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ANNUAL REPORT 2019

365 DAYS PERSON BY PERSON CONTENTS

2 Letter from the Chairman: Life To Your Days 4 Board of Trustees 5 Senior Management 6 Essence of ”la Caixa” 8 Global Goals

10 12 CaixaProinfancia Social 14 Employment Poverty 16 Advanced Diseases Cooperation 18 Interculturality 19 The Elderly 20 Volunteers 21 EspaiCaixa Francesc d’Assís 22 Esperanza Foundation 23 Housing 24 Support for Social Initiative Projects 26 International Cooperation 28 Territorial Social Action

30 32 Fellowships Research 34 Research Fellowships 36 Innovation Innovation 40 ”la Caixa” Social Observatory 42 Palau Macaya

44 46 CaixaForum Culture 48 Exhibitions Education 50 ”la Caixa” Collection 58 CosmoCaixa 60 ”la Caixa” Art for Change 61 Music 62 Travelling Exhibitions 64 Education

68 Structure 69 Expenditure 70 Directory 72 Credits ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Life to your days

o leave no one behind”: this is the motto of the 2015 UN agreement signed by more than 200 world leaders. It is based on three premises: to eradicate poverty, to reduce inequality and to care for the planet. Its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which we report on in the pages of this Annual Re- Tport, are all rooted in these premises. It could indeed be said that all of them have been employed body and soul through our Foundation ever since ”la Caixa” was founded 115 years ago. It was the philanthropic efforts of our founder, Franc- esc Moragas, that led him to build an entity against a very complex social backdrop in 1904 that is today essentially aligned with these SDGs. These goals are our compass.

They are also tied to the main lines of our Strate- gic Plan 2016-2019, whose premise, “Cambiamos presentes, construimos futuros” (A better society thanks to you), has guided our Foundation. This year culminates with challenges overcome: focus- ing on social programmes, multiplying research investment, maintaining excellence in cultural and scientific dissemination and promoting educational transformation, among others.

The balance of these past 365 days is more than 50,000 initiatives benefitting more than 16 million people. It is the result of partnerships with employees, volunteers, social entities, schools and health centre, among others.

“Why do I find it difficult to read?” This is not a trivi- al question, given that dyslexia affects thousands of people. Finding a solution is the reason behind one of the 79 projects of excellence that have this year received the support of ”la Caixa” Foundation. In- vestment in training, research and innovation has tripled during this four-year period.

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Miguel Ángel struggles to write his story. He was born in Polígono Sur, a deprived shanty town area in Sevilla. Thanks to the help he has received from CaixaProinfancia ever since he was a child, he is now completing his Hispanic Philology course and has also won several literary awards and is publishing his first book. The programme is now a model for the comprehensive development and social inclusion of children experiencing poverty. This 2019, it fulfilled the promise it made 12 years ago: to be present in all of Spain’s autonomous communities.

“Everything is much easier now: I have an occupation; I have enough to live on and I feel useful.” These are the words of Rafaella, one of the beneficiaries of the ”la Caixa” Foundation Incorpora programme, which provides work for vulnerable people. In this case, in Portugal. One of our organisation’s principles is to take its social action to territories where CaixaBank conducts its financial activity. Portugal’s budget was increased to 20 million euros in 2019.

Our Comprehensive Care for People with Advanced Diseases programme, which this year celebrated its tenth anniversary in Spain, has been adapted to the reality in Portugal in the form of Humaniza. “When you can’t give more days to your life, you have to give more life to your days,” in the words of a social worker who, alongside psychologists, spiritual agents and doctors, has accompanied 184,553 patients and 250,817 family members during one of the most delicate moments of their lives.

This 2019 also marked the 30th anniversary of CaixaForum Lleida, the 15th of CosmoCaixa and the 5th of CaixaForum Zaragoza. Establishing long-term agreements with the world’s best institutions, such as the Centre Pompidou or the British Museum, is one of the keys to the success of the ”la Caixa” Foundation model of cultural and scientific dissemination through its centres and Con- temporary Art Collection, which was on show this year at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.

“Learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be.” This is what Jacques Delors wrote in the 1996 UNESCO report entitled Education: The Treasure Within. Our ProFuturo project, which we launched in 2016 together with the Telefónica Foundation to reduce the educational gap through technology, has benefited 10.3 million children worldwide. We have set ourselves a goal for 2030: to reach 25 million. This is part of our contribution to the United Nations Agenda 2030. Our commitment: Isidro Fainé to leave no one behind. Chairman of ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation

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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 Luis Carreras del Rincón Isabel Estapé Tous Eugenio Gay Montalvo Javier Godó Muntañola Francesc Homs Ferret Jaime Lanaspa Gatnau Carles Llorens Vila Asunción Ortega Enciso Artur Santos-Silva Javier Solana Madariaga

Secretary (not member) Josep Maria Coronas Guinart

General Manager Antonio Vila Bertrán

Deputy General Director Elisa Durán Montolío

Board of Trustees as of 31 December 2019

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF ”la Caixa” BANKING FOUNDATION

Chairman Isidro Fainé Casas*

General Manager Antonio Vila Bertrán*

Deputy General Director Elisa Durán Montolío*

Deputy General Manager Esther Planas Herrera*

Deputy General Manager Marc Simón Martínez*

Corporate Director of Regional Action and Centres Rafael Chueca Blasco*

Corporate Director of Communication and Marketing Jesús Nemesio Arroyo González*

Corporate Director of Research and Strategy Area Ángel Font Vidal*

Director of International Area H.R.H. Infanta Doña Cristina

Director of Culture and Scientific Divulgation Department Ignasi Miró Borràs

Director of Commerce and Education Area Javier Bertolín Pueyo

Director of Organisation and Information Systems Area Rosa María Cirera Clotet

Director of Strategy, Prospective and Internal Communication Ignasi Calvera Cabeza

Director of Institutional Relations Area Ventura Rebés Weindl

Director of Finance and Control Area Eva Bermejo Martínez

Director of Poverty and Health Area Montserrat Buisán Gallardo

Director of Regional Action Area and Centres Marta Vallejo Rodríguez

*Board of Directors of ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation Directors as of 31 December 2019

- 5 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 The essence of ”la Caixa” Foundation

”la Caixa” Foundation arose from a better, fairer society that offers the transformation of Caixa d’Es- more opportunities to those who ABOUT US talvis i Pensions de Barcelona in- need them most. It is for all these ”la Caixa” Foundation is a non- to a banking foundation. The in- reasons that ”la Caixa” Founda- profit organisation dedicated to stitution was founded in 1904 by tion focuses its interest on pro- achieving general interest aims, the humanist Francesc Moragas grammes with the greatest trans- primarily by stimulating and with the goal of stimulating sav- formational impact, such as those developing social, charitable, ings, dignifying old age, eradicat- combatting child poverty and so- welfare, research, educational ing disease and offering a better cial exclusion, those stimulating and cultural works. future to the working classes employment and those helping to and the most needy. It focused improve the living conditions of the It is an organisation that works its main activity on the care and most vulnerable people. to contribute to the progress of development of its Foundation, society and is committed to peo- which has defined it since its cre- Furthermore, the activities of ple’s present and future. ation until today. its Foundation also focus on other crucial areas to promote The Foundation’s activity revolves The values and founding principles progress and equal opportuni- around one core aim: to build a of ”la Caixa” have been consolidat- ties, such as biomedical research more cohesive, equitable and bet- ed over the course of its 115-year and innovation, training excel- ter society by addressing the needs history. Its main mission is to build lence, culture and education. of the most vulnerable people.

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Mission Values Principles To build a better and fairer socie- Social commitment, in the ty, providing more opportunities sense of a commitment to build- of action to those who most need them. ing a better society. The labours, efforts and abilities of ”la Caixa” Compliance with laws Foundation are all aimed towards and regulations people, especially those most vul- Integrity and transparency nerable and those members of society who have fewer opportunities. Social and environmental responsibility Responsibility, in relation to the duty to guarantee that the or- Respect for people ganisation’s actions are conduct- Professionalism and teamwork ed according to criteria of excellence as regards management and efficiency in results. In order to do this, it is therefore necessary to assess its programmes and dynamically define their actions to best fulfil its mission. Trust, as a result of the social recognition of the activity of ”la Caixa” Foundation and the impact of its programmes. Quality must be the hallmark of all the institution’s actions and interventions.

2019 in Portugal

One of the principles of action guiding ”la Caixa” Foundation is to locate its Foundation in territories where CaixaBank conducts its financial activity. As part of BPI’s entry into the Group, the institution began gradually implementing its social, cultural, educational and scientific programmes in that country in 2018. ”la Caixa” Founda- tion increased Portugal’s budget to 20 mullion euros in 2019. The master plan for Portugal is being developed through four channels: adapting the programmes of ”la Caixa” Foundation, announcing Initialling the calls for grants for social entity collaboration projects, intervening locally in agreement between ”la Caixa” collaboration with BPI and projects Foundation and especially designed to meet the Universidade Nova country’s specific challenges. de Lisboa. The pages of this report provide an account of the various actions conducted throughout the year.

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GLOBAL GOALS n 2015, the United Nations Gener- al Assembly launched its Sustain- able Development Goals (SDGs), ”la Caixa” Foundation an initiative supported by nearly 200 world leaders with the aim of eradicating poverty, hunger and aligned with Sustainable inequality by 2030. The social, Iscientific, educational and cultural programmes of ”la Caixa” Development Goals Foundation are directly linked to these SDGs. More than 50,000 in- Spain’s first private foundation and one itiatives are promoted each year of the most important in the world, that benefit more than 16 million people worldwide, 11 million of the entity is a leading institution when which are in Spain. it comes to promoting the Sustainable Since the drawing up of Agenda Development Goals (SDGs) of the United 2030, ”la Caixa” Foundation has Nations. taken an active role in promoting the need for a more sustainable planet. The entity was therefore invited to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 25 September 2019. Best practices were shared in order to promote transnational partnerships during a meeting with the world’s largest private foundations.

Meeting held as part of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 2019.

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”la Caixa” In the interest of sustainabili- Palau Macaya, Foundation, ty, ”la Caixa” Foundation has obtained the Clean CO2 Certified home of SDGs internationally with QR Code seal, which accred- recognised for its the organisation’s neutrality promoting the urgent in emissions and commitment to The SDG Observatory is a centre for fighting against climate change; analysis set up by ”la Caixa” Founda- need to build a more tion in collaboration with a research sustainable planet the ISO 14001 Certification for the team from the ESADE Chair in environmental management sys- Leadership and Democratic tem of all its facilities, certified by Governance. It is housed in Palau Agenda 2030 sets out 17 Sustain- AENOR; and the Biosphere Certi- Macaya, an international knowledge able Development Goals (SDGs) fication for the Cap Roig Festival, centre created by ”la Caixa” Founda- tion to promote social transformation with 169 targets that cover eco- which for the first time accredits through innovation and dissemina- nomic, social and environmental the sustainability of a major mu- tion (see pages 42 and 43 of this spheres. All of them urge a com- sical event. Annual Report). The main goal of the mitment to innovation, energy SDG Observatory is to enable the use, responsible production and commitment of the private sector to the Global Agenda, acting as a point consumption, action against cli- of reference and source of inspiration mate change, protecting ecosys- and providing support in the field of tems and making cities and com- sustainable development. It munities sustainable. simultaneously promotes synergies between local companies and encourages social debate and public awareness of the relevance of the SDGs.

The pages of this Annual Report reflect the link between the ”la Caixa” Foundation programmes and the SDGs.

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social I POVERTY I cooperaTION

115 years with the most vulnerable groups

”la Caixa” Foundation works alongside hundreds of entities and thousands of volunteers to fight poverty and social exclusion, provide everyone with the same opportunities, ensure a healthy life and promote wellbeing in general.

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Twelve years of breaking Socio-occupational A decade of Calls for social initiative the vicious cycle of inclusion addressed from accompanying people project grants poverty for children and a new, comprehensive with advanced diseases throughout Spain and their families perspective Portugal

- 11 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 caixaproinfancia aixaProinfancia is dedicated to providing children aged between 0 and 18 in situations of poverty or social exclusion the same opportunities as everyone else. The aim of the programme is to break the vicious cycle of poverty hand- ed down from parents to children Cin order to promote new forms of More than 10 years care focused on social and educational development through a se- breaking the vicious ries of grants. When it was launched 12 years ago, CaixaProinfancia was de- circle of poverty ployed in 11 cities and metropoli- tan areas: Barcelona, Madrid, Bil- Starting from 2019, CaixaProinfancia bao, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, is now present in all Spanish regions Palma, Sevilla, Valencia, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas with a consolidated work model de Gran Canaria. Over the years, for the comprehensive development it has been extended to other cities in Spain and this 2019, it has and social inclusion of children fulfilled its desire to be present in in situations of poverty. all autonomous communities.

The CaixaProinfancia programme is already present in all autonomous communities.

This networked programme seeks to provide full care for children from vulnerable families

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A representative sample of chil- Presence in all dren from the CaixaProinfancia programme shows that 81.1% pass autonomous their 4th year of secondary school to accredit their training, given communities that the gross graduation rate at secondary school level in Spain CaixaProinfancia was deployed in is 77.6% and this figure drops to three new autonomous communi- 50% for students in situations of ties over the course of 2019: Asturi- vulnerability. as (Mieres), Cantabria (Santander) and La Rioja (Logroño), making it now present in all 17 Spanish autonomous communities.

Personally speaking

Strengthening Miguel Ángel Díaz Díaz (Sevilla) A successful track record. His family is from one of the self-esteem most vulnerable neighbourhoods in Polígono Sur and in 2019 they requested help from Radio ECCA. From that time on, he and his parents have been receiving the support of CaixaProinfancia and other ”la Caixa” CaixaProinfancia conducted a Foundation programmes. Today, Miguel Ángel is studying qualitative study in 2019 through the 3rd year of Hispanic Philology, has received several programme’s scientific management literary awards and has just published his first book. (Ramon Llull University) with young people recognised in its tenth Cozar Mohamed (Bilbao) anniversary, celebrated in 2018, for having completed their higher Cozar and her family lived as refugees in Algeria. They education studies. 85% of these arrived in Burgos in 2005 and then moved to Bilbao. young people share a clearly positive A good student, Cozar began to fail in her 2nd year of view of their time in the programme. secondary school. With the support of her parents and With the grants and accompaniment the help of CaixaProinfancia, she finished high school and passed her university entrance examination. they received, 75% of them saw She is now deciding whether to study chemistry or their confidence and self-esteem childhood education. strengthened. Caridad del Cobre (Gran Canaria) An example to follow. Despite adversities, she is currently studying Tourism at university. Her efforts have shown that you can get ahead when you have the necessary help. Thanks to the support she has received from CaixaProinfancia and the perseverance and strength she inherited from her mother, she managed to excel in her secondary school studies.

CaixaProinfancia

PROGRAMME Total IN 2019 mORE THAN 318,808 62,825 400 children children collaborating entities

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EMPLOYMENT society’s progress is measured by the equal employment opportunities it offers. The ”la Caixa” Foundation job integration programme acts as a bridge between social entities and companies, contributes to raising awareness, Aactively seeks out employment opportunities and promotes so- The world’s best cial responsibility in companies.

