3. QUALITY OF LIFE
Socio-demographic data Euskadi – Basque EU -27
Country
Population (inhabitants) 2,172,175 499,753,500
Population density (inhab/km2) 300.2 117.8
Life expectancy (years) - Men 77.2 76.1
Life expectancy (years) - Women 84.3 82.2
Hospital beds (per 100,000 inhabitants) 375 590
Internet access (% homes) 60 65
Per capita GDP (EU 27= 100) 136 100
Population aged between 20 and 24 with 78.0 78.5
secondary studies (%)
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4. POLITICAL STRUCTURE
BASQUE COUNTRY
HAS ITS OWN TAX SYSTEM.
HAS THE LEGAL CAPACITY TO REGULATE TAXATION AND THE
AUTHORITY TO MANAGE AND COLLECT TAXES.
PAYS THE SO-CALLED “QUOTA” TO THE SPANISH STATE FOR
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LATTER IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY.
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5. AREAS OF AUTHORITY
BASQUE COUNTRY SPAIN-EUROPEAN UNION
Own tax system
Education and Culture Armed Forces
Health Foreign Relations
Industry and Commerce Monetary System
Transport and Public Works Ports and airports
Police Postal Services & Communications
Housing and the Environment Foreign trade
Agriculture and Tourism Customs service
Labour and Social Protection State railway system
Hydraulic resources
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6. GENERAL BUDGET DISTRIBUTION 2012
INCOME (%) EXPENDITURE (%)
HEALTH 32.6
57.9
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EDUCATION 25.3
82.0
PROVINCIAL COUNCILS
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS 8.9
HOUSING, PUBLIC WORKS AND
7.5
TRANSPORT
HOME OFFICE 6.3
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION,
3.7
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
34.1
11.6 JUSTICE AND PUBLIC
PUBLIC DEBT 2.7
ADMINISTRATION
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE 2.6
3.7
RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL
PLANNING, AGRICULTURE AND 2.4
OTHER RESOURCES 1.7 FISHERIES
OWN TAXES 1.0 OTHER DEPARTMENTS 8.0
Total 10,449 million €
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7. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BASQUE COUNTRY REGION %
1 Inner London 51.5
7TH EU REGION WITH THE MOST UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES 2 Prov, Brabant Wallon (BE) 48.6
3 Oslo og Akershus 47.4
4 Prov, Vlaams-Brabant (BE) 44.2
HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS ENROLLED 5 London 43.7
ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, 2009-2010 COURSE 6 Hovedstaden (DK) 43.6
Total Men Women 7 País Vasco 43.6
Total 62,773 28,293 34,480 8 Utrecht (NL) 42.9
Subjects Région de Bruxelles-
9 Capitale 42.4
Social Sciences and Law 27,554 9,763 17,791
Technical subjects 16,787 11,880 4,907 1
0 Stockholm 41.9
Humanities 5,150 1,907 3,243
Health Sciences 3,981 848 3,133 SPAIN 29.7
Experimental Sciences 3,023 1,160 1,863 EU-27 24.4
Others 3,292 1,511 1,781
Not specified 2,986 1,224 1,762
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8. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO
DEUSTUKO UNIBERTSITATEA
UNIVERSITY OF MONDRAGÓN
MONDRAGON UNIBERTSITATEA
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9. INFRASTRUCTURES
Port Port
Airport
Terrestrial platforms
Train
Roads
Airport
Combined Transport Station
Railway
Roads
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10. INFRASTRUCTURES / LOGISTICS
RAILWAYS
The “BASQUE Y” high-speed rail corridor will link the three Basque capitals and will Travelling time
connect the Basque Country with the rest of Europe.
Bilbao Madrid 2h 15’
Connections providing access to the main logistics areas located near the capitals. Bilbao París 5h 47’
SEA PORTS
Two large commercial ports, Bilbao and Pasajes, which
together handle almost 44,000,000 tonnes of goods per annum.
Port of Bilbao, main multimodal centre of the Iberian
peninsula.
AIRPORTS
Three airports with excellent infrastructures from the transport of passengers and
goods.
