Transparency and Sustainability
The “BC3 Basque Centre
for Climate Change – Klima Aldaketa Ikergai” is responsible for building and
sustaining the public trust through the transparency of our processes and the
accountability of our organization. BC3, as non profit association, wants
to provide open and accessible information and data on our activities and
operations.
We are committed to being sound stewards of public investments while responding
to rapid changes in science and society. BC3 regularly examines its processes
and procedures, reaffirming a core principle of continuous improvement. This
website shows the main information concerning our strategy, finances, corporate
governance and procurement.
STRATEGIC INFORMATION
The “BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change –
Klima Aldaketa Ikergai” is a non profit association created in 2008 and
registered at the Basque Government's Association Registry under id
AS/B/14076/2008.
Download our pdf with our BC3 statutes.
Strategic objectives and functions:
BC3 is the research organisation promoted by the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country to conduct research on climate change. BC3's main goal is to foster the creation of knowledge in this multidisciplinary science, as well as to engage a highly-qualified team of researchers with the primary objective of achieving excellence in research, training and dissemination. Our activities are guided by four or five-year Strategic Plans.
BC3 (2023-2025) Strategic Plan´s main research objectives can be found here .
BC3 main research programmes can be found here.
Annual Reports
BC3's annual reports with information about the centre and its team, activities, funding sources and annual indicator can be found here.
GOVERNANCE
BC3's General Assembly is the top managing committee of the Research Centre as established by its statutes and it is formed by its associate members (described below). The second managing committee responsible for its administration is the Steering Committee whose current members are:
Represented by, Mr. Adolfo Morais as President of the Association and Mr. Fernando Cossio as member of the Steering Committee.
- UPV/EHU
Represented by: Mr. Guillermo Quindós as Secretary and Treasurer and Mrs. Inmaculada Arostegui as member of the Steering Committee.
- IHOBE
Represented by Mr. Alberto Fernandez as Deputy President of the Association.
Information on Governance and its organization chart is also given here.
Remuneration, compensation for withdrawal, compatibility resolutions and assets&activities declaration:
BC3 doesn't remunerate its associate members as indicated in the article 18 of its Statutes.
The Associate members are represented by persons with public service positions and the regulation associated to their responsibilities, remuneration and other obligations within the public institution can be found in the following links: Remuneration, Compensation for withdrawal, compatibility resolutions and assets&activities declaration.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Download our 2022 Financial Statements and Auditor's Report: 2022
You can also check our previous Financial Statements and Auditor Reports: 2021| 2020| 2019| 2018|2017| 2016| 2015| 2014| 2013| 2012|
Budget: 2023. Previous years' budget can be found at the financial statements.
Real state assets: not applicable
Agreements: 2022|2021|2020|2019| 2018| 2017| 2016| 2015
Grants, Subsidies and other income per year: 2022| 2021| 2020| 2019| 2018| 2017| 2016| 2015
PROCUREMENT
BC3 follows the national and regional laws concerning public procurement and has complementary set a public Procurement Policy to ensure accountable procurement processes. You can also visit our Contractor Profile in you wish further information about present and past contracts.
QUALITY
Service quality information: not applicable.
GENDER EQUALITY
Beyond 2020 and for the next four years, BC3 maintained its commitment to Equality in the spirit of establishing this research centre, as an international benchmark, not just in scientific terms, but also in people management (along with the Human Resources strategy).
In 2019 BC3 established an Equality Committee (EC) that began an internal analysis and reflection process for the next Equality Action Plan. The EC structured the work in two stages: an initial diagnosis of the situation, which consisted of the analysis of key documents, the organization of working sessions, and the elaboration of a survey to all the staff; and a second stage, with the elaboration of the 2020-2023 Gender Equality Plan .
2 - Mainstreaming the gender perspective in BC3's organizational culture;
3 - Promoting a career development policy that tackles equality between women and men;
4 - Adding gender and equality principles to BC3's research.
Protocol to fight and prevent sexual and gender-based harassment.
In order to build a safe, healthy and harassment-free work environment, during 2020BC3 has conducted a participative process to raise sensitivity to and awareness about, as well as to prevent, sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, or harassment based on gender identity or sexual orientation, furthering BC3´s corporate culture in the principles of security, dignity and equality, and in valuing the diversity of all the individuals comprising the organization. As a result of this participatory process, the prevention and action Protocol against sexual harassment, gender-based harassment or harassment based on gender identity or sexual orientation has been developed. This protocol presents a procedure aimed, on the one hand, at the protection of the persons being harassed; on the other, at supporting the strengthening of the responses and strategies that are put in place to deal with harassment; and, above all, at the prevention of this type of behavior.
Related Document: Harassment protocol
BC3 also developed a manifesto focusing in the following lines of action: 1. Eradicating Harassment and Violence and 2. Manifesting the Commitment to Equality at the workplace and in our everyday lives. With this document BC3 state the principles of this manifesto to be achieved in the overall period of 2020-2023 with the objective of building a fairer and more equitable working environment within the centre, knowing that without gender justice and equality, overall social justice cannot be achieved.
Related Document: Equality manifesto BC3
MORE INFORMATION
BC3 as non profit foundation, wants to provide open and accessible information and data on our activities and operations. If you need any additional information, please contact us at administration@bc3research.org.