”la Caixa” Foundation Incorpo- job: helping people ra is aimed at vulnerable people, such as victims of gender-based violence, the disabled, the men- to find a job tally ill, young people and people aged over 45. Its main lines ”la Caixa” Foundation promotes of action include Self-Employ- programmes and initiatives aimed ment, aimed at people who are at risk of social exclusion with en- at helping vulnerable people with trepreneurial skills and business difficulties in accessing employment. ideas, and Reincorpora, which offers inmates the opportunity to build a new future by fully inte- grating into society through personalised itineraries. ”la Caixa” Foundation also promotes projects for people with disabilities or in situations of social vulnerability through its Socio- occupational insertion call.

Companies with Aura: Event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aura Foundation, the first entity in Spain to use the Supported Employment methodology in companies for people with intellectual disabilities and that has collaborated with the ”la Caixa” Foundation Incorpora Programme since its inception, with a total of 400 contracts.

JOB INTEGRATION 2019 SELF-EMPLOYMENT 2019 532 98,944 43,757 14,198 SOCIAL PEOPLE PEOPLE CONTRACTING 1,356 ENTITIES ASSISTED INTEGRATED COMPANIES MICROENTERPRISES CREATED

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In 2019, the ”la Caixa” Youth Em- This year, CaixaForum Barcelo- ployment programme, co-financed na hosted the Incorpora Mental Incorpora by the European Social Fund and Health. Open Mind to Job Place- ”la Caixa” Foundation, complet- ment seminar, in which the busi- Portugal ed the call for applications aimed ness world was encouraged at companies hiring young people to become an active agent for In 2019, the ”la Caixa” Foundation aged between 16 and 29 who are health. More than 14,500 peo- Incorpora programme provided a registered in the national youth ple with mental health prob- total of 1,000 jobs in Portugal for guarantee system. More than 1,800 lems have found work thanks to people at risk or in situations of ex- young people have been able to ac- the ”la Caixa” Foundation socio- clusion thanks to the collabora- cess stable, quality employment occupational insertion pro- tion of 427 companies. Moreover, ”la Caixa” Foundation increased the thanks to this programme, with 74% gramme. number of social entities in charge of of the contracts being indefinite. promoting hiring by socially responsible Portuguese companies from 33 to 46. These entities are located Personally speaking in Lisbon (14), Porto (9), Coimbra (5), Setúbal (5), Faro (5), Beja (3), Viseu (3) and Évora (2). The people at risk are young people who neither study nor Judit, 27 years old. Pastry chef at Noguera Bosch. work (NEETs), unemployed people ”la Caixa” Youth Employment programme. over 45, former prisoners and drug “When I finished my internship here, they addicts, victims of domestic violence hired me and I stayed because I knew I and people with disabilities. The In- wanted to be a pastry chef.” stituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional collaborated in the hiring process of Incorpora entities in Portugal, while providing support in Ioan. Specialist in metals. the implementation process of the ”la Caixa” Youth Employment programme. programme in the country. “Because I like what I do, I wake up every morning enthusiastically wanting to go to work.” Personally speaking “Everything is much easier Jessé Hidalgo. Employee at Josep de la Cruz SL. now: I have an occupation; I ”la Caixa” Foundation Mental Health Incorpora programme. can get by every day and I feel “My goal in the company is to be increasingly more useful.” autonomous and to assume more responsibilities, Rafaella. Deputy head at Alhos e to repay the opportunity that I have been given Bugalhos. and to become independent in my personal life.” “My time away from work has changed radically. I needed John Griffiths. Expert in job stress management. this change.” Incorpora Mental Health. Open Mind to Job Placement André. Head of Merchandising at seminar at CaixaForum Barcelona this year. Brico Depôt Loures. “Work is a good place to protect mental health, given that two thirds of adults spend at least half of their active time working.”

SELF-EMPLOYMENT 2019 reINCORPORA 2019 INCORPORA PORTUGAL 2019 46 104 4,182 1,000 427 3,158 SOCIAL TECHNICIANS PEOPLE PEOPLE CONTRACTING ITINERARIES ENTITIES ASSISTED PLACED COMPANIES INITIATED

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ADVANCED diseases approaches (medical, psychological, social and spiritual), so that medical teams can deal with pain in tandem with psychosocial care teams, which treat the suffering of people with advanced diseases, as well as that of their families.

Volunteers, or soul mates, are 10 years accompanying a key element, given their commitment to the efforts of accompaniment and their ability to lis- at end of life ten. The programme recently set up the Loneliness and End-of- 10th anniversary of the Life programme to deal with ex- Comprehensive Care for People treme cases of absolute solitude of people lacking family or a so- The programme’s with Advanced Diseases programme aim is to ensure cial fabric to embrace them. The “no person should programme has 14 assistance in 17 autonomous communities. die alone, always accompanied”. networks throughout Spain.

ecause health is the most pre- cious good” and so that “no person dies alone, always accompanied”. These two reasons are why ”la Caixa” Foundation launched a pioneering programme 10 years Bago: Comprehensive Care for Peo- ple with Advanced Diseases, with the aim of improving the quality of life of these people in Spain’s 17 autonomous communities and in Ceuta.

The programme exemplifies the founding mission of ”la Caixa” 115 years ago to build a better, fairer society by accompanying people in situations of great vulnerability, in other words, at the end of their lives. Comprehen- sive care involves combining four

ADVANCED diseases 52 143 133 184,553 250,817 psychosocial hospitals HOME TEAMS TOTAL PATIENTS TOTAL relatives Care Teams (PCTs)

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The programme also has 5 EspaiCaixa spaces in various hospitals so that patients and their families can feel at home. Similarly, the School for Care- givers responds to the needs of family members caring for people at the end of their lives, providing them with support to make them feel more secure in Humaniza their daily lives. programme session in Portugal. The programme has 52 psychosocial care teams (PCTs) distrib- Humaniza uted throughout Spain and Por- in Portugal tugal, made up of more than 200 professionals (psychologists, social workers, spiritual agents, The Humaniza programme, an adap- doctors and nurses), in addition tation of the Comprehensive Care for to more than 1,000 volunteers. People with Advanced Diseases programme, promoted in Portugal by They work within a network of ”la Caixa” Foundation in collaboration 143 hospitals and 133 home sup- with the Ministry of Health and Gener- port teams. The programme has al Secretaries of Health of the Azores been extended to Mexico and and Madeira, completed its first year Hong Kong. in 2019. The work of 10 Psychosocial Care Teams distributed in various regions This comprehensive networked of Portugal was consolidated over the care from ”la Caixa” Foundation course of the year. They were selected is managed by the Catalan Insti- in 2018 by a public competition to pro- tute of Oncology and backed by vide additional health care assistance to palliative medical teams, including the World Health Organisation accompaniment at an emotional, social and international scientific com- and spiritual level during the process of munity. illness and mourning, including support for professionals and the actions of volunteers. ”la Caixa” Foundation assisted 4,473 patients and 5,445 family mem- Personally speaking bers in 2019. Together with Ordem dos Médicos, a total of 13 fellowships were awarded for Patient Social worker medical specialisation in palliative care. This initiative will increase the num- “Their company gives you “When you can’t give more ber of doctors with these skills in Portu- strength and makes you feel days to life, you have to give gal by 20%. you are not alone. Sometimes more life to your days.” Within the framework of the call I cry for joy at feeling so to support associative movements cared for.” Doctor launched in 2018, 4 innovative projects “Humanising assistance is from non-profit entities with recognised experience in the field of advanced dis- going to see a sick person eases were selected: Compassivas Co- Relative and their family, leaving munidades: Laços que Cuidam, from “I was in a very intense your gown in the office and the Associação Portuguesa de Cuida- emotional situation, including approaching them as we are: dos Paliativos; (Des)cobrir a ELA: estar life-changing stress, and they people.” perto de quem está longe, from the As- helped me get my second sociação Portuguesa de Esclerose Lat- eral Amiotrófica; IntegrAçores, Cuidados Psychologist wind and move on.” Paliativos Integrais para Todos, from the “My job is to help channel all Grupo de Amigos dos Cuidados Palia- the anguish felt by the sick tivos do Hospital Divino Espírito Santo Volunteer person at the moment of a de Ponta Delgada, and Caixa de Músi- “You leave the room and think threat of their own exis- ca, from the Associação Portuguesa de Música nos Hospitais e Instituições de the world is a better place.” tence.” Solidariedade.

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INTERCULTURALITY

For a more cohesive society The Intercultural Community Intervention (ICI) programme promotes the participative management of cultural diversity and fosters social cohesion.

en years of Intercultural Com- munity Intervention. This programme was launched in 2010 and is part of a long history of work by ”la Caixa” Foundation in relation to the phenomenon of The programme coordinates migration, social cohesion and strategies of social Tcultural diversity. It promotes participation and intercultural the participative management of coexistence. cultural diversity through a process of social intervention.

It builds strategies for social par- ing in the various initiatives 49.6% of neighbourhood associ- ticipation and intercultural co- promoted by the project, there- ations, 63.1% of migrant associa- existence, primarily in families, by contributing greatly to the tions and 58% of Roma people as- children and young people, in overall process of community sociations have participated, all collaboration with major social strengthening. essential for guaranteeing good agents. In the intervention terri- neighbourly relations and facili- tories as a whole, it has achieved In all the intervention territories tating the integration of the cul- the active involvement of 55.9% as a whole, 67.7% of parent and tural and ethnic diversity pres- of the main institutional, civil and student associations (PSAs), ent in the territories. technical/professional agents in the many community coordina- tion and organisation activities and spaces created.

Given the crucial importance INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY of education and health in the INTERVENTION (ICI) PROGRAMME wellbeing of the population, these have been two ideal areas participants (2019) ACTIVIties (2019) to encourage the confluence of joint interests and initiatives. 157,612 2,787 A total of 67.6% of education- in 32 MUNICIPALITIES al centres and 72.7% of health centres are actively participat-

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THE ELDERLY

The Elderly, active

The Always subjects of their Someone There programme was Loneliness consolidated in own history 2019. in the Elderly course Empowering elderly people as active

members of society is the aim of this One of the challenges of any ad- programme, given the fact of increased vanced society is loneliness. Accord- ing to data from a survey carried out by life expectancy and improved health the ”la Caixa” Foundation Elderly programme, 39.81% of elderly people conditions. aged between 65 and 79 present emotional loneliness and 29.14% social loneliness, while among those over 80 years of age, 48% say they suffer from emotional loneliness and 34.83% from social loneliness. ver since its inception, ”la Caixa” the elderly by providing them The ”la Caixa” Foundation Elderly Foundation has focused on with knowledge and informa- programme and Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG) elderly people as one of its target tion for both their personal de- have launched the Solitude in the groups. The Elderly programme velopment and the acquisition of Elderly course with the aim of providing maximises the possibilities of healthy habits that improve their an in-depth analysis of the phenom- personal development and ena- daily lives and allow them to live enon of loneliness and training social bles people to build relationships an autonomous, independent life, and health service technicians in this field. These courses cover everything of support that can help them to as well as the development of their E from the conceptualisation and de- develop a full, committed life in life project. mography of loneliness to the con- the community. sequences of loneliness on physical This 2019 also served to consoli- and psychological health, as well as An increasingly heterogene- date the Always Someone There an exhaustive study on various interventions for which there is empirical ous old age and an increasing- programme, which addresses a evidence. The course was held in Bar- ly complex process of ageing growing challenge: to tackle situ- celona in 2019 and it attracted more call for a change in programmes ations of loneliness from the per- than 140 professionals from the social that seek to accompany people spective of each person’s abilities and health fields. so that they can develop exper- and the construction of commu- tise, skills and resources to ena- nity support and care networks. ble the development of a full life Always Someone There is jointly based on respect for their rights conducted with public adminis- and dignity. This ensures free trations and more than 110 enti- decision-making based on their ties in Tortosa, Girona, Tàrrega, THE ELDERLY own values and promotes their Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Pal- contribution to society based on ma, Logroño, Jerez de la Fron- participants activities (2019) a commitment to encouraging tera and Lleida. More than 600 (2019) the common good and solidarity people have benefited from this with other generations. programme. 789,038 16,838

The programme also contributes to improving the quality of life of

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VOLUNTeers

Commitment of ”la Caixa” Group The entity promotes people’s commitment to society through active employees, retired workers, customers, friends and family.

nvolvement and consolidation. ”la Caixa” ”la Caixa” Volunteers has estab- Volunteers are lished itself as one of the most ac- among the most “The ”la Caixa” tive associations in Spain, increas- Volunteers remind ing the number of its activities by active in Spain us that a better world is possible, more than 40% in recent years. in which people With more than 5,800 active vol- help each other in a selfless manner,” unteers in 2019, more than a third ation highly efficient when it comes claims Isidro Fainé, I Chairman of the have demonstrated a recurrent to identifying specific needs. Since “Much more ”la Caixa” Banking commitment by participating at 2005, it has had the participation of Foundation. than one day” least 4 times a year in some of the employees and retired people from actions promoted. A total of 7,013 the entity who, together with family activities have been organised an- members and friends, collaborate Based on the slogan Much more than a nually, with an average of 19 per and respond to the most immedi- day, the ”la Caixa” Volunteer Day 2019 day, and each one has impacted ate needs of society by promoting held recreational, artistic, cultural and 47 beneficiaries. volunteer work as a value of solidar- environmental workshops led by volun- ity and cooperation, and contribut- teers in order to help develop and integrate minors at risk of poverty or social ”la Caixa” Volunteers participate in ing time and assistance to achieve a exclusion. The action was held jointly in solidarity actions primarily aimed more just and equal society. 42 cities throughout Spain, attracting at vulnerable groups or those at more than 1,000 volunteers, 5,577 chil- risk of social exclusion. Of all its an- Based on its 2017-2019 Volunteer dren and 219 social organisations. nual activities, one third have been Master Plan, ”la Caixa” Founda- devoted to health and the elderly, tion has concentrated and fo- another third to child poverty and cused its activity over these 3 the final third to financial education years to optimise resources, and job placement. An average to- while at the same time position- tal of some 300 hours of volunteer- ing itself as a benchmark. The ACTIVE CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS ing per day has been carried out. association’s structure has been 599 Retired workers consolidated together with the 10.28 % 2,898 The association is organised in 31 strengthening and professional- Employees 49.72 % 1,153 delegations distributed through- ization of its management. Ob- Customers out Spain that jointly prioritise and jective evaluation has also ena- 19.78 % undertake various actions accord- bled the association to improve ing to the needs of each place. This the efficiency and quality of all its 1,179 Friends/relatives territorial reach makes the associ- activities. 20.22 %

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ESPAICAIXA FRANCesc D’AsSiS Personally speaking

Melanie Caballol, mother. User of Children’s Family Space. “I can share time with my child in this Comprehensive care space.” Erika Suárez, 10 years old. You’ve Got Talent participant. for “invulnerable” “We learned to live together here.” children Sana Attaouil, mother. User of CaixaProinfancia programme. The EspaiCaixa Francesc d’Assís “I have managed to gain more confidence in myself throughout this in Manresa was refurbished a year course.” ago in the Convent of Santa Clara to provide comprehensive care for vulnerable children and their families.

he centre was restored and refurbished in the Convent of San- ta Clara in Manresa, a noviti- ate building that dates back to the beginning of the 12th century. This 2019, it celebrated its first year of life as the Espai- TCaixa Francesc d’Assís. A total of 212 children and 103 families at risk of social exclusion have been cared for throughout this time.

