Next January the Participants will be announced and the acceleration program will begin.   20 of the Finalists selected are from Basque Country, 20 come from throughout Spain and 32 are International.  

Because of the world pandemic we are living, the Office for the Basque Community Abroad advocated the celebration of a virtual edition of the Basque Diaspora Day in 2020. In this way it was possible to celebrate on September 8 the third edition of this important day for the different Basque Communities abroad.

 Vitoria-Gasteiz, The Basque Country, 2020 10 23   The Deputy Minister of Equality of the Basque Government, Lide Amilibia, has analyzed together with Alfonso Lara Montero, executive director of ESN-European Social Network, the activity carried out by this network - dedicated to social services that brings together institutions and associations from all over the Union European- within the situation caused by the covid 19 pandemic, which could increase the demand of users throughout the old continent. On Monday, October 26, a meeting of ESN members will be held via videoconference.

In its 16th year of participating in the European Week of Regions and Cities/EWRC2020, the Basque Country was praised by the President of the European Commission in her opening speech during the plenary session of the Committee of the Regions. Different representatives of the Basque Government, along with public entities and institutions, took part in the online forums during EWRC2020.