Bilbao Airport (Loiu), international category, the largest passenger airport in the
Cantabria area
Vitoria Airport (Foronda), “Primary Special” category, it has the second-largest
perishables terminal in Europe.
2011 Passengers 2011 Cargo (kg)
Bilbao Airport 4.045.613 Vitoria Airport 34.669.141
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11. CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION CENTRES
BILBAO EXHIBITION CENTRE (BEC)
Modern, convenient and functional exhibition
complex, 150,000 m2 of exhibition area
distributed in 6 column-less pavilions.
Exhibition organizers with more than 30
years of experience in the organization of trade
fairs and shows.
GENERAL DETAILS OF THE BEC
Exhibition surface: 150,000 m2
Congress Centre: 18,000 m2
Offices: 6,500 m2
4,000 parking places
BIEMH, Machine-Tool Biennial: with a
Important net exhibition surface area of 50,000m2
international y 40.000 professional visitors.
exhibitions
FERROFORMA- Practical World
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12. MAIN MACROECONOMIC DATA
EUSKADI – BASQUE COUNTRY 2000 2005 2008 2010
GDP at current prices (millions €) 41,647 57,289 67,924 65,419
Per capita GDP at current prices (base = 2005) (€) 20,030 27,153 31,514 29,988
Per capita GDP (PPC) (UE-27=100) 120 129 138 133
Inflation (consumer price variation, %) 3.5 3.3 4.1 1.7
Employment rate (16 to 64 year-olds, %) 57.5 65.4 67.6 65.1
Exports (millions €) 11,871 14,297 20,279 17,876
Import (millions €) 10,324 14,537 20,118 15,431
Export tendency (Exports/ GDP) (%) 28.5 25.0 29.9 27.3
Productivity per employed person (EU-27=100) 133.0 127.8 131.9 130.9
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13. MAIN MACROECONOMIC DATA
RELATIVE WEIGHT OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
IN SPAIN (%), (2010)
1. POPULATION 4.6
2. GDP at current prices (millions €) 6.1
3. EXPORTS 9.6
4. IMPORTS 6.4
9,6
10
9
8 6,1 6,4
7
4,6
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
P o pulatio n P IB Expo rts Impo rts
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14. MAIN MACROECONOMIC DATA
The Basque Country occupies 23rd
Per capita GDP per country and year place of a total of 271 European
(EU27=100) (PPC) regions, with a per capita GDP of 138
(UE-27 = 100)
2000 2010
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Basque Country
Netherlands
Netherlands
Denmark
Ireland
Austria
Denmark
Ireland
Austria 1 Member State
Sweden
Sweden exceeds Basque
Belgium
United Kingdom
Belgium per capita GDP
Germany
Germany
Finland
Finland 7 Member States United Kingdom
Italy exceed Basque France
France per capita GDP Italy
EU-27 Spain
Spain EU-27
Cyprus Cyprus
Greece Greece
0 50 100 150 200 250 0 50 100 150 200 250 300
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15. ECONOMIC/SECTOR STRUCTURE
GDP DISTRIBUTION (2010)
B.COUNTRY SPAIN EU-27
Gross Domestic Product at
65,419 1,051,342 12,248,001
market prices (millions €)
Added value out of basic
59,036 961,592 10,954,309
prices (millions €)
Agricultural sector (%) 0.8 2.6 1.7
Industry (%) 24.5 16.1 18.7
Construction (%) 7.8 11.9 6.0
Services (%) 66.9 69.3 73.5
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16. CLUSTER POLICY > THE 11 PRIORITY CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
Logo Name Year Website
ACEDE – Basque Country Household Appliances Cluster
1992 www,acede,es
Association
AFM – Spanish Machine Tool Manufacturers Association 1992 www,afm,es
ACICAE – Basque Country Automotive Industries and
1993 www,acicae,es
Components Cluster Association
GAIA – Basque Country Electronics and Information
1994 www,gaia,es
Industries Cluster Association
UNIPORT – Port of Bilbao Cluster Association 1994 www,uniportbilbao,es
ACLIMA – Basque Country Environmental Industries Cluster
1995 www,aclima,net
Association
Energy Cluster Association 1996 www,clusterenergia,com
HEGAN – Basque Country and Aeronautics and Space
