Researcher James Wilson's presentation at the Workshop "Entrepreneurial University, Engaged Industry & Active Government: Triple Helix Opportunities", held at the University of Surrey, 29-30 May, 2014
WHY WE NEED EU-FUNDED PROJECTS?
The case of the Czech Republic:
- In 2012 % of women in research the lowest since 2001 when sex-disaggregated statistics started to be collected
- Limited policy support for gender equality in research and innovation
- No policy or strategy
- No dedicated programme or funding
- Responsible stakeholders neglect the issue
- Limited awareness of gender issues in research
- Limited expertise in state and public administration
- No activity in research performing or funding organizations
EU-funded structural change projects are a crucial instrument to start institutional changes
Learn, share, educate, “funding” leverage, legitimacy of topic
The Master of Research has been developed as a pathway to PhD study, providing an innovative research training framework to equip you with analytical, research and communication skills, making you highly competitive for careers in Community and Non-Profit Organisations, PhD study, Industry and Business, and Government.
WHY WE NEED EU-FUNDED PROJECTS?
The case of the Czech Republic:
- In 2012 % of women in research the lowest since 2001 when sex-disaggregated statistics started to be collected
- Limited policy support for gender equality in research and innovation
- No policy or strategy
- No dedicated programme or funding
- Responsible stakeholders neglect the issue
- Limited awareness of gender issues in research
- Limited expertise in state and public administration
- No activity in research performing or funding organizations
EU-funded structural change projects are a crucial instrument to start institutional changes
Learn, share, educate, “funding” leverage, legitimacy of topic
The Master of Research has been developed as a pathway to PhD study, providing an innovative research training framework to equip you with analytical, research and communication skills, making you highly competitive for careers in Community and Non-Profit Organisations, PhD study, Industry and Business, and Government.
Case Study of Land-Grants and Retention of Students with Disabilitieslarachellesmith
Lack of attention to underrepresented student
populations is a threat to the United States’ preeminence in higher education. Benefits corporations have experienced through an inclusive and neurodiverse workforce
Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations: Evaluation of a Funding ProgramNadine Rons
Rons, N., PRESENTATION at the Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) and Eleventh COLLNET Meeting. University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 19-22 October, 2010
High school science education has evolved in recent years to embrace not only natural and life sciences but also technology and engineering courses that represent careers of the future. Is it time to adapt Massachusetts public university admissions standards to mirror this expanded view of science education? Presented at a meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on December 6, 2011.
Interactive Poll to determine needs of researchersReed Elsevier
An unusual survey method is used to determine the needs of researchers and research students. The aim is to find potential areas for collaboration across academic divisions to holistically improve research support.
A typology of admission systems across Europe and their impact on the equity ...Dominic Orr
Admission systems to higher education are the key point for determining which students go into which type of higher education institution. Based on how admission systems are designed, they will allow access to a smaller or larger number of students, but they will also shape participation by social background. We present our typology of admission systems and how they work. Based on a larger study for the EU.
The study examines which factors predict academic performance at university and compares the predictive values of subject-related entrance exams and indicators of past school performance. The results show that in the fields of engineering and social sciences entrance exams predict both graduation and the number of study credits better than past performance. In education past school performance is a better predictor of graduation. Changing the admission rule to school grades would affect the average student performance negatively in engineering and social sciences but positively in education. Using only entrance exams would not significantly change the average performance in any field.
Case Study of Land-Grants and Retention of Students with Disabilitieslarachellesmith
Lack of attention to underrepresented student
populations is a threat to the United States’ preeminence in higher education. Benefits corporations have experienced through an inclusive and neurodiverse workforce
Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations: Evaluation of a Funding ProgramNadine Rons
Rons, N., PRESENTATION at the Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) and Eleventh COLLNET Meeting. University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 19-22 October, 2010
High school science education has evolved in recent years to embrace not only natural and life sciences but also technology and engineering courses that represent careers of the future. Is it time to adapt Massachusetts public university admissions standards to mirror this expanded view of science education? Presented at a meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on December 6, 2011.
