Tapia announced the European Institute of Innovation & Technology's decision at the opening of the new Aernnova centre in the Álava Technology Park The project, managed by an international consortium with 50 stakeholders from 17 countries, will have 5 innovation centres, one of which will be in BIlbao The opening of the new Aernnova centre in the Miñano Science and Technology Park was the scenario chosen by the Basque Government’s Minister for Economic Development and Infrastructures, Arantxa Tapia, to announce the European Institute of Innovation & Technology’s decision:   The project involving the Basque Country will lead the design and course of industrial manufacturing based on innovation ecosystems in Europe.

10 December, International Human Rights Day 67% of young people aged 18 to 29 are satisfied with how human rights are upheld in the Basque Country; 12% are very satisfied and another 55% are quite satisfied. On the other hand, 29% of Basque youths are dissatisfied at the level of respect for human rights in the Basque Country. The remaining 5% do not contribute an opinion.

Iñigo Losada, who will be a speaker at the ‘Change the Change’ International Conference to be held in San Sebastián in March, has released in Bilbao today the results of a pilot scheme analysing the impact on the whole Spanish coast. The sea level along the Basque coastline is predicted to rise by between 4.5 and 6.5 centimetres each decade during the rest of the century. The Kostegoki study, conducted in collaboration with AZTI-Tecnalia and Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia Provincial Councils, will set the priorities to adapt the Basque Country coast to climate change.  

On 15 November, the Multistakeholder Forum met to give impetus the implementation process of the OGP Basque Country Action Plan among Basque institutions and the general public. The meeting was attended by representatives of the seven institutions and entities that are the project promoters (Basque Government, Araba, Bizkaia and Gasteiz Provincial Councils and Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz city councils) and the 7 citizen representatives resulting from the self-selection process overseen by the Basque Innovation Agency – Innobasque: Asociación Mestiza, Women’s Council, Euskadiko Gazteriaren Kontseilua, Sareen Sarea, Councillors from the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Plataforma Osoigo and professionals from  the field of Open Government who provided the technical perspective to the Multistakeholder Forum.