The National Statistics Institute (INE) considers the formation of a basic pillar that transcends the organization itself. The promotion and promotion of studies on statistics is important for improving the use of statistical information which the National Statistics Institute provides to other users at the same time as it benefits from research that in this material can be carried out by means other than those of its own resources.

On the other hand, the experience gained in recent years has shown that the award of grants makes it possible for graduates of recent degrees to approach the statistics in a practical way. and promotes their interest in forming part of the State Administration's statistics bodies.

Article 26.d) of Law 12/1989, of 9 May, of the Public Statistical Function, enables the INE for the research, development, improvement and application of the statistical methodology. To carry out this function, the INE convenes annually, by means of a public competition in competitive competition, scholarships for postgraduates who wish to start in the methods and techniques used in statistical research. To this end, the successful recipients of the scholarships will participate in the research tasks and in the training activities that will be established in the various programs that the National Statistics Institute will develop annually.

The purpose of this rule is to establish the regulatory basis for the granting of postgraduate scholarships in statistics, in accordance with the regime established in Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, and the Royal Decree 887/2006, of July 21, approving the Regulation of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General of Grants.

According to the provisions of Article 17.1 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, this order has been the subject of favorable reports by the State Advocate and the Delegation of the State General Intervention at the National Statistics Institute of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

In its virtue, with the prior approval of the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations, I have:

Article 1. Object.

purpose of this Order is to establish the regulatory basis for the granting of scholarships from the National Statistics Institute (INE) for the training of postgraduates who wish to start in the methods and techniques used in statistical research.

Article 2. Finality of scholarships.

Scholarships are intended to promote and promote statistical research, as well as the development and implementation of statistical processes.

Article 3. Requirements of the beneficiaries.

1. In order to obtain the grant, applicants must meet the following requirements:

a) Poseer full capacity to act, as well as the Spanish nationality or that of a member country of the European Union or the European Economic Area, and be resident in Spain at the time of initiating the enjoyment of the scholarship.

b) Be in possession of the degree of licentiate, engineer or architect, or degree, which shall have been obtained during the last three years prior to the date of publication of the resolution of the convocation of the fellowships. The titles obtained must be official or be recognised or validated. In the case of such recognition or validation at the time of application of the grant, the grant of the grant shall be conditional upon the grant of the grant for recognition or validation.

c) To be aware of the payment of their tax obligations and social security in the terms provided for in the current regulations.

d) Do not incur the prohibitions of Article 13.2 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General of Grants.

e) Not having been a beneficiary of a grant awarded by the INE, before, for the same object.

2. The decision to call for grants, when establishing the documents and information to be submitted by the persons concerned, may be replaced by a declaration responsible for the applicant. In this case, prior to the proposal for the grant of the grant, the successful tenderer must be required to submit the documentation showing the reality of the data contained in the said declaration, within a period of time. more than 15 days.

Article 4. Procedure for the award of grants.

1. The procedure laid down in this Order is that of competitive competition, provided for in Article 22 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.

2. The procedure for the award of scholarships shall be initiated on its own initiative, by means of a call approved by the Presidency of the INE and published in the Official Gazette of the State, and shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter II. of Title I of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, and in accordance with the principles of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure. This resolution shall lay down the duration of the grants and may provide for an extension, subject to budgetary resources, for six-monthly periods until a maximum of 24 months has been completed, on the basis of a reasoned proposal from the guardian of the training action that will be elevated to the INE Presidency for its resolution.

3. Applications for grants shall be formalised in the official form set out in the Annex to the decision making the call, within 15 working days of the day following that of the publication of that decision in the Official Gazette of the State. They will be presented in the General Register of the National Statistics Institute (Estébanez Calderón Street, n. 2 (ground floor), 28020 Madrid), or in the form set out in Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of the Public administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure.

The interested parties may also submit the application by electronic means, in accordance with the provisions of Law 11/2007 of 22 June, of electronic access of citizens to Public Services, through the "Application for Statistics Scholarship", available on the INE website, www.ine.es, in the section "Virtual Office/Telematics Register".

Article 5. Competent bodies for the management, instruction and resolution of the procedure. Deadline for the resolution to be notified.

1. The instruction of the procedure to the General Secretariat of the INE, which shall carry out as many actions as it deems necessary for the determination, knowledge and verification of the data under which the proposal has to be formulated resolution.

2. The assessment of applications shall be carried out by a valuation committee, the members of which shall be appointed by the President of the INE.

The Commission will be composed of a president and four vowels appointed among the INE staff of the A1 subgroup. One of them will have to belong to the General Secretariat of the INE, and will act as Secretary, with voice and vote. The President of the INE shall also appoint the alternates.

The functioning of the Commission will be addressed with the personal, technical and budgetary means of the body in which it is integrated.

The functioning of the Commission shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Law 30/1992 of 26 November.

3. The instructor, in the light of the dossier and of the Commission's report, shall formulate the motion for a resolution, which, duly substantiated, shall be submitted to the body responsible for resolving the procedure.

4. The President of the INE is responsible for the decision of the procedure, which does not exhaust the administrative route, and the interested party may institute an appeal before the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, within one month of notification.

5. The decision shall be reasoned and shall be published in the 'Official Gazette of the State', with the expression of the call, the budgetary credit programme, the identity of the trainees, the rejection of the other applications and the amount of the scholarships.