The space offers the CaixaProin- fancia programme services of psychotherapeutic care and educational reinforcement and has a children’s family space for families with children under 7. You’ve Got Talent is aimed at children aged between 6 and 12, while the ABC workshop on integration is EspaiCaixa makes available the channelled through the Santa open to migrant mothers. The resources of the INVULNERA- Clara Convent Foundation. The centre also organises the sports BLES project, which offers full space is staffed by people with activity FutbolNet, led by a team assistance to families and de- the relevant training and qualifi- from the Barça Foundation, and pends on the collaboration of cations to work on the cognitive, hosts other activities open to the more than 40 companies and affective and social development whole city. entities. These partnerships are of children.

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ESPERANZA FOUNDATION he Esperanza Foundation was set up by ”la Caixa” Foundation in 2013 as a local direct social action entity that fights against poverty and social exclusion in Barcelona’s Old Town district. Its new building in Plaça Sant TJust was inaugurated in 2019. The enlarged space has helped Local direct social to increase activities and assistance for families, as well as enabling networking with social en- action tities in the area.

The Esperanza Foundation assisted The Esperanza Foundation is an more than 3,000 people in situations open-door entity that offers care and resources to people and fam- of poverty and vulnerability in 2019 ilies in situations of poverty and in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. exclusion with the aim of promoting their autonomy, improving their quality of life and helping

Left, the Esperanza Foundation’s new building in the Gothic Quarter was opened in 2019. Right, the Casa de Recés welcomes women aged between 18 and 35 in vulnerable situations.

ESPERANZA FOUNDATION PEOPLE ASSISTED (2019) 945 39 328 FAMILIES WOMEN NEW JOBS 3,130 ASSISTED HOUSED beneficiaries in a situation of poverty have received direct social care.

- 22 - - 23 - social I poverty I cooperation to integrate them into society. housing This is done through comprehensive accompaniment and an approach that includes the abilities and potential of the people assisted in order to promote their empowerment and responsibility. The Foundation provided care and resources to more than 900 families in vulnerable situa- Housing support tions in 2019.

It also took in and housed 39 vulnerable women aged between 18 he ”la Caixa” Foundation facili- are in a vulnerable situation. and 35 who were referred by oth- tates housing for people on low While the Affordable Housing er social entities or public admin- incomes. Its Rental Solidari- programme of ”la Caixa” also istrations in its Casa de Recés. ty programme enables access offers alternatives to ensure Residents are offered socio- to housing for people who have the emancipation of young peo- educational, health, training seen their income reduced be- ple and dignified housing for the and work support in this space, cause of the economic crisis and elderly. so that they can take the step to- T wards an autonomous life.

The Foundation also contributed to improving the educational and emotional situation of 182 children (aged between 0 and 16) through educational support for children as well as leisure and free-time activities, in collaboration with local neighbourhood entities. It also opened the doors of job placement to 328 people in a precarious situation, which means they have been able to find a job or create their own company.

These actions are carried out with the help of 69 people (27 employees and 42 volunteers), pro- ”la Caixa” Foundation viding support to the different has two programmes projects and services through- for access to housing for people on low out 2019. One of the corner- incomes. stones of the Esperanza Foun- dation is networking, with more than a hundred social entities and companies from the Old Town district and the rest of Bar- celona collaborating to guaran- HOUSING tee full assistance to people and their families. 22,300 28,500 social housing units social housing units available by end of 2019 occupied in 2019

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SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL INITIATIVE PROJECTS

736 new projects of social entities for a more just society The ”la Caixa” Foundation Social Initiatives Project Support programme has chosen 736 new projects to benefit 268,231 vulnerable people in Spain.

n the interests of equal oppor- (Andalusia, Burgos and the Canary tunities and improved quality Islands), all of which encompass of life, the ”la Caixa” Foundation the promotion of personal auton- Social Initiatives Project Support omy and attention to ageing, disa- programme works with non-prof- bility and illness; the fight against The programme it organisations to promote initi- child poverty and social exclusion; selected 736 atives geared especially towards housing for social inclusion; socio- projects in 2019 and these will benefit people in vulnerable situations. A occupational insertion; intercul- almost 268,231 I people. total of 736 projects were select- turality and social action, and so- ed in 2019 and these will benefit a cial action in rural areas. total of 268,231 people. The ”la Caixa” Awards for Social The grants are aligned with both Innovation are promoted with- our Strategic Plan 2016-2019 and in the framework of this pro- the UN’s Sustainable Develop- gramme. Ten entities with pro- ment Goals (SDGs). The projects in various fields of action gramme includes six general so- and with innovative features cial calls and three territorial calls were recognised in 2019.

DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION 6% 5% 9% Humanising Social inclusion 22% People with disabilities or OF PROJECTS health OF PROJECTS housing People at risk mental illness IN SPAIN BY 23% IN SPAIN BY of poverty or exclusion 8% fields of 11% Socio-occupational GROUPS insertion Immigrants and groups action The elderly and with cultural diversity challenges of 23% ageing Relatives and caregivers 6% People with illness 21% 15% Fight against child Interculturality poverty and social 24% 5% exclusion People in the process of and social action 19% Children and young people 3% ageing Disability and at risk of social Professional and/or mental health exclusion voluntary people

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Promove Personally speaking

THE ELDERLY Entity: OldCare. North Zone, Bragança. Intelligent technological pill dispenser. With monthly dose capacity, monitored support service and information bracelet with alerts.

Presenting the BPI ”la Caixa” SUSTAINABILITY OF PLANET Calls in Awards 2019. Entity: University of Beira Interior. Portugal Central Region.

Installation of filters to capture CO2 from industry and its reuse associated with the subsequent reduction in taxes BPI ”la Caixa” Awards Promove and recognition of sustainability to Two new calls for entries in the Border regions companies incorporating them. areas of children’s affairs and ru- ”la Caixa” Foundation allocates one ral development reinforce the BPI million euros to the development ”la Caixa” Awards, with a total of 120 of inland areas. ”la Caixa” Founda- ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE projects selected to benefit 21,251 tion created the Promove: Border Entity: Fundação Cidade de Am- people. The BPI ”la Caixa” Awards Regions call for proposals in 2018 be- maia. South Region, Marvão. are continuing from 2018 to 3 calls cause of its commitment to econom- Consolidation and analysis of for entries launched in Portugal by ic and sustainable development. The structures of the recently discovered the BPI since 2010. In 2019, the BPI second edition of the programme was Roman theatre of Ammaia, the third and ”la Caixa” launched a total of five launched in 2019 and its goal is to pro- most important in Lusitania. awards with a total budget of 37.5 mote innovative pilot projects that million euros. This is one of the larg- contribute to transforming and revi- est initiatives to support social pro- talising inland areas in Portugal, as jects in Portugal. well as ideas with potential to become The two new calls for proposals innovative pilot projects. The scope Alto Tâmega Terras de launched in 2019 (BPI ”la Caixa” Trás-os-Montes of the competition has also been ex- Infancy Awards and BPI ”la Caixa” Ru- tended, with the incorporation of the ral Awards) are aimed at supporting Alto Tâmega region. Douro vulnerable people and promoting so- A total of 8 projects and 7 ideas were cial action in rural areas. These new selected for a total amount of al- Beiras e initiatives complement the assis- Serra da most one million euros in the following tance already provided through the Estrela fields: preventing natural risks and ef- Solidarity Award for young people ficient management of resources, at- and adults in vulnerable situations, tracting qualified human resources the Senior Award for people over 65 Beira Baixa and business investments, and valu- and the Enabling Award for people ing symbolic capital to attract tourists Alto with disabilities. Alentejo and new residents.

Alentejo Central

Baixo Alentejo promove

North: 5 projects and 4 ideas 8 7 1 M € Centre: 1 project ant 3 ideas SELECTED SELECTED IDEAS TOTAL AMOUNT PROJECTS Alentejo: 2 projects

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION cines for children aged under 5 in low-income countries by strengthening their health systems. This alliance offers companies the opportunity to collaborate in the fight against infant mortality as part of their corporate social responsibility programmes. In addition to this action, CaixaBank and Microdona- Committed to tion customers and employees also contribute to increasing the number of children vaccinated thanks a fairer world to this solidarity actions.

”la Caixa” Foundation has been creating The Acute Respiratory Infec- opportunities and cooperating with tion Diagnostic Aid (ARIDA) programme, promoted in collabora- Measuring the level the most vulnerable groups around the of malnutrition of tion with UNICEF, has improved a child in a refugee the diagnosis of and access to world for more than 20 years. camp in Ethiopia. MOM Project. treatment for childhood pneu-

mproving the living conditions of the most vulnerable groups in Af- rica, Asia and Latin America, while at the same time helping to fulfil the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ”la Caixa” Founda- tion promotes global health pro- Igrammes through international alliances, especially those fighting against pneumonia and malaria, treating and preventing malnutrition among refugee children, encouraging the creation of jobs for women and young people and promoting the training and strengthening of civil society organisations.

Together with Gavi, the Vaccine Al- liance and in collaboration with IS- Global, ”la Caixa” Foundation promotes the Alliance for Childhood Vaccination to help guarantee vac-

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

CHILDHOOD VACCINATION MOM, INNOVATION PLAN ARIDA, PROGRAMME 200,000* FOR CHILD NUTRITION FIGHTING MALARIA children vaccinated. 162,855 beneficiaries. + 1MILLION children. *Estimated figure (138,000 children + 24,855 mothers).

- 26 - - 27 - social I poverty I cooperation monia and benefited over 1 million novation platforms in internation- children in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Nepal al cooperation, organised with and Mozambique. the United Nations Development Cooperation Programme, and Unlocking the In collaboration with the Bill full potential of philanthropy for with Portugal and Melinda Gates Foundation, development, within the frame- ”la Caixa” Foundation is promot- work of the United Nations Gen- Fellowships to 50 Syrian students to ing the MALTEM programme to eral Assembly. complete their higher education for help produce scientific evidence on 2 years in Portuguese and Spanish Work4Progress India how to accelerate the elimination of universities. These grants are the re- malaria in southern Mozambique. sult of the collaboration agreement signed by ”la Caixa” Foundation and The results show a significant the Global Platform for Syrian Stu- impact, reducing the number of dents (GP4SYS) in Portugal in 2018 cases by 87%. and chaired by Jorge Sampaio, former President of the Portuguese Re- MOM: Innovation Plan for Child Nu- public. The first 25 fellowships for the 2018-2019 academic year were trition, a joint initiative of the Unit- awarded at universities and polytech- ed Nations High Commissioner for nics in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra. The Refugees (UNHCR), treats and pre- other 25 fellowships for this academ- vents malnutrition among children ic year 2019-2020 have also been as- under 5 who are refugees in Ethio- signed, with five of them in Spanish universities. pia. The programme has succeed- ed in reducing child mortality in Science Management course in Lis- the camps by 76% and has reached bon and Barcelona, in collaboration 138,000 children. with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foun- Work4Progress dation, with the aim of improving the Also this year, ”la Caixa” Founda- skills of health research centre managers in Portuguese-speaking countries. tion and the Aga Khan Foundation Award have continued their mixed (online The CooperantesCaixa programme and face-to-face) training pro- was launched this year in Portugal. A grammes in Egypt and Mozam- Work4Progress aims to create sus- total of 51 aid workers, including three tainable quality employment among bique, as well as strengthening from BPI, have provided technical as- women and young people in India, sistance in 8 projects in Asia, Africa civil society organisations. Fur- Mozambique and Peru. This ”la Caixa” and Latin America. The three BPI aid thermore, both foundations in Foundation programme has already workers and one ”la Caixa” Founda- March distributed emergency kits launched 73 prototype microenter- tion aid worker travelled to Maputo, to 2,000 families in Beira, the city prises, with the capacity to generate Mozambique, to work on the Juntos! more than 1,300 jobs. One of these in- most affected by Cyclone Idai. project to strengthen civil society or- itiatives received the Iberdrola Prize ganisations, promoted in collabora- for Energy Cooperation 2019. It in- tion with the Aga Khan Foundation. The international visibility of volves 3 electric rickshaw companies the entity grew in 2019 thanks to in India that are run by women and of- the action of the branch office of fer services to women and girls. The World Bank and the United Nations ”la Caixa” Foundation in the US. It Development Programme have also is worth mentioning the staging of recognised Work4Progress as an ex- two events in New York: Open in- ample of good practice in job creation.

MALTEM, PROGRAMME WORK4PROGRESS, JOB COOPERANTESCAIXA FIGHTING MALARIA CREATION PROGRAMME 509 70,000 +25,000 volunteers have worked with 60 beneficiaries. beneficiaries. organisations in 23 countries since the beginning of the programme.

- 27 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 territorial SOCIAL ACTION ne of the distinctive features of ”la Caixa” since its creation more than 115 years ago has been its territorial social actions. The aim is to contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of people living in the areas where it conducts its activity. In addition to the pro- Ogrammes summarised in the vari- Foundation extended ous sections of this Annual Report, ”la Caixa” Foundation has extended its territorial reach through col- through network of laborations with local institutions. ”la Caixa” Foundation is jointly managed with the network of CaixaBank branches CaixaBank branches, thereby guaranteeing the development ”la Caixa” Foundation manages to achieve of social work in municipalities territorial reach to attend to the most throughout the country. immediate needs thanks to the budget There are five basic objectives of managed jointly with the network of these grants: to fight against child poverty, marginalisation and so- CaixaBank branches. cial exclusion; to promote active and healthy ageing in the elderly; to strengthen occupational integration; coexistence and interculturality, and illness and disability.

Other collaboration ”la Caixa” Foundation is also ex- panding the activity of its Foun- dation at a local level through collaboration agreements with Caja de Burgos, CajaCanari- as and Cajasol Foundations, as well as the Caja Navarra Foundation.

Young people participating in Diversitas inclusive festival.

local social action budget 10,690 641,400 44.6 M€ collaboration estimated agreements beneficiaries

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CaixaBank branches act as local social agents Users of Pro- Minusválidos de Ortegal Association (Aspromor).

In Portugal, in cooperation with BPI

The ”la Caixa” Foundation deploy- ment plan in Portugal has together with BPI led to promoting local interventions in accordance with the stra- Personally speaking tegic lines of its Foundation. A total of 791,812 euros were allocated to 62 local actions in the country in 2019.

Projects supported by CaixaBank’s Childhood: Assisting vulnerable children through nursery services, kin- Decentralised Foundation in the territory dergarten and leisure and free-time activities is one of the goals of the Centro Social de Educação Sol Nas- A greenhouse in Ortigueira, A Coruña cente de Ribeirão. With the support Reopening the doors of an old greenhouse. This was the dream that the of ”la Caixa” Foundation and BPI, the Pro-Minusválidos de Ortegal association (Aspromor) was able to make come entity will be able to expand and im- true in order to improve the self-esteem of its members, stimulating them prove the care of the 200 children it professionally and helping them to integrate into society. welcomes.

