SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CRR 2008
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
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broadcast for all the surrounding neighbourhood), activities to do with the environment, science, theatre, art,
or music, with the participation of both pupils and their families. The staff of the CEIP Andalucía have
hence managed to transform their school into a “Learning Community”, as the authors of the project state,
for all the residents in the area (Polígono Sur, district of Las Tres Mil Viviendas in Seville), which features a
gypsy ethnic majority in a situation of social exclusion, a pronounced lack of public safety, illiteracy,
absenteeism, drug abuse and failure at school.
Particularly commendable is the creation of the “Dreams Committees”, a structure created for any
member of the school community (pupils, parents or teachers) to present his or her longings, so that all
together the community can collaborate in making these dreams come true.
SPECIAL MENTIONS
The panel of judges of the 2008 Teacher Action Prize awarded three special mentions.
The first of these went to the CP San Antonio de Portaceli in Sigüenza (Guadalajara - Spain) for a
project for the prevention of gender-based violence undertaken by four Preschool and Primary level
teachers. This educational experience aims to contribute to social inclusion both at school and in society.
The second mention was awarded to the CEIP La Ina in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz - Spain) for a
project to improve community living by personal development of six basic capacities: responsibility,
solidarity, self-esteem, identity, expression and observation.
The third mention went to CEIP General Izquierdo in San Martín de la Vega (Madrid - Spain) for a
project on education in values through the joint creation of a school opera. The families of the pupils (25%
migrants) collaborated in staging the opera and the whole school community and the residents in San
Martín de la Vega were invited to the performance.
PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
The main lines of action in the cultural activities programme undertaken by BBVA over 2008 were:
• Organisation of a broad programme of exhibitions aimed at bringing the Spanish public into contact
with important national and international art collections. Particularly worthy of mention among the
exhibition projects BBVA itself organised was that devoted to Masterpieces from the Montserrat
Museum; and collaborations with the Prado Museum in the exhibition entitled, “Rembrandt: History
Painter”, with the Guggenheim Bilbao with the “Surreal Things” exhibition, and the Miró Foundation
in Barcelona with “American Modern”, a collection of works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in
Washington.
• Support for the conservation of Spain’s historic and artistic heritage, thanks to which BBVA underlines
its commitment to improving the environment in which it undertakes its activity and to defending our
joint heritage, a symbol and witness of this country’s history. In 2008, restoration work began on the
paintings of the Staircase of the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.
• Promotion of culture and musical creation, through collaboration schemes with benchmark institutions
such as the Albéniz Foundation and the Reina Sofía Higher School of Music, where BBVA sponsors the
Viola Chair or the Bilbao Association of Friends of the Opera (ABAO). Through the 13 concerts held
and the opera sponsored in Bilbao, broad spectrums of the public can have had access to music, and this
programme furthermore enables talented young musicians to be able to continue with an education of
excellence.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
In 2008 the Economic Research Department stepped up its endeavours in disseminating its research and
broadened the topics of analysis, in order to respond, on the one hand, to the uncertainties laid down by
the financial crisis and, on the other, to BBVA’s increasingly thriving presence in areas of the United States
or Asia, true strategic points in the entity’s plans. Particular emphasis was placed on extending the depth of
research into emerging countries.
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