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ORGANIZATION

Introduction

The Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBER
in the area of Epidemiology and Public health), CIBERESP, is a national public consor-

tium which reports to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through Instituto
de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) of which it is a source of instrumental means and technical

service in matters constituting its purposes. The mission of CIBERESP is to promote,

conduct and transfer large-scale scientific research in the pertinent field to society for
health enhancement and protection.

CIBERESP is a legal entity with private equity (Law 30/1992) having the following

specific purposes:

• Conducting joint programmes for research, development and innovation in the

line of Epidemiology and Public Health.

• Contributing to solving healthcare problems relating to said area.

• Promoting participation in national research activities and particularly activities
included in the European Framework Programmes for R+D+I.

• Promoting the transfer of results derived from the research processes to society
and particularly to the production sector.

• Promoting dissemination of its activities and training of competitive investigators

in the field of Epidemiology and Public Health.

The creation process starts with the official publication of the regulatory framework
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(Ministerial Order SCO/806/2006) and of the relevant call for proposal (ISCIII Resolu-
tion, March 30, 2006), encompassed in the framework of the Ingenio 2010 Initiative,

CONSOLIDER Programme. However, the Consortium has its roots in the earlier call for

proposal (2002) with the creation of different group networks including some that par- í13
ticularly stand out, namely, Childhood and the Environment (INMA) Group Network, 20
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Epidemiology and Public Health Centre (RCESP) network, Group Network for Research R
in Healthcare Services (IRYSS) and Network for Evidence-based Medicine (EBM).
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The Consortium was formed on December 29, 2006 by signing the collaboration agree- L R
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ment for its creation (Official State Journal, February 22, 2011) between Instituto de NU
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Salud Carlos III, the Consejo Superior de Investigacin Cientfica, certain research A
centres from the Autonomous Communities of Andalusia, Catalonia, Valencia, Galicia, /
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Madrid, Region of Murcia, Chartered Community of Navarre and the Basque Country, RE
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and other centres or institutions that are not affiliated with the Public Administrations IB
and the approval of its Bylaws, which were amended in 2010 (Official State Journal, C

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February 22, 2011). Said amendment was fully in force in 2011.