Sewing workshop in Elche, Alicante Socially useful goods: ”la Caixa” Foundation and BPI have collaborat- The Reintegration Programme for Women in Elche has achieved the objective ed with the Bens de Utilidade Social of contributing to the inclusion of vulnerable women in difficult situations in (BUS) association in São Domingos society through the learning of the sewing trade. The name of the project is de Rana, which supports other social Sewing Lives. entities such as centres for the elderly, youth centres and day centres Adapted summer camps in Barcelona by providing essential goods. The as- The Nexe Foundation has made it possible for young people and children with sociation acts as a bridge between severe disabilities to now enjoy adapted summer camps. The beneficiaries companies and individuals who do- can access the Servicio de Respiro programme for families with children with nate goods and social entities that multiple disabilities through a system of fellowships. receive and distribute them.

Therapeutic surfing in the Canary Islands Access to culture: One of the priori- ties of ”la Caixa” Foundation is to help Therapeutic surfing, music therapy, family yoga, horse riding... The Aloha Life improve society by disseminating NGO has been able to expand its activities to promote the social inclusion of culture. ”la Caixa” Foundation and BPI people and families in vulnerable situations. will therefore support the cultural programme of Associação Cultural e Inclusive festival in Toledo Recreativa de Tondela (ACERT), which With the aim of promoting the performing art talents of young people in stages world music and theatre festi- situations of vulnerability or exclusion, the CECAP Group of Social Entities, vals, among others. through CECAP Joven, organises the Diversitas inclusive festival, a project promoting the value of diversity based on culture as a tool for social awareness.

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RESEARCH I FELLOWSHIPS I innovation

1st philanthropic research entity in Spain and Portugal

”la Caixa” Foundation promotes training excellence, research and knowledge, in addition to the transfer of scientific advances to society in its commitment to people’s welfare, social progress and ability to imagine a better future.

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Supporting research Supporting leading Transferring laboratory Public debate generated talent and training centres and research research results to by ”la Caixa” Social excellence through the projects with calls for society through Observatory and Palau ”la Caixa” Foundation proposals CaixaImpulse Macaya fellowship programme

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FELLOWSHIPS In this sense, both the doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships are offered in two categories: Incoming and Retaining. The Incoming category is aimed at attracting talent to Spanish and Portuguese research centres accredited with excellence in the fields of life and health ”la Caixa” Foundation sciences, technology, physics, engineering and mathemat- ics, while the Retaining cate- promotes research gory aims to retain the best researchers in all disciplines wishing to conduct their re- talent search at any Spanish or Por- The doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship tuguese university or research centre. These are three-year programmes of ”la Caixa” Foundation were fellowships in both cases. also extended to Portugal this 2019.

ore research, more social progress. Since 1982, ”la Caixa” Foundation has been offering fellowships for postgraduate studies abroad and for doctorates and postdoctor- ates in Spain and, for the first time Min 2019, now also in Portugal. This year also saw the Jun- ior Leader postdoctoral fellowship programme obtain funding from the European Commission through its Horizon 2020 MS- CA-COFUND programme for fellowship calls in 2020 and 2021. The amount of funding is 5.7 million euros and the aim of this programme, as well as that of our doctoral fellowships, is to attract and retain research talent in Spain and Portugal.

FELLOWSHIPS (2019) DISTRIBUTION OF FELLOWSHIPS 65 Doctoral 33 INPhINIT INVESTMENT Postdoctoral 218 Junior Leader 28.4 M€ FELLOWSHIPS

120 Postgraduate studies abroad

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”la Caixa” Foundation Guide, train, Agreement with has been committed to training excellence connect MicroBank and research talent since 1982 Our doctoral and postdoctoral fellow- The ”la Caixa” Foundation fellowships in Spain and Portugal include ship programme has a collaboration workshops on technology transfer, agreement with MicroBank in order Finally, mention must also be professional development and trans- to create more opportunities for tal- made of our most traditional pro- versal skills in order to enhance pro- ented students. Candidates for post- gramme: postgraduate fellowships fessional development and improve graduate fellowships abroad who did not receive the fellowship even abroad. This programme provides career opportunities for researchers. These sessions are taught by though they had obtained an out- the finest Spanish students with leading companies in these fields. standing score in the selection pro- access to the best universities in The training is also complemented cess are thus offered the possibility Europe, North America (USA and by networking activities to encour- of obtaining a loan at very advanta- Canada) and the Asia-Pacific area age collaboration between ”la Caixa” geous conditions to fund their postgraduate studies. (Australia, China, Singapore, Ja- Foundation fellowship holders. pan, India and South Korea). These fellowships have a maximum dura- tion of two years.

Pedro Sousa-Victor Junior Leader postdoctoral fellowship Investigating whether aged organs can be rejuvenated with stem cells. Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) João Lobo Antunes, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal).

Queralt Serra INPhINIT doctoral fellowship Conducting research on liver cancer. VHIR - Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain).

Nerea Heras Postgraduate fellowship abroad The aim of Studying for a Master’s Degree in International our fellowship programmes is to Migration and Public Policy. attract and retain London School of Economics and Political Science research talent in Spain and Portugal. (London, United Kingdom).

EVOLUTION OF NUMBER OF fellowships AND INVESTMENT (2016-2019) 28.1 28.4

227 218 197 188 18 16.8

granted

amount (M €)

2016 2017 2018 2019

- 33 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 research his year, 23 initiatives of scientific excellence with great potential value and social impact were selected from the Call for Health Research Grants. The aim of this open, competitive call is to promote projects of excellence in Tthe fight against diseases with the biggest world impact. The Leading the way call therefore offers grants in 5 thematic areas: cardiovascular and associated metabolic dis- in health and eases, neurosciences, infectious diseases, oncology and enabling technologies linked to some of biomedical research the aforementioned areas. This last area is in fact new and was in- ”la Caixa” Foundation supports scientific corporated into the call this year. progress and excellence in research as key ”la Caixa” Foundation allocated more than 15 million euros to this elements in finding solutions for the main call. challenges in health. Finally, it should be noted that ”la Caixa” Foundation this year consolidated its collaboration with Portugal’s Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, as well as Luzón Foundation. Both institutions this year contributed more than one million euros to help finance 3 of the 23 projects selected.

”la Caixa” Foundation consolidates its collaboration with 25 initiatives of scientific excellence Portugal’s Fundação were selected in the Call for Health para a Ciência e a Research Grants in 2019. Tecnologia

RESEARCH AND DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT INNOVATION (2019) (In m€) 9.3 Infectious 8.3 diseases Oncology TOTAL INVESTMENT

4.2 Cardiovascular 41.5 M€ diseases

10.3 9.4 Other health Neuroscience sciences

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Strategic Personally speaking alliances NEGLECTED DISEASES Health Research Grant 2019 Alongside the various programmes Studying the mechanisms underlying vascular developed to promote research, malformations in order to identify new therapies. ”la Caixa” Foundation maintains stra- Mariona Graupera, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical tegic alliances with benchmark re- Research (IDIBELL). Barcelona, Spain. search centres that are leaders in their fields. These include the Bar- celona Beta Brain Research Cen- tre, which specialises in research UNIVERSAL IMMUNOTHERAPY on Alzheimer’s disease; IrsiCaixa, a Health Research Grant 2019 benchmark centre for research on Producing a universal immunotherapy to fight cancer. HIV and other infectious diseases; Is- Bruno Silva-Santos, Institute of Molecular Medicine Global, which specialises in research (IMM), Lisbon, Portugal. linked to public health and infectious diseases such as malaria, and the Vall d’Hebron Instituto de Oncología PANCREATIC CANCER (VHIO), one of the leading centres in Health Research Grant 2019 research and development of innovative treatments for cancer. Curing and preventing the recurrence of pancreatic cancer. María J. Vicent, Príncipe Felipe Research Centre (CIPF), Valencia, Spain.

Support to benchmark institutions

Foundation of more than 4 million eu- Strategic alliance with Hospital ros until 2022, the Vall d’Hebron Hos- Clínic in Barcelona: As a result of a pital has acquired the world’s first framework agreement signed in 2019, radiological robot to be used in an en- ”la Caixa” Foundation will allocate a doscopy service. The grant will also grant of 6 million euros to set up the help the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Di- ”la Caixa” Cancer Immunotherapy Re- gestive Endoscopy Service (Wider) to search Unit at Hospital Clínic, among be expanded. This will mean attending other actions until 2022. 1,200 more patients a year. Immunotherapy against cancer:

Thanks to the support of ”la Caixa” Migrain Adaptive Brain Centre: This year, Isidro Fainé, Exoskeleton for the DACER Foun- Chairman of the Foundation, Hospital de Sant Pau in the Vall d’Hebron Hospital inaugurated the Migraine Adaptive Brain Centre, a pi- dation in Madrid: In 2019, ”la Caixa” ”la Caixa” Banking Barcelona this year presented a unique Foundation, and Dr Foundation signed a collaboration clinical trial of immunotherapy for lym- oneer in the research and treatment of Josep Maria Campis- agreement with the DACER Foundation tol, Director of Hospi- phatic cancer. migraine. The centre is led by Dr Patrí- cia Pozo-Rosich, who in 2003 obtained a in Madrid, helping it to acquire an ex- tal Clínic, at the signing of the Pioneering project in endoscopy: grant from ”la Caixa” Foundation to con- oskeleton for the rehabilitation of pa- framework Thanks to a contribution from ”la Caixa” duct research on this pathology in the US. tients with acquired brain damage. agreement.

SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH EVOLUtion OF INVESTMENT (in M€) 41,5 CENTRES (2019) 35,1 36,96 265 23,86 RESEARCHERS HIRED

2016 2017 2018 2019

- 35 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 innovaTION aixaImpulse launched a second category of calls in 2019 under the name Consolidate. These new grants are aimed at biomedical innovation projects in advanced stages of development, while its Validate grants, which Cwere launched in 2015, are awarded to incipient projects that still From the laboratory to need to define a valuation plan.

Although both categories are designing products in aimed at biomedical institutions, the latter (Consolidate) also ac- cepts projects incorporated in the interest of health spin-offs, provided that they are led by hospitals, universities The CaixaImpulse programme has or non-profit research centres. promoted 102 initiatives since its launch, Grants are up to 300,000 euros.

32 of which have become spin-offs, ”la Caixa” Foundation offers providing solutions that benefit people’s a personalised support programme for those receiving health. grants from both CaixaImpulse Validate and Consolidate. The aim is for the projects to acquire enough value to attract private investment to make the leap in- to the market.

In this way, the CaixaImpulse programme transforms scientific knowledge born in the laboratory into products capable of generating value for society. This is done by creating new companies or through technology transfer agreements, such as licences.

The CaixaImpulse programme is supported by Caixa Capital Risc and the European Institute of Technology (EIT Health).

The CaixaImpulse programme The programme this transforms the scientific knowledge year launched a new arising in the laboratory into call for CaixaImpulse products of value for society. Consolidate grants

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CaixaImpulse also offers specific training to researchers.

Personally speaking The training needed to introduce an REGAINING NEAR VISION CaixaImpulse Validate 2019 asset into the Revolutionising the treatment of presbyopia and market cataracts by restoring the eye’s accommodation power. Susana Marcos, Institute of Optics. Higher Council for Scientific Research (IO-CSIC). Madrid, A molecule can become a medicine, Spain. a new prototype can be transformed into a medical device, a software BREAKING THROUGH THE BRAIN’S BARRIERS solution can be applied in precision CaixaImpulse Validate 2019 medicine... But how? In addition to fi- Improving the delivery of drugs to the brain. Meritxell nancing, CaixaImpulse provides spe- Teixidó, Institute for Research in Biomedicine cific training to researchers so that (IRB Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain. they are able to introduce their assets from the laboratory into the market. It also provides participants with a series of entrepreneur- MORE RECOMBINANT PROTEINS ial mentors to guide them through the process with the aim of ensuring CaixaImpulse Validate 2019 qualitative improvements in projects. How we can use new molecular tools that will benefit Participants also have access to a the biotechnology industry. Alexandra Moreira, network of experts in different areas Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC). of innovation advising them on busi- Porto, Portugal. ness opportunities.

CAIXAIMPULSE (2019) budget 137 24 2.8 M € submitted projects in aid granted projects

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FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

1 How can we create functional eyes from stem 7 How can hybrid materials revolutionise current 13 Will new materials generate new technologies? cells in the laboratory? technology? Marco Gobbi. Asociación Centro de Investigación Co- María Almuedo Castillo. Centro Andaluz de Biología Rosa Córdoba Castillo. Instituto de Ciencia Molecular. operativa en Nanociencias (CIC nanoGUNE). San Se- del Desarrollo (CABD). Sevilla, Spain. (ICMol). Universitat de València (UV). Valencia, Spain. bastián, Spain.

2 What can we learn about non-coding RNAs from 8 Can we develop a new technology to decontami- 14 Can bone mass be improved after cancer? a plant? nate aquatic ecosystems? Luis Gracia Marco. Universidad de Granada (UGR). Nicolas Bologna. Centre d’Investigació Agrigenòmi- Jesús Ferrando Soria. Instituto de Ciencia Molecular Granada, Spain. ca (CRAG). Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. (ICMol). Universitat de València (UV). València, Spain. 15 What changes will quantum physics bring about 3 How to go beyond approximations in physics? 9 How do we view the universe? in information technology? Riccardo Borsato. Instituto Galego de Física de Al- Pierre Fleury. Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Uni- Tobias Grass. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO). tas Enerxías (IGFAE). Santiago de Compostela, Spain. versidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Madrid, Spain. Castelldefels, Spain.

4 How can traditional knowledge help to protect 10 What kind of quantum computer will be the first 16 Is junk DNA abundant for the development of water? to surpass classic computers? blood cancer? Elodie Brisset. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Hu- Pol Forn Díaz. Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE). Biola María Javierre Martínez. Institut de Recerca mana i Evolució Social (IPHES). Tarragona, Spain. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP). Badalona, Spain.

5 Can we ensure security conditions for swarms of 11 Can drugs be prepared in a clean, efficient man- 17 What are the consequences of mixing species? airborne robots? ner? Martin Kuhlwilm. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE). Leonardo Colombo. Instituto de Ciencias Matemáti- Francisco García Cirujano. Instituto de Ciencia Molecu- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Barcelona, Spain. cas (ICMAT). Madrid, Spain. lar (ICMol). Universitat de València (UV). Valencia, Spain. 18 Can we detect and treat Parkinson’s disease 6 What is the origin of life? 12 Can we reduce environmental impact with intel- through the intestine? Ignacio Colomer Utrera. Fundación Instituto ligent materials? Ariadna Laguna Tuset. Fundació Hospital Univer- Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia Mónica Giménez Marqués. Instituto de Ciencia Molecu- sitari Vall d’Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Bar- (IMDEA Nanociencia). Madrid, Spain. lar (ICMol). Universitat de València (UV). Valencia, Spain. celona, Spain.