1997 www,hegan,com
Cluster Association
Basque Maritime Forum – Basque Maritime Industries
1997 www,foromaritimovasco,com
Cluster Association
Paper Industries Cluster Association of the Basque Country 1998 www,clusterpapel,com
EIKEN – Basque Country Audiovisual Cluster Association 2004 www,eikencluster,com
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17. CLUSTER POLICY> THE 11 PRIORITY CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
Members Jobs Turnover Exports
(No. of (No. of (In millions (% over
2010 Members) workers) of euros) sales)
ACEDE Household Appliances 8 4,250 1,639 74%
AFM Machine Tool 93 4,860 632 77%
ACICAE Automotion 150 16,758 7,095 80%
Electronics and
GAIA Information Industries 265 11,400 2,995 28%
UNIPORT Port of Bilbao 145 5,100 1,400 -
ACLIMA Environment 81 3,200 1,677 9%
ENERGIA Energy 95 23,000 17,000 50%
HEGAN Aeronautics and Space 37 3,738 663 62%
FMV Maritim Industries 164 7,419 1,024 80%
PAPEL Paper 20 1,674 614 49%
EIKEN Audiovisual 39 1,585 87 2%
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18. EXPORT RATES OF THE 11 CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
Exports expressed as a percentage over turnover, 2010
Aeronautics 62
Automotive 80
Household appliances 74
Electronics/telecommunications 28
Energy 50
Maritime Industries 80
Machine-tools 77
Environment 9
Paper 49
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
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19. CLUSTER POLICY > 9 SECTORAL PRECLUSTERS
Logotype Name Website
Foundries Association of the Basque Country and Navarre www.feaf.es
www.forjas.org
SIFE – Die-press Forging
Basque Country Habitat and Contract Cluster
www.clusterhabic.com
Food Cluster of the Basque Country
www.clusteralimentacion.com
www.basquebiocluster.com
Basque Biocluster
Spanish Association of Hand tool Manufacturers www.herramex.es
Spanish Association of Steel Products and Installations Exporters www.siderex.es
Construction Cluster of the Basque Country www.eraikune.com
www.mlcluster.com
Mobility and logistics
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20. CLUSTER POLICY> 9 SECTORAL PRECLUSTERS
Members Jobs Turnover Exports
(No. (No. (In millions (in % on
members) persons) of euros) sales)
AFV Foundry 68 7,710 872 60%
SIFE Die-press Forges 16 1,815 260 59%
HABIC Habitat and contract 70 4,200 750 30%
CLUSTER Food Industry 31 6,147 647 11%
BIOSCIENCE Bioscience 25 1,036 194 17%
HERRAMEX Hand tools 28 2,000 243 45%
SIDEREX Steel Industry 64 12,000 7.620 26%
ERAIKUNE Construction 56 6,775 1.607 2%
MLC – ITS Mobility and Logistics 93 67,387 11.796 7.1%
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21. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)
2,2
2
1,8
1,6
1,4
1,2
Basque C.
1 EU 27
Spain
0,8
0,6
0,4
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
R&D indicators in the Basque Country, 1996-2010 1996 2000 2005 2010
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP) 1.16 1.43 1.44 2.08
Full time personnel over employed personnel (‰) 8.55 10.69 12.95 18.02
Full time research personnel over employed personnel (‰) 5.15 6.46 8.10 11.78
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22. INNOVATION INDEX
European Innovation Union Scoreboard – IUS 2010
According to the new Innovation Union Scoreboard – IUS 2010 – the Basque Country is at
number 15 in the EU-27 ranking. The Basque Country is among the group of high innovation
countries, although at the lower end.
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23. TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
FOUR TECHNOLOGY PARKS. One of the most consolidated
networks in Europe, headquarters of excellence companies, Universities and
Research and Technology Transfer Centres.
BIZKAIA TECHNOLOGY PARK
2 km from the airport, 15 from the report, 10 from Bilbao and 6 from the Central campus of the University of the
Basque Country.
