Duties
According to the Statute’s article 5 of CSIC State Agency, the current objectives and functions of the CSIC are:
- To carry out scientific and technological research and help to encourage such research, where relevant.
- To transfer the results of scientific and technological research to public and private institutions.
- To provide scientific-technical services to the General State Administration and public and private institutions.
- To boost the creation of technologically-based entities and companies.
- To help create entities with the ability to oversee the transfer and evaluation of technology.
- To train researchers.
- To train experts by means of highly specialised courses.
- To promote scientific culture in society.
- To manage scientific-technical facilities to be used by the scientific research and technological development system.
- To participate in international organs and bodies, as requested by the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To participate in national organs and bodies, as requested by the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To participate in designing and implementing the scientific and technological policies of the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To collaborate with other national and international institutions in the promotion and transfer of science and technology, as well as in the creation and development of scientific and technological research centres, institutes and units.
- To collaborate with universities in scientific research and technological development activities and in postgraduate education.
- To inform, attend and advise public and private entities on science and technology issues.
- To train experts in science and technology management.
- To collaborate in updating the science and technology knowledge skills of non-university teachers.
- To support the execution of the sectorial policies defined by the General State Administration, by preparing technical studies or through applied research activities.
- Any other scientific promotion and technological research actions assigned to it by applicable legislation or as commissioned by the Government.
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