CALL FOR HEALTH RESEARCH

34 How do tumor cells communicate with each other? 38 Why do I find it difficult to read? 43 Can we stop Ebola? María Abad. Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall Manuel Carreiras. Centro Vasco de Cognición, Cere- Carmen Gil. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas. d’Hebron – Institut de Recerca (VHIO). Barcelona, bro y Lengua (BCBL). San Sebastián, Spain. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CIB- Spain. CSIC). Madrid, Spain. 39 Does the brain modulate metabolism through in- 35 Citizen science and mass data, the new vaccine testinal bacteria? 44 Can we recover our sight with light-sensitive against dengue? Marc Claret. Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques drugs? Frederic Bartumeus. Centre d’Estudis Avançats de August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Spain. Pau Gorostiza. Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalun- Blanes. Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques 40 ya (IBEC). Barcelona, Spain. (CEAB-CSIC). Blanes, Spain. How does the transmission of malaria begin? Alfred Cortés Closas. Institut de Salut Global Barce- 45 What personalised therapies will cure vascular 36 Can we stop metastasis by interfering with the lona. (ISGlobal). Barcelona, Spain. malformations? tumour environment? Mariona Graupera. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica 41 Can TV series help to recover speech after suf- Eduard Batlle. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain. fering a stroke? Blanca Fuentes Gimeno. Hospital Universitario la Paz. 46 Is the heart’s electrical system the key to pre- 37 Is it possible to reverse the immortality of can- Madrid, Spain. venting sudden death of cardiac origin? cer cells? 42 José Jalife. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Car- María A. Blasco. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Can we restore vision with nanotechnology? José A. Garrido. Institut Català de Nanociència i Na- diovasculares (CNIC). Madrid, Spain. Oncológicas (CNIO). Madrid, Spain. notecnologia (ICN2). Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.

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59 Can we predict the quality of life after a haemor- 63 How can a social robot improve rehabilitation 67 How can we stop the resistance of tumour cells rhage? therapies? to treatments? Marcin Wojciech Balcerzyk. Universidad de Sevilla Fernando Fernández Rebollo. Universidad Carlos III Gabriela Jiménez Valerio. Institut de Recerca Bi- (US). Sevilla, Spain. de Madrid (UC3M). Madrid, Spain. omèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Barcelona, Spain.

60 Can dementia be diagnosed with a simple blood 64 Will cancer be a chronic disease? 68 Can elderly people recover their near vision? test? Angélica Figueroa Conde-Valvís. Fundación Profe- Susana Marcos. Instituto de Óptica. Consejo Supe- Katrin Beyer. Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i sor Nóvoa Santos. La Coruña, Spain. rior de Investigaciones Científicas (IO-CSIC). Madrid, Pujol (IGTP). Badalona, Spain. Spain. 65 How can we improve the treatment of rheuma- 61 Can renal fibrosis be non-invasively monitored? toid arthritis? 69 Who can satisfactorily respond to the endovas- Francesc E. Borràs. Institut de Recerca Germans Tri- Josep M. Grinyó. Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Barce- cular treatment of stroke? as i Pujol (IGTP). Badalona, Spain. lona, Spain. Alicia Martínez Piñeiro. Institut de Recerca Ger- mans Trias i Pujol (IGTP). Badalona, Spain. 62 How can we improve the diagnosis of Alzheim- 66 Can we act on human metabolism with a bacte- er’s disease? rium? 70 Can infections be predicted and the unnecessary Juan Domingo Gispert. BarcelonaBeta Brain Re- Isabel Huber Ruano. Institut d’Investigació Sanitària use of antibiotics avoided? search Center (BBRC). Barcelona, Spain. Pere Virgili (IISPV). Reus, Spain. Jimmy Martins. Universidade de Coimbra. Coim- bra, Portugal. - 38 - - 39 - research I FELLOWSHIPS I innovation

79 research projects in Spain and Portugal received funding from ”la Caixa” Foundation for a total value of 29 million euros to develop their scientific proposals in the coming years.

24 29 19 How can design proteins revolutionise biology? Why are we made of matter and not antimatter? Why don’t benign tumours become malignant? Enrique Marcos Benteo. Institut de Recerca Bi- María Moreno Llácer. Instituto de Física Corpuscu- Bárbara Rivera Polo. Institut d’Investigació Biomèd- omèdica (IRB Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain. lar (IFIC). Universitat de València (UV). Valencia, Spain. ica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Barcelona, Spain. 25 30 20 Do we owe the existence of matter to the neutri- Will autonomous microchips be the medicine of What genetic mutations are responsible for the no? the future? specialisations of the human brain? Justo Martín-Albo Simón. Instituto de Física Cor- Gonzalo Murillo Rodríguez. Institut de Microe- Gabriel Santpere Baró. Institut Hospital del Mar d’In- puscular (IFIC). Universitat de València (UV). Valen- lectrònica de Barcelona – Centre Nacional de Mi- vestigacions Mèdiques (IMIM). Barcelona, Spain. croelectrònica (IMB-CNM-CSIC). Cerdanyola del cia, Spain. 31 Can stem cells be used to rejuvenate ageing or- Vallès, Spain. 21 Can Einstein’s general theory of relativity explain gans? 26 Pedro Sousa-Victor. Instituto de Medicina Molec- our observed evolution of the universe? What was the demographic impact of barbarian Matteo Martinelli. Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). migrations? ular (IMM) João Lobo Antunes. Universidade de Lis- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Madrid, Iñigo Olalde Marquínez. Departament de Ciències boa. Lisboa, Portugal. Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fab- Spain. 32 Why do insects migrate? ra (DCEXS – UPF). Barcelona, Spain. Gerard Talavera Mor. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE). 22 Can multiple sclerosis be halted? Ana Luisa Mendanha Falcao. Life and Health 27 How can crops be improved to cope with climate Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Barcelona, Spain. Sciences Research Institute (ICVS). Universidade do change? 33 How can we design chemical catalysts of the fu- Julia Qüesta. Centre de Recerca Agrigenòmica (CRAG). Minho. Braga, Portugal. ture? Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Michael Tayler. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques 23 Can we cure sick neurons before they die? Miguel Ángel Mompeán García. Instituto de Química 28 What are the key microorganisms in oceans? (ICFO). Castelldefels, Spain. Física Rocasolano (IQFR). Consejo Superior de Inves- Daniel Richter. Departament de Ciències Experimentals tigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Madrid, Spain. i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (DCEXS – UPF).

47 Can obesity be cured from the brain? 51 Can we use lung bacteria to cure lung diseas- 55 How does a woman’s brain adapt to being a Miguel López. Centro de Investigación en Medicina. es? mother? Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS). Santi- Luis Serrano Pubul. Fundació Centre de Regulació Òscar Vilarroya. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. ago de Compostela, Spain. Genòmica (CRG). Barcelona, Spain. 56 Does metabolism hide the solution for treating 48 Can we prevent liver cancer by regulating liver in- 52 Can we generate a universal immunotherapy to ALS? flammation? fight cancer? Carmen María Fernández-Martos. Fundación Hos- Raúl Méndez. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Bruno Silva-Santos. Instituto de Medicina Molecu- pital Nacional de Parapléjicos. Toledo, Spain. Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain. lar (IMM). Lisboa, Portugal. 57 Can sepsis be cured by influencing metabolic re- 4 9 Is it possible to overcome the challenge of cur- 53 How can we strengthen our immune system? sponses? ing aortic dissection? Marc Veldhoen. Instituto de Medicina Molecular Miguel Che Parreira Soares. Fundação Calouste Gulben- Juan Miguel Redondo. Centro Nacional de Investiga- (IMM). Lisboa, Portugal. kian-Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Lisboa, Portugal. ciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC). Madrid, Spain. 54 Can we cure pancreatic cancer and prevent its 58 Can a spinal cord injury be regenerated? 50 Can we win the war against tauopathies such as recurrence? Leonor Saúde. Instituto de Medicina Molecular Alzheimer’s? María J. Vicent. Centro de Investigación Príncipe Fe- (IMM). Lisboa, Portugal. José Antonio del Río Fernández. Institut de Bioen- lipe (CIPF). Valencia, Spain. ginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC). Barcelona, Spain.

71 How can microscopes help to develop better 74 Is it possible to treat agitated patients through 78 How can we improve the arrival of drugs to the medicine? a reliable procedure? brain? Mario Montes Usategui. Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Xavier Pérez Acebo. Institut d’Investigació i Inno- Meritxell Teixidó. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona, Spain. vació Parc Taulí (I3PT). Sabadell, Spain. Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain.

72 How can new molecular tools be used to benefit 75 Can we treat mitochondrial disease? 79 Can we use innovative neuroelectronic implants the biotechnology industry? Albert Quintana. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelo- to treat brain diseases? Alexandra Moreira. Instituto de Biologia Molecular e na (UAB). Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Damià Viana. Institut Català de Nanociència i Nano- Celular (IBMC). Porto, Portugal. tecnologia (ICN2). Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. 76 How can we reach a definitive cure for type 1 di- 73 Will the modulation of QPSK be a key for curing abetes? ALS? María Salazar-Roa. Centro Nacional de Investiga- Valle Palomo. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas. ciones Oncológicas (CNIO). Madrid, Spain. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CIB- 77 How can we improve the quality of life of bladder CSIC). Madrid, Spain. cancer patients? Samuel Sánchez Ordóñez. Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC). Barcelona, Spain.

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”la Caixa” SOCIAL OBSERVATORY

A leading centre in diagnosing social reality Access to housing for the most vulnerable groups is the focus of the

”la Caixa” Social Observatory’s new Covers of a dossier and two reports dossier. published by the SOCIAL NEEDS IN SPAIN ”la Caixa” Social Observatory. Labour Report market 02 June 2019

he ”la Caixa” Social Observatory At the same time, the ”la Caixa” published the Housing: right or Social Observatory completed a commodity? dossier this 2019. It series of reports on Social Needs also completed a series of reports in Spain. The aim of this research on Social Needs in Spain and pub- project was to identify which so- lished a report on basic income. cial needs of the Spanish population are those that most condition TThe dossier dedicated to housing individual welfare. SOCIAL NEEDS IN SPAIN focuses on the residential insecurity of the most vulnerable groups Finally, the report entitled Health Report and the access of young people to Strengthening Social Welfare: 04 a home of their own. The mono- From Minimum Income to Basic In- October 2019 graph presents two articles: Juan come, published by the ”la Caixa” Antonio Módenes addresses res- Social Observatory, includes the idential insecurity, which has be- analysis of a dozen experts on the come as a major concern, and social situation in Spain and the then Aitana Alguacil analyses the capacity of current aid and subsi- problems faced by the young pop- dies to guarantee a minimum in- ulation when it comes to access- come for all citizens in order to re- ing housing and how issues such duce poverty and inequality. as the forming of households and the fertility of the population can have an impact. The interview is The ”la Caixa” dedicated to Sorcha Edwards, Social Observatory Secretary General of Housing Europe, helping us to understand completes its series how the situation in Spain fits into of reports on Social the European framework. Needs in Spain

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Promoting research in the social sciences

A new competition call was launched Isidro Fainé, Chairman of the in 2019 to finance research projects ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation, that are outstanding for their excel- and Daniel Traça, Director of lence, innovative nature and social the Nova School of Business & Economics (SBE), during the orientation. The proposals are based signing of the collaboration on quantitative methodologies and agreement. aim to produce new knowledge to help understand today’s most relevant social challenges. Initiative for A new line of funding instruments was likewise launched for research Social Equity proposals that are characterised by their agility and flexibility. ”la Caixa” Foundation, BPI and the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at NOVA University in Lisbon launched the Social Equity Initiative Personally speaking in 2019. The goal is to stimulate the social sector in Portugal. The collaboration amounts to 2.2 million euros over 3 years. Among the projects to be developed are: Miranda Jessica Lubbers 1. Launch of the Social State of the Investigating the mechanisms behind social cohesion Country annual report: Socioeco- and how this affects political preferences and the nomic portrait of Portuguese families democratic quality of society. with special attention to situations of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. exclusion and access to current social aid and resources in the country. 2. Creation of a public database of the social sector in Portugal: Unify- Joan Josep Vallbé ing currently scattered information about social sector organisations in Why do some courts issue more restraining orders than the country. others? Understanding the keys to this judicial inequality and its tendency. 3. Two new training programmes: The first is aimed at managers of so- Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. cial entities. The second consists of a pioneering initiative to diagnose and accompany social sector entities in various areas, involving the NOVA Alberto Ardèvol SBE community (students, alumni, Investigating why false news is spread and the teachers and partners). behaviour and motivations of its broadcasters. 4. Data Science for Social Good: Ap- University of La Laguna. plying this programme created at Universidad de La Laguna. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the University of Chicago in 2013 in Spain. Portugal. The aim is to analyse social problems through Data Sci- ence. NOVA SBE, in collaboration with ”la Caixa” Foundation, will each year choose the social problems to be studied. A competition aimed at social entities in 2019 led to the de- ”la Caixa” SOCIAL OBSERVATORY cision to analyse the Features of the diabetic population at risk of ne- phropathy, as proposed by the Portu- guese Association for the Protection 36 10,529 of Diabetics. CONTENTS Newsletter GENERATED SUBSCRIBERS

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PALAU MACAYA unique Art Nouveau space, the Palau Macaya aims to analyse and understand the current challenges of our society. It therefore iden- tifies new trends and presents specific proposals that create a real impact and visible improvement Afor people and their environment. The challenges of The Palau Macaya acts in the form of knowledge brokering, in other words, an intermediary (and en- society for dialogue abler) of knowledge among various social agents and experts. Its function is to promote dialogue, and reflection reflection and the exchange of ideas through activities divided into The Palau Macaya in Barcelona is the two large blocks: social innovation space set up by ”la Caixa” Foundation and dissemination. to stimulate knowledge and social SOCIAL INNOVATION: This block transformation. comprises a number of talks and seminars on the Reflec- tions and Calls programmes.

Audience members at one of the talks held at Palau Macaya.

PALAU MACAYA (2019) 850 + 67,20 0 (2012-2019) ANNUAL ACTIVITIES ANNUAL PARTICIPANTS 8 years of experience as a leading centre in generating knowledge and social progress.

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The Observatory’s SOCIAL DISSEMINATION: This Personally speaking headquarters for block presents spaces for debate the Sustainable in the field of thought and the humanities in the form of talks, Christopher Clark Development Goals, screenings, debates, courses Professor of History at Cambridge University. European School of and meetings. It brings together “End-time scenarios are in vogue. From Humanities and Club activities from the Cineforum, the end of the Left to the end of the of Rome Dialogues and Club of Rome pro- Right, the end of politics, of liberal grammes, aimed at addressing democracy or of liberalism itself.” economic, environmental and Their methodology is based on social challenges in our world, a forward-looking approach as well as from the European Eva Fabry Director of the European Centre for Women and and they have a global perspec- School of Humanities, with series Technology (ECWT). tive by bringing together actors such as After the Wall: A World of “Although we think it is a closed world, from various professional and Change and Lessons in Contem- technology is based on humanity.” knowledge fields. They are par- porary History. ticipatory formats defending humanist, democratic values, com- Some of the experts who have Enzo Traverso prising results-oriented projects, passed through the centre this Professor at Cornell University. such as the challenges revolving 2019 include: Esther Barbé, Dani- “Is Europe returning to the interwar around women and technolo- lo Martuccelli, Victòria Camps, years? Is Europe returning to fascism? gy, the value of the humanities in Pedro Olalla, Máriam Martín- These are pertinent questions.” the 21st century or the fact that ez Bascuñán, Víctor Sampe- a more diverse society is (or is dro, Adrian Parr, Eva Fabry, not) less charitable. The fifth call Rafael Argullol, Rebecca Rich- for reflection projects was also monds, Branko Milanovic, Su- launched, as was the second call sanna Heim and Robert Fish- in the Community of Madrid. man, among others.

