Transparency policy
In accordance with the Transparency Law and as a guarantee of responsible management, Fundació LEITAT informs about its areas of action in the following sections:
Mission of Fundació LEITAT
The aims of the Foundation include the promotion of research, development and technological innovation within the different economic sectors.
By reason of its purposes, the beneficiaries of the Foundation shall be the natural persons, institutions, organisations and companies that are interested in research, development and/or technological innovation, that take part in activities related to new technologies or that require assistance in these matters, within the Foundation’s scope of action.
Fundació LEITAT Activities
For the achievement of its foundational purposes, the Foundation carries out the activities that the Board of Trustees considers necessary, directly and/or in collaboration with other entities, institutions or individuals, in accordance with the regulations governing foundations. Specifically, in order to fulfil its foundational purpose, on a non-exhaustive basis, the Foundation carries out the activities listed below:
a) Facilitate access to and the implementation of new technologies.
b) Ensure excellence and the valorisation of the products generated.
c) Organise conferences, seminars and training and refresher courses.
d) Facilitate and promote exchanges of information between the Foundation itself and other similar organisations.
e) Facilitate access to technological capabilities and infrastructures.
f) The generation and transfer of, and management models for, both knowledge and technology.
g) The standardisation of companies and their products or services through:
- Promoting the differentiation of production structures.
- Increasing the technological value of processes and products.
h) Foster relations between business organisations to improve their competitiveness, innovation management and their products, the alignment of their specifications, etc.
i) Encourage the implementation of technological innovation in the development of new concepts or processes that enable companies to have tools to improve productivity.
The Foundation’s statutes
Law 50/2002, of December 26, 2002, on Foundations
Royal Legislative Decree 3/2011, of November 14, which approves the revised text of the Public Sector Contracts Law.
Law 19/2013 of December 9, 2013, on transparency, access to public information and good governance.
Without prejudice to any delegations that may be agreed upon, the contracting body shall be the Board of Trustees.
Without prejudice to any additional delegations that may be agreed upon, and in accordance with the current statutes, the delegations made and the powers granted:
- For contracts up to 500,000 euros, the contracting authority is delegated to the Managing Director of the Foundation.
Date of last update: May 2026