Patronage

Patronage

The new patronage law begins its parliamentary journey

Ainara Valadez Medina

"Culture is the light of life." This statement, attributed to musician Pau Casals, summarizes a way of understanding the fundamental role of culture in society. But that light, as the director of the Fundació Catalunya Cultura, Maite Esteve, reminds us, has not sustained itself over time. Patronage has been the...

WEEK OF PATRONAGE

Patrons and science: a key binomial for advancing research

Anna Badia López

With Barcelona at the forefront, Catalonia stands as a territory of science. Research centers, local and international talent, and reference hospitals converge in the Barcelona metropolis. For it to develop its full potential, this scientific hub needs talent and equipment, but also funding, in an equation that includes public institutions...

Lluis Bernabé, director de la Fundació La Marató

WEEK OF PATRONAGE

Lluís Bernabé (La Marató Foundation): "We highlight the strength of citizens through foundations"

Anna Badia López

More than 257 million euros and a thousand scientific projects funded, with more than 11,000 researchers involved. These figures reflect the work of La Marató throughout its 34-year trajectory to raise funds for disease research, in which the protagonists are, above all, anonymous citizens who decide to donate, participate in...