Gardens of Cap Roig

The world’s first festival to have obtained the Biosphere seal, the Cap Roig Festival has offset its greenhouse gas emissions for the second year run- ning. Artists of the stature of Maluma, Sting and Liam Gallagher took to its stage this year. Ainhoa Arteta closed the festival with a charity recital for the benefit of the AcompanyArt association, conducted by Andrés Salado. The special urban plan for the Gar- dens of Cap Roig was approved this year. This meant the commencement of work on building an underground auditorium that is environmenta- lly friendly. The new space will be dedicated to reflection and dialogue on the challenges faced by society.

The 19th edition of the Cap Roig Festival was held in 2019.

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culturE ı education

Improving society through knowledge

Culture is a powerful tool for personal growth and social integration. ”la Caixa” Foundation collaborates with the world’s best institutions to deploy a unique model for disseminating knowledge available to all audiences throughout the country.

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Disseminating Long-term strategic ”la Caixa” Collection, Supporting creation and knowledge, culture and partnerships with the consolidating an talent with calls in Spain science throughout Spain world’s most prestigious internationally and Portugal institutions prestigious art collection

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CAIXAFORUM Ten keys of 4. CaixaForum model Diversity of formats Our vocation is to reach people ”la Caixa” Foundation has consolidated of all educational and social lev- a unique way of making culture els in order to satisfy diverse cultural consumption demands, accessible to citizens and bringing so we offer a wide range of cul- knowledge closer to all people. tural activities. In addition to exhibitions, we organise daily educational activities, conferences, courses, seminars, workshops, performing art shows, 1. concerts and film screenings. Territorial proximity The CaixaForum model comprises a unique network of cen- 5. tres located throughout Spain. 3. Quality programming ”la Caixa” Foundation creates Diversity of subjects cultural content of excellence CaixaForum is structured upon to be disseminated to all peo- CaixaForum offers the public three pillars. ple at its CaixaForum centres. a wide range of programming excellence in elaborating con- with activities on ancient, tent from the world’s best collec- modern and contemporary tions. art, archaeology, ethnography, 2. architecture, cinema and MEDIAting to ensure this con- Agreements with major photography. tent is accessible to all audiences. international museums RIGOuR in both conceptualisation and museography. ”la Caixa” Foundation establishes long-term partnerships with the world’s most important museums and collections, such as the British, Louvre or Prado Museums, in addition to specific agreements with institutions to offer the highest quality programming.

8 caixaforum and cosmocaixa centres

Zaragoza Lleida Girona Barcelona Tarragona Madrid

Palma Valencia (opening soon)

Sevilla

- 46 - - 47 - culture ı education 6. Public loyalty One of the founding goals of our institution is to dissemi- nate knowledge among people 10. as a driver of social progress. Social transformation Cultural consumption habits must be encouraged in order The ”la Caixa” Art for Change to achieve this, so we constant- programme promotes cultural ly undertake actions to create projects fostering social regular cultural participation inclusion and improvement and thereby nurture society. that have a space in the CaixaForum network. The programme generates artistic 9. creations led by a professional ”la Caixa” Collection and artist in which groups in 7. commitment to new talent situations of vulnerability or School public social exclusion participate. Since 1985, the ”la Caixa” Con- In line with the idea of gen- temporary Art Collection has ACCESSIBILITY by favouring erating cultural consump- brought together more than a equal access to culture for all. tion habits, we pay special at- thousand works by national and PARTICIPATION by promoting tention to young people. We international artists and is one artistic projects in which design activities aimed es- of Europe’s most important pri- groups in situations of pecially at schools to cre- vate collections. It is on perma- vulnerability or social exclusion ate future audiences. nent display at CaixaForum and participate. also travels throughout Spain AWARENESS by creating and worldwide, and its pieces are meeting spaces for reflection requested to be borrowed by in- and raising awareness about stitutions around the world. the inequalities in accessing 8. culture. Quality tours We also encourage talent and creativity thanks to two calls we We enrich the visits to our have created: the first is aimed at centres with targeted activities new curators proposing new ex- that add value, increase visitor hibition perspectives based on satisfaction and reinforce the works from our Collection, and CaixaForum experience. the second is open to emerging artists to help them in the production of new works, with a final purchase option for these works to be added to our art holdings.

CAIXAFORUM total (2019) 2.6 32 10,825 million exhibitions activities visitors

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EXHIBITIONS esc Català-Roca and Pilar Ay- merich. The exhibition opened this year in Barcelona and will The best works at travel to Madrid and Zaragoza. ”la Caixa” Foundation and the Brit- ish Museum have been organising everyone’s fingertips joint exhibitions since 2015 and this will also extend until 2024. Long-term agreements with the world’s Luxury: From the Assyrians to major museums and collections help to Alexander the Great this year presented –first in Barcelona, then stage large-scale exhibitions and tour in Madrid– a journey through the these throughout our territorial network. history of the ancient Middle East based on more than 200 objects from the British Museum.

Specific agreements also play a major role in our commitment to make culture available to all peo- he strength of the CaixaForum ple. In collaboration with the Vic-

model lies in a threefold experi- Camera and City: toria and Albert Museum and the ence: public management, ex- Urban Life in Gran Teatre del Liceu, the exhi- Photography and cellent content and education- Film exhibition, bition Opera: Passion, Power al offer. Establishing long-term organised jointly and Politics brought together by ”la Caixa” agreements with the world’s most Foundation and the some 300 objects from 30 insti- important institutions, such as Centre Pompidou tutions in Madrid and Barcelo- at CaixaForum Tthe Centre Pompidou, British Barcelona. na. Sevilla and Zaragoza hosted Museum or Museo Nacional del Prado, allows the best works to be made available in advance, optimise budgets and innovate exhibition discourse and museography. In this way, CaixaForum has access to quality art collections and expert curators in each field.

The Centre Pompidou has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, as well as one of the two largest in the world. This 2019, ”la Caixa” Foun- dation reached a collaboration agreement with the French museum for the joint organisation of six exhibitions until 2024. Most of the pieces selected for these exhibitions as a whole will be on display in Spain for the first time.

The first exhibition resulting from this agreement is Camera and City: Urban Life in Photog- raphy and Film, which is a visual essay on the image based on 244 works by 80 creators, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray, Diane Arbus, Joan Colom, Franc-

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works by Picasso as a result of an at CaixaForum Barcelona traced Image of the ”la Caixa” Foundation exhibition Opera: agreement with the Musée Picas- a continuous journey through Passion, Power and seals strategic so in Paris, the Almine and Ber- time: The Historic Avant- Politics, the result of collaboration partnerships with nard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation gardes in the IVAM Collection with the Victoria & for Art, the Pushkin Museum in 1914-1945, with works from the Albert Museum and the Centre Pompidou the Gran Teatre del and British Museum Moscow and the Picasso Muse- Valencian Institute of Modern Liceu. um in Málaga. Art, and Painting: A Permanent until 2024 Challenge, with pieces from the Synchronising its annual pro- ”la Caixa” Collection. the exhibition Blue: The Colour gramme and its thematic com- of Modernism, an own produc- plementarity are other key ex- tion of ”la Caixa” Foundation in hibition strategies, as is the case collaboration with the Museu of the exhibitions in CaixaForum. Nacional de Catalunya (MNAC) For example, this year the exhibi- and Musées d’Art et Histoire de tions Atomic Leda and Disney: Genève. At the same time, Ol- The Art of Storytelling were ga Picasso gathered together shown at CaixaForum Zaragoza. in Madrid a unique selection of At the same time, two exhibitions

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

Pharaoh: Toulouse-Lautrec and the Luxury: From the Assyrians to King of Egypt Spirit of Montmartre Alexander the Great

385,587 342,839 228,265 visitors visitors visitors

CaixaForum Madrid, CaixaForum Girona CaixaForum Barcelona CaixaForum Madrid and CaixaForum Sevilla and CaixaForum Madrid and CaixaForum Barcelona

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”la Caixa” collection An internationally renowned private collection Whitechapel Gallery in London, the last major stop in the thirty or so international exhibitions organised Above, works from the ”la Caixa” with the contemporary art holdings Collection at the Whitechapel from the ”la Caixa” Collection. Art Gallery in London. Below, a work by Robert Mangold at the exhibition Painting: A Permanent Challenge.

hen it comes to contemporary art, the ”la Caixa” Collection is one of the most complete private collections in Europe. It comprises 1,011 works by 411 international artists that were produced at crucial moments in the artistic Wcareer of each creator. Interna- tionally renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Juan Muñoz, Cristina Iglesias, Bruce Nauman, Antoni Tàpies, Jannis Kounellis, Antoni Muntadas, Gerhard Rich- ter, Roni Horn, Steve McQueen, Mona Hatoum, Olafur Eliasson and Dora García.

The Collection began in the 2019, is truly a multifaceted At the same time, CaixaForum 1980s and since then 175 exhibi- project: four exhibitions at the Barcelona unveiled a new exhi- tions have been staged around Whitechapel Gallery in London, bition entitled Painting: A Per- it, with some thirty of these in- a centre of major international manent Challenge, dealing with ternationally. The last, this renown. It consists of four con- the subject of painting and in- secutive Readings in Time by cluding 39 works by 32 contem- four brilliant writers: Enrique porary artists. The exhibition The ”la Caixa” Vila-Matas, Maria Fusco, Tom Look At Me! Portraits and Other Collection brings McCarthy and Verónica Gerber Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Con- Bicecci. Each author chose a se- temporary Art Collection was al- together 1,011 lection of works and wrote a new so on show in collaboration with works by 411 story that reflects his or her in- the Castell-Platja d’Aro Town worldwide artists terest in this group. Council (Girona).

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Olafur Eliasson exhibition at Cultural the Serralves Foundation in partnerships Porto. with Portugal

Olafur Eliasson’s first solo exhibition in Portugal: Thanks to the collaboration of ”la Caixa” Foundation with the Fundação de Serralves (Porto). Known for his large-scale sculptures and in- stallations, the Danish artist positioned organic and artificial works inside the museum and in the surrounding forest. The exhibition deals with the idea of in- Calls for proposals terior and exterior in a building built in harmony with nature. More support for creation Joaquín Sorolla in Lisbon: Together with the Sorolla Museum and in collaboration in Spain and Portugal with ”la Caixa” Foundation, this exhibition opened in 2018 at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (Lisbon) and is continuing ”la Caixa” Foundation offers two bi- exhibition project with three shows at its run. It brings together 118 paintings ennial calls for creators of Spanish or CaixaForum Barcelona based on works by the Valencian artist and is an enlarged Portuguese nationality in order to pro- from the ”la Caixa” Collection and and enriched version of Sorolla Inland, mote artistic creation. The Production MACBA, with the possibility of incorpo- which was on show in Madrid in 2016. Call is aimed at artists over the age of rating a few non-Collection works. Museu das Descobertas: ”la Caixa” 18 who have an incipient project with a Foundation is collaborating with this ex- third party (museum, curator or insti- These two calls were extended to hibition at the Museu Nacional de Arte tution) and require new work. The Pur- Portugal last year. One of the results Antiga in Lisbon. The exhibition converts chasing Committee of the ”la Caixa” this 2019 was the exhibition by João the museum into a place of discovery Collection will assess the possible ac- Laia at CaixaForum Barcelona. Un- that seeks to be provocative and make quisition and incorporation of this re- der the title In Free Fall, the Portuguese visitors think, in an era in which moder- sulting work. The Curators Call is artist drew up a polyphonic map com- nity is questioning the very concept of a aimed at co-curators under the age posed of different agencies, organ- museum institution. . of 40 with a minimum of three exhibi- isms, and contemporary narratives and tions. Those selected will develop an structured from the act of the fall. Álvaro Pires de Évora: ”la Caixa” Foun- dation is collaborating alongside Polo Museale della Toscana on this major exhibition project at the Museu Nacion- al d’Arte Antiga. The project recovers the figure of the oldest documented paint- er of Portuguese origin in the region of ”la Caixa” collection Tuscany, Italy. The great historian Gior- gio Vasari already mentioned him in 1568. The exhibition brings together 85 pieces, including the beautiful Annun- 1,011 411 175 ciation, which was part of the collection works artists exhibitions of German Chancellor Konrad Adenau- er, as well as pieces by contemporary artists. The exhibition brings together loans from major European museums and private collections.

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CaixaForum Barcelona The Art Nouveau style building of the former Casaramona CaixaForum Barcelona hosted eight factory houses the exhibitions this year, all of which of- headquarters of fered guided tours for all audiences CaixaForum Barcelona. and an additional programme of educational conferences and workshops. The first exhibition is the result of an agreement between ”la Caixa” Foun- dation and the Centre Pompidou: Camera and City: Urban Life in Pho- tography and Film. As for its new activities, it is worth noting Literary Universes, a series of conferences coordinated by Martí Sales, including guest writers and creators such as Màrius Serra, Es- pido Freire, David Trueba and Rog- er Mas explaining what inspires them and what their beginnings were like. Our Microconcerts allowed people to enjoy a wide range of musical styles while discovering the groups selected in the call for musical performanc- es in CaixaForum 2019. There was also a premiere of the school and family concert Papageno & Cía. The Re-stories school workshop provided youngsters with an introduction to the world of literature based on en- joyment, interaction and creation.

Caixaforum barcelona 2019 674,594 visitors

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Visitors to the exhibition Toulouse- CaixaForum Lautrec and the Spirit of Montmartre at CaixaForum Madrid Madrid.

