalvo (designated by Càritas Diocesana de Barcelona) Javier Godó Muntañola Francesc Homs Ferret Jaime Lanaspa Gatnau Asunción Ortega Enciso Artur Santos Silva Javier Solana Madariaga Isabel Estapé Tous Luis Carreras del Rincón (designated by Cruz Roja Española) Carles Llorens i Vila (designated by Ateneu Barcelonès) Secretary (non-member) Josep Maria Coronas Guinart CEO of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation Jaume Giró Ribas
Number and type of members:	CEO of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation Sr. Jaume Giró Ribas Deputy General Director Elisa Durán Montolio Deputy General Manager Esther Planas Herrera Deputy General Manager Marc Simón Martínez Corporate Director of Regional Action and Centres Sr. Rafael Chueca Blasco Corporate Director of Communications and Marketing Jesús Nemesio Arroyo González Corporate Director of of the Research and Strategy Area Ángel Font Vidal Director of the International Area H.R.H. the Infanta Cristina of Spain Director of the Organisation and Information Systems Area Rosa María Cirera Clotet Director of the Science Popularization and CosmoCaixa Area Jordi Portabella Calvete Director of the Culture Area Ignasi Miró Borràs Director of the Commerce and Education Area Javier Bertolín Pueyo Director of the Strategy, Prospective and Internal Communication Ignasi Calvera Cabeza Director of the Institutional Relations Area Ventura Rebés Weindl Director of the Finance and Control Area Eva Bermejo Martínez Director of thePoverty and Health Area Montserrat Buisán Gallardo Director of the Regional Action Area and Centers Marta Vallejo Rodríguez la Caixa Foundation has 400 employees
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

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