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Communications room
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Coinciding with Sleep Apnoea Year, the abertis foundation is supporting the campaign backed by the Respira foundation to raise awareness of this respiratory disorder which causes sleepiness. In Spain there are between 5 and 7 million people who suffer from this illness to a greater or lesser extent, though it is not always correctly diagnosed and treated. It should also be stressed that drivers who suffer from Apnoea run six times the risk of having a traffic accident, and that 20% of accidents are linked to tiredness.
Collaboration, with the Ministry of Health and Consumption and other companies, to promote the CNIC, an institution that hopes to lead cardiovascular research at an international level presided by Valentín Fuster. The great challenge of the CNIC is to set up a new transnational research model, with a double direction, which enables both the application of basic knowledge to the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, as well as contributing to responding to the scientific queries that arise from daily clinical practice in the patient’s GP.
Sponsorship of the conferences of the Soria 21 World Forum in Infrastructures and Sustainable Development, held in the city of Soria on February 13th and 14th.
Collaboration to create these grants at the University of Barcelona’s Observatory of Bioethics and Law aimed at students of experimental and health sciences, and social and human sciences.
Collaboration in the EDU 21 programme, which is based on initiatives such as a portal for education, technical conferences and research work into the education sector and a tribunal on education in Catalonia.
Sponsorship of this itinerant seminar through the main remains of the Roman legacy in the city of Tarragona, including the Mèdol quarry. This initiative from the College of Civil Engineers of Catalonia and the Rovira y Virgili University has as its objective to inform about Tarragona’s historic heritage.
Co-operation to disseminate art and culture in general and in particular the holdings of the Catalan National Art Gallery (MNAC).
Project to refurbish the glass in the windows of side chapels in the Basilica.
Support for this non-governmental organisation working in the field of development Fundació Desenvolupament Sostingut (Fundeso, Foundation for Sustained Development), devoted to backing aid projects in third world countries.
Sponsorship of the Concert de la Concòrdia (Concert of Concord), put on on the 11th September (the Catalan national holiday), the aim of which is to give a voice to the community calling for dialogue between public institutions and citizens.
The 2006 agreement focuses on the exclusive sponsorship of the course of the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation; the promotion of the exhibition The roots of contemporary painting in the Francisco Godia Foundation, in the Pablo Gargallo Museum in Zaragoza; and support to other museums in Barcelona.
Support to the Mediaeval Festival and the Town Fair, as well as transport grants for the university students in the town.
Edition of the disseminating features of the Musical Series in the Castles; an activity which includes the concert in the Castle Square of Castellet during the Town Fair.
Collaboration agreement with the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art with the aim of contributing towards providing this institution with a large collection of contemporary art.
Agreement on the project to clear up the forest mass and to prevent forest fires in the region.