6. The maximum period for resolving and notifying the decision of the procedure shall be three months from the day following the day of the end of the period for the submission of applications. The expiry of the maximum period provided for, without notification of the decision, legitimises the parties concerned to understand their request for the grant of aid.

Article 6. Assessment criteria.

The following criteria will be used for the award of grants:

a) Languages: Knowledge of documented English, French or German. Maximum 10 points.

b) There has been a busy process for the selective processes of the INE statistical bodies by supporting selective testing. Maximum 10 points.

c) Professional experience in statistical activities. Maximum 10 points.

(d) Further training, with the main value being related to the statistical area. Maximum 10 points.

e) Titulations related to the area of statistical knowledge, valued according to the academic record. Maximum 40 points.

f) Computer knowledge related to the management of databases and statistical packages, documented. Maximum 10 points.

g) Personal interview about the suitability of the candidates. Maximum 10 points.

The Commission responsible for assessing applications will interview twice as many applicants as scholarships, and may extend this quota if it deems appropriate.

In case of a tie in the aspirants ' score, the ranking order will be established by the highest score reached in the overall average academic record.

Article 7. Amount of the grants.

The monthly total amount of each scholarship will amount to 898.43 euros in 2016, and can be established in the successive annual resolutions of the call for scholarships, a percentage increase equal to that provided for in the Budget Law. State generals for personnel serving the public sector. The payment shall be made in twelve monthly instalments for the said quantity, in proportion to the actual amount of the grant, to which the discounts and retentions that come in accordance with the provisions in force shall apply. In the case of an extension, the monthly total amount of each grant may be increased, depending on the available budgetary resources, in order to match the amount set in the corresponding annual resolution of the call for grants exercise.

Article 8. Obligations of the beneficiaries.

Fellows shall assume the general obligations laid down in Article 14 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, and in particular the following:

a) They will participate in the statistical programs established by the INE, attending meetings and activities to be determined. Within a maximum of three months, from the end of the grant, they must present a report on the knowledge acquired and the statistical programmes in which they have participated. This memory must be submitted to the scholarship guardian.

b) They shall provide as much information as requested by the Court of Auditors, the General Intervention of the State Administration or the INE itself to verify compliance with the conditions or requirements laid down for the grant of the grants.

Article 9. Non-compliance and drawback procedure.

The beneficiary's failure to comply with the requirements and obligations established on the occasion of the award of the scholarships, as provided for in Article 37 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, will be carried out, without prejudice to any other responsibilities which may be incurred, the obligation to recover the amounts unduly paid. The Presidency of the INE shall be the body responsible for the revocation of the grants.

Article 10. Conditions and incompatibilities.

1. The enjoyment of the scholarships referred to in this order will be incompatible with the concurrent obtaining of any grants or aid granted by public or private bodies, Spanish or foreign, with the same training purpose.

In the event that the beneficiary is enjoying other aid previously granted, he must present supporting documents proving his resignation from that aid at the beginning of the period of enjoyment of the aid. this order.

2. In no case shall the grant and enjoyment of the scholarships involve any work or statutory relationship between the grantee and the body.

3. The application of the grants and their subsequent acceptance, in the event of an award, will imply the acceptance of the provisions in these bases and in the corresponding call.

Article 11. Measures to ensure the good end of scholarships.

1. Amendment of the decision granting the grant: any alteration of the conditions taken into account for the grant of the grant and, in any case, the concurrent obtaining of other scholarships in the field of statistics, granted by other National or international authorities or entities, whether public or private, shall be involved, without prejudice to any other responsibilities which may be incurred, the obligation to refund the amounts received.

2. Refund of the amount of the grant: the reimbursement of the amounts received in respect of the grant, and the requirement of interest for late payment, from the moment of payment of the grant to the date on which the origin of the refund is agreed, in the cases provided for in Article 37.1 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 41 to 43 of that Law.

3. Incorporation of alternates: the instructor body will raise, with the proposal for a resolution granting the grants, a supplementary list of alternates, by order of priority, in the case of resignations or revocations, in the six first months of training.

Article 12. Responsibility and sanctioning regime.

The beneficiaries of the scholarships regulated in this order will be subject to the responsibilities and the sanctioning regime which, on administrative infractions in the field of grants, establish Articles 52 to 69 of the Law 38/2003, dated November 17.

Single additional disposition. Applicable rules.

In all that is not foreseen in this order or in the respective calls will be applicable as set forth in Law 38/2003, of November 17, and in its implementing regulation approved by the Royal Decree 887/2006, of July 21, as well as in Law 30/1992 of 26 November, and as many existing rules are applicable.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

This Order repeals Order EHA/3181/2010, of 22 November, approving the regulatory basis for the award by the National Institute of Statistics of postgraduate scholarships in Statistics, as well as provisions of equal or lower rank are opposed to the provisions of the Order itself.

Final disposition first. Application of the order.

The holder of the INE Presidency is empowered to dictate how many resolutions he deems necessary for the implementation of this order.

Final disposition second. Competence title.

This order is dictated by the provisions of article 149.1.31st of the Spanish Constitution which attributes exclusive competence in the field of statistics to the State for state purposes.

Final disposition third. Entry into force.

This order will take effect the day following your publication in the "Official State Bulletin".

Madrid, October 14, 2015. -Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Luis de Guindos Jurado.