Number of companies, 217, with 7300 direct employees.
ALAVA TECHNOLOGY PARK
5 km from Vitoria-Gasteiz and the university campus and 7 from Foronda airport, and with good access to
several European routes.
Number of companies, 112, with 3110 direct employees.
SAN SEBASTIÁN TECHNOLOGY PARK
5 minutes from San Sebastián city centre and 10 from the French border.
Number of companies, 74, with 3000 direct employees.
MONDRAGÓN POLO GARAIA TECHNOLOGY PARK
Led by the private initiative of Corporación Mondragón,
Fostering research and development: energy, material technologies, organisation and administration of
companies, electronics, microelectronics and nanotechnology, ICTs and surface finishing machines and processes.
Number of companies, 20, with 526 direct employees. Created recently
Polo de Innovación
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24. BASQUE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION NETWORK
BERC: Basic Excellence Research Center
Universities CIC: Centre for Cooperative Research
(4) CCTT: Centros Tecnológicos
BERC (6) OPIs: Organismos Públicos de Investigación
Generation of
• UPV – EHU
Knowlege
• Mondragón CIC (7)
University • BC3
• Deusto Technology Platforms - CCTT
• BCAM • bioGUNE
University • BCBL • biomaGUNE Tecnalia IK 4 (8) Sector centres
•Navarra • MPC (4)
• microGUNE TECNALIA
University • CEIT Uds, Health R&D
•Bizkaia • marGUNE RESEARCH & • Assoc.
Technological (E.S.I.I. Of S.S.) • CIDETEC
Biophysics INNOVATION ARANZADI • INGEMA
Development • nanoGUNE
Foundation • GAIKER
• tourGUNE • AZTERLAN • B+I+O+E Fundaz,
• DIPC • TEKNIKER
• energiGUNE • F.T. • BioDonostia
• IDEKO
OPIs (3) Aeronautics • Fund, CITA
• IKERLAN
• F.T, AZTI Alzheimer
• CADEM • VICOMTech
• Consorcio • LORTEK
Application ESS Laboratories (5)
• NEIKER
• CALEB BRETT
• ERAIKER
• AZARO Fundazioa
• INBIOMED
Uds, Business R&D (47)
• CETEST
Risk capital • SGECR
Technology Parks (4) • Alava Technology Park • Bizkaia Technology Park (3) • Seed Capital de
•San Sebastián Technology Park • GARAIA Innovation Pole Bizkaia
• Seed Gipuzkoa
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26. EXPORTS 2010: 10 main custumers countries
20
18 17,2
16 % over the total exports
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12
8 7,8
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6,2
4,7
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78 Ro ad vehicles 67 Iro n and steel 33 P etro leum by- 69 M etal pro ducts 74 M achines and 79 Other transpo rt 62 Rubber 77 M achinery and
(parts and pro ducts general industrial equipment manufacturers electrical
accesso ries) equipment apparatus
Exports per product following Uniform classification for International Trade, Revision 4 (CUCI)
28. IMPORTS 2010: 10 Main suppliers countries
18
15,8 % over the total imports
16
14
12
10,8
10,2
10
8
5,8 5,8 5,7
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4
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Russia Germany France China Iran Italy U.K. Holland Belgium USA
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29. IMPORTS 2010 per product (%)
32 30,2
28
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16
12 9,7
8 6,4
4,3 4 3,7
4 3,3 3,3
0
33 P etro l and 67 Iro n and steel 28 M etal o res and 74 M achinery and 77 M achinery and 69 M etal pro ducts 68 No n-ferro us 34 Natural and
petro leum by- waste industrial electrical devices metals manufactured gas
pro ducts equipment in
general
Imports per product according to Uniform Classification for International Commerce, Revision 4 (CUCI)
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30. INTERNATIONALISED BASQUE COMPANIES
s •Main locations of facilities abroad: France, Germany and USA
More than 150
From 100 to 150
From 50 to 100
Less than 50
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31. RELEVANT INNOVATING PROJECTS
ESS – BILBAO: SPANISH HEADQUARTERS OF THE EUROPEAN SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE
Spanish headquarters of the Spallation Neutron Source (ESS), large European Scientific Infrastructure under
construction in Sweden
The Basque Government and MICINN signed a contract for its construction and operation in the Scientific Park of
the Basque Country University (Leioa, Bizkaia)
Total investment of 180 million euros (financed 50-50% between MICINN and the Basque Government)
CREATION OF NEW LEADING INDUSTRIAL SECTORS: BIOBASQUE Y NANOBASQUE
BIOBASQUE
Aims to create an industrial biosciences sector.
