Legal system, governing and financing bodies

The organisation and working methods of Support-Girona are subject to the regulations relating to foundations, to the sector-specific regulations as a social service with public liability, and to civil legislation (i.e., state and Catalan, depending on the area of competence), reformed by the State Law 8/2021 and the Decree-Law 19/2021 of the Government of Catalonia as well as to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a human rights tool of international law whose hierarchy is higher than the state or Catalan legislation.

The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees.

The members of the Board of Trustees are:

  • Pere Cornellà Valls, president
  • Francesca Blanch Roura, vice president
  • Núria Martínez Barderi, board member and secretary
  • Dolors Badosa Collell, board member
  • Maria Combalia Garcia, board member
  • Martí Masferrer Mascort, board member
  • Pilar Monreal Bosch, board member

Support-Girona's funding base comes from grants awarded by the Department of Social Rights of the Government of Catalonia, which covers the basic income. Besides, it receives occasional aid from institutions, entities, and individuals, who make contributions in the form of donations or social work.

In August 2022, the organisation completed the procedures to work under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Social Rights of the Government of Catalonia, which is expected to replace its funding mechanisms in 2023.

 

It takes part in the recruitment of young people benefiting from the Youth Guarantee Programme in Catalonia, in accordance with Order TSF/115/2018 of 12 July.

The programme is financed by the Youth Employment initiative and the European Social Fund, with a co-financing of 91.89%.

 

Foundations Register 1817. Register Department of Work, Social Affairs, and Families of the Government of Catalonia S05710.

Support-Girona is registered in the Register of Interest Groups of the Catalan Government Administration and the Public Sector. Identification number 315.

Municipal Register of Entities (Girona City Council) with number EH3234.

Census of Voluntary Entities of Catalonia 001907-000.