MNCN Governing Bodies: President of the CSIC, Board of Trustees, MNCN Director
MNCN Executive Bodies: Director and Administrative Manager
MNCN Support Bodies: Direction Board, Governing Board and Scientific Cloister
The President of the CSIC, as Chair of the CSIC Governing Board, is the ultimate responsible for the MNCN budget as well as for proposing any changes in structure, mission and scope of competences of the MNCN to the CSIC Governing Board.
Board of Trustees: since 1984 the MNCN is ruled by the Board of Trustees, which is currently formed by representatives of the CSIC Governing Board (its President is at the same time the President of the Board); The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness; The Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing, Food and Environment; The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport; Counseling of Education, Youth and Sport of the Autonomous Community of Madrid; City Hall of Madrid; Society of MNCN Friends (whose Chair is the Vice-President of the Board) and the MNCN Director. The secretary of the Board of Trustees is the MNCN Administrative Manager.
The Director is the authority deciding on the execution of the budget and the annual work plan for the institution. He/she has capacity for proposing the annual budget, as well as in proposing modification of structure and new activities. Most of the proposal must have the advice of the Institution Governing Board, which can be supportive or not.
The Administrative Manager is responsible for the execution of the budget, the maintenance and the administration of the center in the three areas of Research, Exhibitions and Scientific Collections. He/she is also responsible for all the staff management in the MNCN.
The Direction Board is composed by the Director, the Administrative Manager and three Deputy Directors. It is the executive body on daily basis and usually meets once a week or on ad hoc meetings.
- Deputy Director for Research: competent in the management of the research and the research facilities of the institutions. He/she meets with the heads of departments on ad hoc basis.
- Deputy Director for Collections and Documentation: responsible for the management of the scientific collections together with the curators and collections managers. He/she is also responsible for the Heritage Collections in the MNCN (Library, Archive, Fine Arts and Scientific Instruments).
- Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Public Programs: responsible for the setting up, programing and organizing of permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as for the Education and Public Activities.
The Governing Board includes the Direction Board, the Heads of Scientific Departments and the staff representatives. All relevant matters related to the organization and structure of the institution must be presented to the Governing Board for discussion and formal agreement and approval. It meets once a month. It is a compulsory consultative body and has voting power to agree, approval, disapproval or refuse, the matters presented by the Director. In case of disapproval or refuse, the matter may go forward but the Governing Board´s refusal must be added to the minutes.
The Scientific Cloister is composed by the permanent and long term contracted PhDs scientific staff. It meets at least once a year. It is the compulsory consultative body in the election of the new director for the institution.
Finally, there is a General Assembly, conveyed by the Direction; it includes of all MNCN staff (scientific and non-scientific, administrative, permanent and temporary staff). It meets once a year and receives the annual report from the Direction Board.
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