CaixaForum Madrid consolidated ge of musical styles. In addition to its position as a leading sociocultu- the success of these two activities, ral centre in Spain. It hosted six ex- the series dedicated to romantic re- hibitions in 2019. The most visited lationships, The Logic of Love, as well was Toulouse-Lautrec and the Spi- as the Filmed Opera music series and rit of Montmartre, a unique display of now essential Summer Nights event. late 19th-century French radical art based on more than 300 works from collections around the world, with a total of 146,208 visitors. Followed Caixaforum MADrid 2019 by Opera: Passion, Power and Poli- tics, an exciting journey through eight premieres in the main theatres of Europe, attracting 107,514 people. 719,584 Also worth noting were the ex- visitors cellent numbers of its music season and new music presentation format, Microconcerts, with which the public was able to enjoy a wide ran-

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CaixaForum Zaragoza

CaixaForum Zaragoza has now been in operation for five years ever since it opened in June 2014. A concert with more than 400 spectators –the most popular to date– put the icing on the cake of its anniversary. Unusual spaces in CaixaForum hosted Microcon- certs, programmed by the ”la Caixa” Foundation Music Department and providing a stage for local talent. So- CaixaForum The exhibition Agon! cial reflection arrived in the form of Competition in Macaya 361º: Discussions on Diversi- Ancient Greece at Palma CaixaForum Palma. ty and Solidarity, activities that travelled away from Palau Macaya for the first time, specialising in knowledge CaixaForum Palma once again con- Future Be Like? are two commit- and social transformation. solidated its position as one of the ments to science, art and the envi- CaixaForum Zaragoza was also island’s leading cultural centres. The ronment. the first centre to set up the workshop exhibition Agon! Competition in An- Encounters with... and Literary The Double Life of Things, a project cient Greece attracted 45,860 visi- Universes filled our spaces with a by ”la Caixa” Art for Change. Aimed at tors, who enjoyed the opportunity to very appreciative public. Those who people with serious mental disorders see pieces from the British Museum participated found it valuable to be and dependent elderly people, it pro- without having to leave their island, able to interact with leading creators. motes access to art for people in vul- such as a fragment of the frieze from Families also discovered anoth- nerable situations so that they can the Halicarnassus mausoleum that er way of experiencing CaixaForum express themselves. In this case, by had never left the museum before. in the form of its daily programme of means of everyday objects. Its educational activities have different activities, adding a quality become the perfect complement to plus to leisure time. the island’s schools. Its new Light and Colour science workshop and series of talks The (Re)evolution of Batteries: What Will Batteries of the

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CaixaForum Sevilla

The second anniversary of Caixa- CaixaForum Sevilla has positio- Forum Sevilla, which has continued to ned itself in the territory as a centre consolidate itself in the area. Myths, that promotes dialogue and reflection scientific and technological chan- on sociocultural and scientific expe- ges and modernism are just some of rience. It is also noted for its accep- the subjects covered by its major ex- tance among schoolchildren, as well hibition labours. Special attention as offering a host of activities to make was given to Tintin and the Moon, a knowledge more accessible for young ”la Caixa” Foundation production that and old alike. The centre has promo- has enabled Sevilla to celebrate the ted musical Sundays, with opera and 50th anniversary of the landing on the filmed dance activities as well as li- The Tintin and the moon, and Pharaoh: King of Egypt, prove music. Moon exhibition duced in collaboration with the British coincided with the 50th anniversary of Museum, a magnificent show on sym- the landing on the bolism and power in ancient Egypt. moon.

The spectacular CaixaForum Zaragoza building is located in the city’s so-called “Digital Mile”.

CaixaForum Sevilla increased its visits by 30% to coincide with its 2nd anniversary

Caixaforum palma 2019 Caixaforum ZARAGOZA 2019 Caixaforum sevilla 2019 300,038 230,818 345,484 visitors visitors visitors

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CaixaForum Lleida

A visitor viewing a piece on display in the exhibition This 2019 was an important year in Pharaoh: King of the history of CaixaForum Lleida. Egypt. Firstly, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of its building, designed by the architect Francesc de Paula Morera i Gatell, who filled the structure with Art Nouveau details. Sec- ondly, the centre celebrated 30 years since this former cinema was con- verted into the leading centre for cultural activity in Lleida and surrounding areas thanks to ”la Caixa” Foundation. To celebrate these anniversaries, an extensive repertoire of cultural activities was programmed, including two major exhibitions: the scien- tifically based Experiment Year 2100, on the adventure of exploring what our future can be like, and Film and Emotions: A Journey to Childhood, on the relationship between film and childhood. At the same time, a series of talks were organised, including Spying Between the Wars and Encounters with..., including creators and artists from various fields. CaixaForum A range of activities was also pro- CaixaForum Lleida grammed for family audiences. commemorated the Girona 100th anniversary of its building, filled with Art Nouveau Pharaoh: King of Egypt, jointly organ- details. ised with the British Museum, has become the most popular thematic exhibition at the centre since it opened in 2011. In addition, the series dedicated to Fantastic Art by the Friends of the Prado Foundation was also staged as a result of the collaboration between the two institutions. At the same time, a commitment has been made to new models of action, such as meetings to discuss the concept of sovereignty, an initiative promoted by the European School of Humanities and CIDOB Foun- dation. Music always occupies a prominent place. So this year, the renowned pia- nist and composer Marco Mezquida participated as part of the Intimate Au- ditions programme. Its science activities also enjoyed great success, such as the family workshop-show Surprising, But It’s Science and several weekends featuring EXPLORA. CaixaForum Giro- na actively participated in city initiatives such as the Girona, Temps de Flors flower festival or the International Fes- tival of Amateur Theatre in Girona.

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CaixaForum Tarragona

Arising from a collaboration with two prestigious institutions, CaixaForum Tarragona hosted two exhibitions on visual culture: Robert Capa in Col- our, with the International Centre of Photography in New York, on photography, communication and photo- journalism, and Film and Emotions: A Journey to Childhood, with the Ciné- mathèque Française, on the relationship between film and childhood. The second edition of Literary Universes, with Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Nu- ria Gago, Víctor Amela and Boris Iza- guirre, and the series of Encounters with... Claire O’Keefe, Xavier Maño- sa (Apparatu), Flavita Banana, Cinta Vidal and Mucho have both become successful formats. Science played a leading role in the International Year of the Period- The future ic Table of Chemical Elements. The CaixaForum UNDER CONSTRUCTION Valencia will Frontiers of Chemistry series of talks measure 6,500 m2. and family activities made scientif- CaixaForum ic knowledge more accessible for all audiences. Participation in FITT, Min- Valencia ipop Festival, REC Festival or Mys- Robert Capa in Colour exhibition tery in Museums helped the centre to at CaixaForum forge partnerships with the city. Tarragona. With an extensive programme aimed at all audiences, CaixaForum Valen- cia intends to become a leading sociocultural centre in the capital of the Levante region. Located in the Agora of the City of Arts and Sciences complex, the architectural project is the work of Cloud 9 studio, directed by Enric Ruiz-Geli. The facility will have a useful surface area of 6,500 m2 and two large exhibition halls, an auditorium, multi-purpose classrooms, family and educational space and restaurant. Construction work will commence in 2020 and expected investment is some 19 million euros.

Caixaforum girona 2019 Caixaforum lleida 2019 Caixaforum tarragona 2019 160,265 92,360 73,204 visitors visitors visitors

- 57 - ANNUAL REPORT 2019 cosmocaixa Conceived and produced by ”la Caixa” Foundation, this year saw the opening of Mirrors: In- side and Outside Reality. Based 15 years of on a single museographic element (the mirror), this temporary exhibition invites visitors true science to view reality from various perspectives. As a counterpoint, a CosmoCaixa’s goal is to promote series of talks was organised en- social progress by popularising titled A journey through symme- science and this year it try (and more) in knowledge. celebrated its 15th anniversary, Reinhold Ewald, an astronaut on several Soyuz missions, was one consolidating itself as Spain’s of the guest speakers at the 50th first science museum. anniversary of the landing on the moon, a series organised around the exhibition Tintin and the Moon. In turn, Carme Ruscalleda participated, among others, in the series on The Mediterranean Diet, while the doctor in physics Ignasi Ribas osmoCaixa turned 15 in 2019. CosmoCaixa has explained the secrets of the neigh- During this time, it has consol- 54,000 m2 dedicated to bouring planet Barnard b. disseminating science idated itself as Spain’s first sci- and knowledge. ence museum and one of the most outstanding in Europe. Its goal is to promote social progress by popularising science Cand culture. Since 2004, it has organised more than 60 exhibitions and been visited by more than 12 million people. This year, the centre received the Award for Good Practices in Environmental Sus- tainability presented by the Bar- celona Tourism Board.

Stroll through the Amazon forest, learn how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago or discover the secrets of the cosmos are just a few of its proposals along a stimulating 54,000 m2 route. Its interactive approach means that visitors can touch, experiment and discover science in an educational, enjoyable way.

Award for Good Practices in Environmental Sustainability from the Barcelona Tourism Board

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New Universe Room The Universe Room is the heart this museum project. The transfor- was opened in 2019. New Universe of the museum, a space where sci- mation process began in 2010 with entific experience is concentrated exhaustive evaluations of the room Room from the Big Bang to the new fron- and the advice of international ex- tiers of knowledge. The remodelling perts in the world of scientific dis- of the permanent hall provides a new semination, including Alison Abbott, CosmoCaixa’s new Universe Room perspective that will help the mu- German correspondent for the sci- was opened this year, comprising seum to continue as an internation- entific journal Nature; Ken Arnold, di- 3,500 m2 of exhibition space. It pre- al benchmark in the field of science rector of Public Programmes at The sents an exciting journey through sci- and research. It reflects its more than Wellcome Trust (London), Wolfgang M. ence, from the Big Bang to the final 38-year history, ever since initially the Heckl, managing director of the Deut- frontiers of the universe. Three major creation of the Museo de la Ciencia de sches Museum in Munich (Germany), themes (Cosmos, Evolution and Fron- España (1981) and then CosmoCaixa and Michael John Gorman, director of tiers) make up the new room, from the (2004). A place that helps to create a the Science Gallery at Trinity College evolution of inert matter to the devel- society that is better trained to face in Dublin, among others. opment of life on Earth, with an in- the challenges of a world in constant teractive globe as its centrepiece, as evolution. well as the study of the brain in which The new Universe Room is the re- we discover how this exceptional or- sult of a thorough remodelling under- gan works. taken by Mediapro, which designed

Cosmocaixa 2019 SCHOOL AUDIENCES 1,002,965 8,061 148,382 visitors activities school visitors

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”la Caixa” ART FOR CHANGE

“We have shared. We have doubted. We have Art for the created a small community. And we have understood that nobody can change the world alone.” betterment of Group participant in the theatre project Same Day, Same society Time, Same Place. ”la Caixa” Art for Change uses culture as a tool for social ”la Caixa” Foundation betterment and the inclusion views artistic action of all people in society. as a driver of social change

group of people over 65 alongside young people aged between 16 and 18 from different backgrounds. What does it mean to change the world? What can be born again? Entitled Same Day, Same Time, Same Place, this project of theat- Arical creation is one of the many that ”la Caixa” Art for Change promoted in 2019. In this case, together with the National Theatre of Catalonia under the direction of Lali Álvarez.

Since 2007, ”la Caixa” Founda- tion has been promoting an annual call for different artistic projects. These creative processes are led by a creator, with the participation of all kinds of people, especially groups in vulnerable situations.

At the same time, ”la Caixa” Art for Change has designed a pro- Same Day, Same gramme to accompany the Time, Same Place projects selected from this call show by ”la Caixa” Art for Change. to generate community, learning and experience sharing. It is worth ART FOR CHANGE (2019) noting the Exchange Forum meeting, which brought together a hundred artists and cultural managers at CaixaForum Barcelona to 19 2,132 discuss and identify important PROJECTS BENEFICIARIeS issues around artistic action as a SELEcted driver of social change.

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music Making all audiences participate in music Schoolchildren, families, the elderly and the general public all have a place in the musical programming of ”la Caixa” Foundation.

The Collector of Landscapes school concert.

o approach music in the broadest Mozart’s operas with the help of From north to possible manner, to tell its story, musicians and also the audience. south in Portugal to make it more accessible for And it stars Papageno, one of the children, to participate in a ma- most endearing characters in the jor educational project alongside world of opera. To perform classical music in the ur- professional musicians and per- ban heritage – or in other words, the formers and to ensure a full, var- Our participative concerts were streets– of historical cities in Portugal. Tied range of activities, from clas- first staged in 1995 with G.F. Hän- This was the aim of the unprecedent- ed initiative Orquestra no Património, sical to electronic music, jazz or del’s The Messiah. Since then, promoted by the Casa da Música (Por- world music. These are the objec- more than 50,000 amateur sing- to) with the support of ”la Caixa” Foun- tives of the Music Programme of ers have participated in these au- dation. From the north to the south in ”la Caixa” Foundation. ditions in front of audiences total- the country, the Baroque Orchestra ling 500,000 people in more than and Symphony Orchestra of Porto performed 9 concerts in 8 cities this year: A new school and family show was 20 cities throughout Spain. Lisbon, Évora, Porto, Mafra, Faro, Braga, premiered this year: Papageno & Castelo Branco and Viana do Castelo. Cía, involving a journey through Similarly, after the excellent recep- tion last year of The Participatory Mes- siah in the Casa da Música, it was also staged again this year in Porto, as well as in a new city: Braga. The Messiah of Madrid was similarly performed this year by the orchestra and choir of the Music (2019) Casa da Música. Two school concerts were likewise launched in Portugal: The Collector of Landscapes, which familiarises stu- 852 210,907 dents from 1st to 4th grade of prima- concerts in audience members ry school with musical sounds and was seen in Viseu, Porto, Beja and Barreiro, and Finish Your Soup, to familiarise chil- 57 dren from 3 to 12 years old with attending an auditorium, in Porto. cities

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TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS rt, science and culture. ”la Caixa” Foundation has developed a uniquely innovative model that is internationally renowned to Making art, science make these fields more accessible for the maximum number of people. Fold-out units and and culture more AStreet Art are two exhibition formats that help to create meeting points for disseminating knowl- accessible for people edge and raising awareness among all people. ”la Caixa” Foundation has developed a unique, internationally renowned Thanks to collaboration agreements with local administrations model that makes knowledge a tool for throughout Spain, these travel- social transformation, making culture ling exhibitions visit various cities and municipalities, and offer and science more accessible for the guided tours for the general pub- greatest number of people. lic and also school groups. The wide range of exhibitions is complemented by a series of educational and social activities revolving around them, thereby helping to create a true tool for local social promotion.

Exterior of the exhibition Leonardo: Observe, Question, Experiment.

TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS (2019) TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS 2019 BY CITIES 3,456,549 visitors 92 exhibitions 51,904 iN 80 CIties schoolchildren

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Visitors to travelling exhibitions increase by 16%

In order to adapt the exhibitions to the characteristics and needs of each specific city or town, specific and innovative spaces have been designed in the form of Fold-out units and art in the streets. In this sense, ”la Caixa” Foundation has launched two new projects for 2019: Leonar- do: Observe, Question, Experi- ment and Land of Dreams.

