The Basque Government awarded the Autelsi prize for the best technological initiative in the public sector The Basque Government has been awarded the Autelsi prize by the Spanish Association of Telecommunications and Information Society Users. During its VII Convention, the Association recognised the Basque Open Government the strategy as the best technology project or initiative in the public sector. This strategy of the Basque Government embodies the commitment of the Lehendakari, the Basque Premier, to imbue his Government with the values of openness, participation and collaboration of the Open Government during the current IX parliamentary term. The Basque Government's Deputy Minister for Public Administration, Elena Pérez, pointed out that Open Government is not a project, but rather "a philosophy that includes projects such as Irekia, Open Data, the reusing of the Basque Government applications through software forges, but, above all, it is proof that technology can get us out of the hole and turn the dream of a different type of politics into reality".