Consolidation of the Basque Bioregion that has more than 70 companies, some of them of international relevance,
basic research (CICs Biogune and Biomagune) and applied research centres, 6 hospitals and 30,000 people working
in the system.
Selected finalist for the RegioStars 2011 award of the European Commission for the best innovating project.
NANOBASQUE
Aims to incorporate micro and nanotechnologies in order to increase the technological intensity of the Basque
business fabric.
Major investments in the scientific-technological offer materialised in two CICs, Nanogune and Microgune and a
complete network of scientific and technological infrastructures.
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32. RELEVANT INNOVATING PROJECTS
WAVE POWER: BISCAY MARINE ENERGY PLATFORM (BIMEP)
Infrastructure to research and use the power generated by waves on the open sea. With connections to land-based
electricity networks.
Located in Armintza, Bizkaia. Will come into operation during the last quarter of 2011.
Total investment of 20 million euros.
ELECTRICAL VEHICLE
Agreement between the Basque Energy Board (EVE) and Repsol to develop the basic network of EV charging
points in the Basque Country. Formation of the company IBIL financed 50-50 by both entities for the development of
the network.
Agreement between EVE and Mercedes Benz for the manufacture of electrical vans in Vitoria-Gasteiz. First E-
VITO vans delivered, and the first vehicles are currently being monitored in movement.
INTELLIGENT ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
Collaboration protocol between Iberdrola, EVE, BBK and the Bizkaia Provincial Council for the development and
implementation of intelligent electrical distribution networks in the urban centres of Bilbao and Portugalete,
Iberdrola and EVE represent an economic interest group (54% and 46% respectively) which will invest 60 million
euros over the next three years in the new intelligent distribution networks in Bilbao and Portugalete.
The next steps: Detailed investment plan (31-7-2011), first network systems, equipment and installation tenders (31-
12-2011),
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33. RELEVANT INNOVATING PROJECTS
CREATION OF THE FIRST GAS HUB IN SPAIN
In 2011, a company formed by three partners: Basque Government, Enagás and BBK.
It is the first initiative of its kind in Spain.
It is engaged in the promotion of logistics, marketing and financial services to facilitate short-term natural gas
transactions in the Iberian gas system.
Although there are 35 natural gas dealers on the Iberian peninsula and 3000 transactions are carried out on a
monthly basis between agents, there is currently no organised natural gas market.
ALAVA: A TOP LEVEL LOGISTICS NODE IN SOUTH-WESTERN EUROPE
Around Vitoria there are 7 million square meters dedicated to logistics activities, with connections to the rest of the
world by land, sea and air through the ports of Bilbao and Pasajes, Foronda airport and several high-speed
connections by road.
VIAP: VITORIA INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK
The expected investment amounts to 60.4 million euros in an area of 390,000 square metres.
Following the agreement signed between the Basque Government, Vitoria City Hall and AENA, an industrial park
with the characteristics of a technology park linked to the aeronautic sector will be built.
VIT: VITORIA INTERMODAL TERMINAL
This Intermodal station will channel all the traffic between continental Europe and the Iberian peninsula through the
western Pyrenees.
A twin-gauge track infrastructure, Iberian and international, which will have dimensions of 2.200 metres in length by
220 in weights, with 48 ha of surface area.
An expected total investment up to the year 2037 of 120 million euros. 62 million are planned for the first stage.
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34. TOURIST DESTINATION
Sculpture “Peine de los vientos” Donostia-San Sebastián
Plaza Virgen Blanca, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Hanging Bridge Bizkaia
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