The first invites people to observe, question and experiment based on Leonardo’s most crucial feature: insatiable curiosity. It consists of a series of life-size models that faithful interpreta- The Land of tions of original drawings and it Dreams exhibition Portuguese views adopts a highly innovative hybrid was one of the new projects for format. 2019. Double the Street Art in Portugal. Hand in hand with ”la Caixa” Foun- The second project is part of dation, two major exhibitions begun Street Art and brings together a their journey in Portugal this year. Sebastião Salgado: Genesis series of works by Cristina García brought the photographs of this ma- Rodero, winner of the national jor Portuguese artist to Évora. Land- photography prize. Her images scapes, animals and people that lend voice to women in rural com- reveal the beauty and fragility of our munities in India, while highlight- Georges Méliès and Film of the planet, which we are duty bound to protect and preserve. ing their ability to transform the 1900s takes us back to the be- At the same time, Terra de Sonhos. environment in which they live. ginning of the 20th century and Cristina García-Rodero brought to- the birth of cinema as a popular gether this year in Aveiro, Gumarães, Street Art has also helped us to phenomenon. Vila Real and Porto representative get closer to the work of anoth- photographs of the rural communities er of photography’s leading fig- Also this 2019, Hidden Heroes. of India that captivate because of their compositional quality and vividness. ures: Sebastião Salgado. Under Great Inventions. Everyday A floresta. Muito mais do que ma- the title Genesis, the exhibition Objects takes on the format of a deira, a permanent exhibition at the brings together 38 of his large fold-out unit. Developed by the Fundação de Serralves (Porto). From black-and-white photographs. prestigious Vitra Design Muse- this year onwards, part of the mod- um, it shows objects that have ules of this exhibition organised by ”la Caixa” Foundation will be on dis- Another two fold-out units have been produced millions of times play in a new permanent space brought the figures of both but are still indispensable in eve- aimed at school groups. The exhibi- Picasso and Georges Méliès ryday life. tion previously toured Braga, Castelo closer to the public throughout Branco, Setúbal, Matosinhos and Spain. Picasso: The Journey At the same time, Creactivity Faro this 2019. of Guernica is a project devel- continued to travel throughout oped in collaboration with the the country this year. This work- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte shop is held in another unique Reina Sofía, analysing the histo- format: a bus that becomes an 360,748 ry of the famous painting. At the educational family space that fos- visitors same time, Let the Show Begin: ters the use of different skills.

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EDUCATION teacher training: Teachers and school management teams are the protagonists and agents of educational change. EduCaixa is commit- EduCaixa promotes ted to the figure of a leader as a key element for changes to take place in schools. With the aim of empow- educational ering and accompanying them, the Leadership for Learning programme involves training actions transformation and resources both in person and in a digital format. In collabora- EduCaixa puts the focus on teachers tion with the Institute of Educa- and management teams as agents of tion (IOE) at the University Col- lege of London, a worldwide leader transformation, as those in charge in education faculties, ”la Caixa” and part of change. Foundation began the first edition of this programme this year. More than 100 representatives of management teams from 50 educational centres throughout Spain earning to know, learning to do, EduCaixa is aligned took part. learning to live together and with the Sustainable learning to be.” These are the Transforming evidence-based words of Jacques Delors in the Development Goal education: EduCaixa promotes ev- 1996 UNESCO report entitled of ensuring quality idence-based education and en- Education: The Treasure With- education courages educational evaluation in. With the aim of guaranteeing as tools for obtaining rigorous Lquality education for students, and relevant information that al- EduCaixa promotes education- lows crucial decisions to be made. al transformation based on three In 2019, it therefore translated cornerstones: developing student and published the evidence re- expertise, teacher training and tory methodologies, promote col- pository of the Education Endow- transforming evidence-based laboration between peers and are ment Foundation (EEF), which education. evaluated. This year, EduCaixa can be consulted on the new Edu- launched five new programmes: Caixa website. The second call Developing expertise: The aim is to STEAMxChange, Comunica, Cu- for centres that want to evaluate promote knowledge, skills and atti- riosity, Emociona and BeCritical. their educational projects was al- tudes. To this end, the educational These can be added to the two also opened this year. programmes of ”la Caixa” Founda- ready existing programmes: Young tion promote expertise, accompa- Entrepreneurs and Big Data (more ny teachers, include educational details of these programmes can programmes with evaluation pro- be found on the following dou- posals, use active and participa- ble-page spread of this report).

EDUCAIXA (2019) 2,081,182 8,060 11,434 students schools teachers

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Lecture series Educational (R)evolution

Series of talks and workshops to encourage reflection on the new challenges facing the educational community.

Louise Stoll Professor of Education and lecturer at the London Centre for Leadership and Learning, Institute of Education, University College. “We need key people on management teams to lead learning and become agents for change.”

Alfons Cornella Entrepreneur and expert in digital transformation. “We can no longer train humans DIGITAL EDUCATION to do what a machine can do.” ProFuturo reaches 10.3 Steve Higgins million children Professor at Durham University Evidence Centre for Education. “Educational evidence helps Ever since it began in 2016, the Pro- Futuro programme has reached 10.3 decision-making on what to million children and 34 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The do in education.” aim of Fundación Telefónica and ”la Caixa” Foundation is to reduce Doris Sommer the educational and digital divide in Professor at Harvard University. the world through technology. Dur- ing these three years, ProFuturo has “Based on analysing and looking also trained 300,000 teachers and reached agreements with govern- critically at the text, we learn ments and local partners, ensuring the scalability and sustainability of how to know and recognise the the programme, which aims to reach 13 million children in 2020. unique look of the other.”

EDUCAIXA.com (2019) educational activities 708,169 398,439 new online students students participated in educational activities at CaixaForum and CosmoCaixa centres.

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EDUCAtion STEAMXCHANGE: Expertise in science, research and society. Aims to develop scientific culture as a social good by integrat- The distinctive value ing scientific knowledge, values, attitudes and opinions, as well as by promoting scientific research. of 7 educational Aimed at secondary school, high school and CFGM students. programmes EMOCIONA: Social-emotional expertise. Fostering emotional and EduCaixa promotes the development social growth by promoting self- of student expertise through awareness, emotional management, social skills and person- educational programmes. al and social wellbeing. Aimed at students in infant and primary education.

he development of expertise is possible thanks to the promotion of knowledge, skills and attitudes. This is why EduCaixa’s 7 educational programmes promote expertise, accompany teachers, include didactic pro- Tgrammes with evaluation proposals, use active and participatory methodologies, promote collaboration between peers and are evaluated.

BECRITICAL: Expertise in audio- visual communication and critical thinking. Fostering a basic ability to acquire new expertise, such as critical thinking, in order to help train students in their daily lives. Aimed at students in secondary education, high school and CFGM.

4 of the programmes organise a campus and 1 educational trip to Silicon Valley

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CURIOSITY: Scientific expertise. cational orientation for its appli- Scientific expertise. Facilitating cation in the classroom. From 3rd The Creactivity educational proposals that intro- and 4th year of secondary school, space stimulates creativity and duce students to scientific activity baccalaureate and CFGM. innovation. in order to adopt science teaching methods based on research. Aimed YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS: Entre- at primary education students. preneurial expertise. cooperative methodology. Aimed at primary, COMUNICA: Communicative ex- secondary, high school and CF- pertise. Helping to develop com- GM students. munication skills. Aimed at primary, secondary, high school and Four of the programmes have CFGM students. challenges: Young Entrepre- neurs, Big Data, STEAMxChange BIG DATA: Digital expertise. Help- and BeCritical. Each challenge ing to develop the digital exper- has its own campus (25 teams) tise of young people in a fully and a training trip to Silicon Val- digital space that includes edu- ley (5 teams).

EduCaixa in Young participants in the Portugal STEAMxChange programme to promote scientific knowledge The Creactivity interactive space could be seen this 2019 at 74 places during its tour of 54 different towns, attracting 23,668 visitors. The mo- bile unit this year travelled for the first time to the Azores and Madeira and was present at two major events: Serralves em Festa and the 17th Mostra da Universidade do Porto. Creactivity encourages creativity and innovation, key elements of the scientific-technological and artistic disciplines, by manipulating and as- sembling objects and materials. The Young Entrepreneurs educational programme was implement- ed in 68 schools, of which 20 took the Entrepreneurial Challenge. These 20 centres formed a total of 43 teams, of which 3 were selected and participated in the Campus Emprende Challenge: the Escola Básica e Se- cundária Ferreira de Castro in Olivei- ra de Azeméis, the Escola Secundária de Estarreja in Estarreja and the Colégio de Nossa Senhora da Graça in Vila Nova de Milfontes.

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The ”la Caixa” Foundation The CriteriaCaixa holding com- directly manages the entity’s pany is also a part of the Bank- social work, which annually ing Foundation, bringing together promotes 50,000 initiatives that the bank’s business assets with benefit 15 million people in order a dual objective: to generate the to build a fairer, more equal so- resources needed to finance its ciety. This strong social commit- social work and to maintain and ment is linked to the origins of increase the Foundation’s as- ”la Caixa”, which was founded in sets. CriteriaCaixa manages a 1904 to stimulate savings, digni- portfolio of shareholdings in fy old age and provide a better fu- strategic sectors such as bank- ture for the working classes and ing, energy, services and real the most needy. estate.

”LA CAIXA” BANKING FOUNDATION

100%

GAV: €21.8 bn

NAV: €17.0 bn

SOCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY & SERVICES REAL ESTATE OTHER FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO BUSINESS ASSETS €8.4 bn €9.5 bn €2.6 bn €1.3 bn CULTURE

40.0% 24.4% 99.5%

EDUCATION 17.5% 6.0% 1.2%

OTHER RESEARCH, STAKES 9.1% 5.2% KNOWLEDGE AND FELLOWSHIPS

The abbreviation bn stands for a thousand million. GAV: gross asset value. NAV: net asset value. Data as of 31 December 2019.

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EXPENDITURE

Budget expenditure 2019

58% 21% 21% Social Area Research Culture Poverty Knowledge Education total Cooperation Fellowships

541.1 M € 312.6 M€ 112.9 M€ 115.6 M€

Budget 2020

54% 22% 24% Social Area Research Culture Poverty Knowledge Education total Cooperation Fellowships 560 M € 300.2 M€ 123.1 M€ 136.7 M€

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”LA CAIXA” BANKING FOUNDATION DIRECTORY

CENTRAL SERVICES: Av. Diagonal, 621 08028 Barcelona

BARCELONA MADRID

CAIXAFORUM BARCELONA CAIXAFORUM MADRID Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8 Paseo del Prado, 36 08038 Barcelona 28014 Madrid Tel. 93 476 86 00 Tel. 91 330 73 00 [email protected] [email protected] CaixaForum.com/agenda CaixaForum.com/agenda Facebook.com/CaixaForum Facebook.com/CaixaForum

COSMOCAIXA BARCELONA ESPACIOCAIXA MADRID Isaac Newton, 26 Arapiles, 15 08022 Barcelona 28015 Madrid Tel. 93 212 60 50 Tel. 91 444 54 15 [email protected] obrasocial.lacaixa.es/ambitos/centros/ CosmoCaixa.com/agenda espaciocaixa_es.html Facebook.com/CosmoCaixa

PALAU MACAYA PALMA Passeig de Sant Joan, 108 08037 Barcelona CAIXAFORUM PALMA Tel. 93 457 95 31 Pl. Weyler, 3 07001 Palma FUNDACIÓN DE LA ESPERANZA Tel. 971 17 85 00 Palma de Sant Just, 4 Fax 971 72 21 20 08002 Barcelona [email protected] Tel. 93 270 39 73 CaixaForum.com/agenda

ESPAICAIXA FRANCESC D’ASSÍS Convent de Santa Clara SEVILLA Santa Clara, 60-62 08241 Manresa CAIXAFORUM SEVILLA Tel. 93 836 26 75 Camino de los Descubrimientos, Esquina C/Jerónimo de Aguilar 41092 Sevilla Tel. 955 657 611 · 955 657 612 [email protected]

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GIRONA ZARAGOZA

CAIXAFORUM GIRONA CAIXAFORUM ZARAGOZA Ciutadans, 19 Av. de Anselmo Clavé, 4 17004 Girona 50004 Zaragoza Tel. 972 20 98 36 Tel. 976 76 82 00 [email protected] [email protected] CaixaForum.com/agenda CaixaForum.com/agenda Facebook.com/CaixaForum ESPAICAIXA GIRONA Pl. Poeta Eduard Marquina, 10 17002 Girona MURCIA Tel. 972 21 54 08 ESPACIOCAIXA MURCIA JARDINS DE CAP ROIG Av. del Río Segura, 6 Camí del Rus, s/n 30002 Murcia 17210 Calella de Palafrugell Tel. 968 22 63 13 obrasocial.lacaixa.es/ambitos/centros/ espaciocaixa_es.html LLEIDA

CAIXAFORUM LLEIDA Av. de Blondel, 3 25002 Lleida Tel. 973 27 07 88 [email protected] CaixaForum.com/agenda

TARRAGONA

CAIXAFORUM TARRAGONA Cristòfor Colom, 2 (al lado de la fuente del Centenario) 43001 Tarragona Tel. 977 24 98 71 [email protected] CaixaForum.com/agenda

ESPAICAIXA TARRAGONA Prat de la Riba, 3 43001 Tarragona Tel. 977 22 59 52

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COVER IMAGES Kim Manresa

IMAGES Kim Manresa (p. 3); ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation’s Historical Archives (p. 6); Rose Richards (p. 7); WINGS (p. 8); Alberto Van Stokkum (p. 11, 1); Marc Guillen (p. 11, 2); Joana Meneses (p. 11, 3); Cesar Lucadamo (p. 12); Kim Manresa (p. 13, 1 y 2); Agustín Quevedo (p. 13, 3); Arnau Puig (p. 14); Marc Guillen (p. 15, 1 y 2); David Campos (p. 15, 3 y 4); shapecharge/Getty Images (p. 16); Mariana Themudo/JFF (p. 17); Marc Guillen (p. 18); Roger Menduiña (p. 19); Marc Guillen (p. 20); Marta Clotet (p. 21); ARGOPHOTO (p. 22, 1); Alberto Van Stokkum (p. 22, 2); Juan Ventura (p. 23); Marc Guillen (p. 24); BPI (p. 25); Luis Tato (p. 26); Development Alternatives/Work 4 Progress (p. 27); Courtesy of Grupo de Entidades Sociales CECAP (p. 28); Aspromor (p. 29); Marc Guillen (p. 31, 1 y 3); Joan de la Malla/ Incognita Agency (p. 31, 2); Joan de la Malla/Incognita Agency (p. 32); Courtesy of Pedro Sousa (p. 33, 1); Joan de la Malla/ Incognita Agency (p. 34); Courtesy of Mariona Graupera (p. 35, 1); David Campos (p. 35, 2 y 4); Courtesy of Maria J. Vicent (p. 35, 3); Marc Guillen (p. 36); Marc Guillen (p. 37, 1); Courtesy of Susana Marcos (p. 37,2); Vicens Giménez (p. 37, 3 y 4); Rose Richards (p. 41); Gemma Miralda (p. 42); José Irún (p. 43); Courtesy of Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC) (p. 45, 1); Anna Elias (p. 45, 2); Georgina Ureña (p. 45, 3); David Campos (p. 48); Pepo Segura (p. 49); David Campos (p. 50); Nimfa Bisbe (p. 51, 1); Fundação de Serralves (p. 51, 2); Enric Monté (p. 52); Mauricio Skrycky (p. 53); Jaume Gual (p. 54, 1); Ronald Stallard (p. 54, 2); Anna Elias (p. 55); Pere Duran (p. 56, 1); Defoto. Serveis d’Imatge (p. 56, 2); Vicente A. Jiménez (p. 57, 1); David Farrán (p. 57, 2); Jordi Salinas (p. 58); José Hevia/Mediaproducción SLU (p. 59); Courtesy of Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC) (p. 60); Fernando Moleres (p. 61); Domingo Mérida (p. 62); Miguel Nogueira (p. 63); Máximo García (p. 65, 1); Jordi Nieva (p. 65, 2); Creativa- Hugo Blues (p. 65, 3 y 4); Georgina Ureña (p. 66); Filipe Braga/ Fundação de Serralves (p. 67).

Closing date: 31 December 2019

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