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POLÍTICA GENERAL DE LA FINUT

FINUT's main policy is to be open to all sectors involved in food, nutrition, and health, enabling them to participate in its activities. For this reason, it offers public and private entities involved in food and nutrition the opportunity to present their concerns and progress in order to promote knowledge and address issues that affect the health of people in the Ibero-American region.

Link to more information: https://www.finut.org/conocenos/

FINUT CONFERENCE POLICIES

1 – CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Essence of politics

The quality and scientific excellence of the Conference are two fundamental and essential aspects. To guarantee these aspects, FINUT considers the participation of all stakeholders and sectors involved in the field of food and nutrition indispensable.

Measures

  • All proposals for participation received by the FINUT Conference will be evaluated by an internationally renowned Scientific Committee. The committee is announced on the Conference website.
  • The relevance and scientific quality of each and every activity proposed by the entities is required.
  • In none of the organized activities may any reference be made to or advertising of any specific brand of products.
  • The conference will have a defined stand area and, outside of that area, entities will not be able to use the conference spaces to promote any particular product or service.
  • Regarding the stands, the entities must submit a proposal with the products and services that will be offered in them in order to be evaluated and, if appropriate, authorized by the Conference Organizing Committee.

2 – TRANSPARENCY POLICY

Measures

Participating entities, both public and private, are subject to compliance with the following specifications:

  • All symposia include information about their organizers, and if there is a collaborator other than the organizer, their name will be recognized within the program.
  • The stands are clearly identified by the sponsoring entity.
  • Any other type of collaboration is also visibly recognized in the various media that the Conference offers.

 

Use of funds received

FINUT Conference Organization: The funds obtained will be used primarily to cover the costs of organizing a conference in a way that ensures a quality service in terms of the scientific level of the participants, facilities, resources and other services.

Allocation of scholarships to young people: Scholarships will be awarded to students and/or professionals who are originally from an Ibero-American country or who carry out their scientific activity in the region according to criteria of scientific excellence.

Economic benefits of the FINUT Conference: The economic benefit generated from this event will be allocated to the purposes described below.

  • For the purposes of the general interest of the foundation, in compliance with the legislation of non-profit entities in Spain which requires a minimum of 70% to be reinvested. A maximum of 30% of those incomes may be used for common and administrative expenses of FINUT.
  • To increase FINUT's autonomy in planning and executing activities of high interest to its community and to reduce dependence on external resources to carry them out.
  • To cover the structural costs that arise from the foundation's daily activities, such as personnel expenses, headquarters rent, supply expenses, etc.

 

Monitoring

FINUT is governed by Spanish Law 50/2002 of December 26, on Foundations, which requires the preparation of an annual report declaring both the origin and destination of the funds received during the year. This report is distributed to the members of the Board of Trustees and published on the FINUT website.

FINUT publishes annually on its website the amount and origin of the funds received for the development of its activities.

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