Interactive Poll to determine needs of researchersReed Elsevier
An unusual survey method is used to determine the needs of researchers and research students. The aim is to find potential areas for collaboration across academic divisions to holistically improve research support.
A typology of admission systems across Europe and their impact on the equity ...Dominic Orr
Admission systems to higher education are the key point for determining which students go into which type of higher education institution. Based on how admission systems are designed, they will allow access to a smaller or larger number of students, but they will also shape participation by social background. We present our typology of admission systems and how they work. Based on a larger study for the EU.
The study examines which factors predict academic performance at university and compares the predictive values of subject-related entrance exams and indicators of past school performance. The results show that in the fields of engineering and social sciences entrance exams predict both graduation and the number of study credits better than past performance. In education past school performance is a better predictor of graduation. Changing the admission rule to school grades would affect the average student performance negatively in engineering and social sciences but positively in education. Using only entrance exams would not significantly change the average performance in any field.
Disentagling the relations_between_learning_modesOrkestra
How does innovation transform into economic value? There is a need for a better understanding on how learning (for innovation) is managed within organizations.
Is there any relationship between different learning approaches (Science and Technology Innovation (STI) and Learning by Doing, by Using by Interacting based Innovation), innovation output (product and process innovation) and business performance (sales growth)?
Building Bridges-Lurralde gobernantza hobetzeko bideanOrkestra
Lau pausoko markoa aurkezten dizugu. Markoaren helburua da gogoeta prozesu bat eraikitzeko tresna bat izatea lurralde gobernantza hobetzen laguntzeko asmoarekin. Gipuzkoa Sareanen oinarrituta garatu da eredu hau.
Miren Larrea and Mari Jose Aranguren, researchers at Orkestra, presented their work on how to write academic papers regarding action research. The presentation was given on the 5th of April at the seminar "Action Research: explanation and developing new projects" that took place in Pamplona (Spain)
For more information about the Informed Cities initiative visit http://informed-cities.iclei-europe.org or join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InformedCities
Presented by Dr Karen Lucas on 9th July 2014
http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/k.lucas
Abstract:
Until now, human and social factors have not been very dominant aspects of transportation research. The general trend has been a biased towards more technical and engineering studies and transport economics. Nevertheless, there has been continuous social science research on the fringes of transport studies. For example behavioural psychology has been used in traffic safety risk management and human geography has been concerned with the interface between space, time, and mobility. There has also been a significant academic discourse around transport equity and the mobility and accessibility needs of transport disadvantaged groups, which has gathered momentum in recent years. More lately, sociologists and cultural geographers have begun to explore the embodied meanings and the cultural significance of different transport modes within our everyday social practices.
A number of scholars within the Institute of Transport Studies at Leeds have already forged important cross-disciplinary partnerships with other disciplines within and outside the University. In this lecture, I will explore the potential to further strengthen and exploit these new directions within transport research. I will briefly reflect on the opportunities for achieving this through mechanisms such as within the University’ core research themes, the new Social Science Strategy, other research University-wide supported initiatives and more informal collaborations. But more importantly I will be asking whether it is possible to use these inter-disciplinary collaborations to radicalise our research enquiries so that we are able to offer transformational solutions to overcome the currently environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust allocation of mobility resources within and between nations.
Slides for the EUA webinar on The Role of Universities in Regional Innovation: the case of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) - 26 October 2016
Learning spaces as accelerators of innovation ecosystem development 2013Kari Mikkelä
This article examines learning spaces as a broad concept, addressing them both as an abstraction and as venues and facilities supporting learning on individual, organisational and regional levels. Our two simultaneous perspectives are top-down (Europe 2020 strategy) and bottom-up (learning and innovativeness of individuals). As an abstract
concept, learning space refers especially to the mental dimension of the space emerging
when individual experts collaborate. It draws from the culture of modernising the Triple
Helix collaboration coloring the learning environment, and the quality of interaction between the classroom and industry agents, either hindering or supporting better synergy between research, education and innovation, as well as different initiatives focusing on creativity and entrepreneurial discovery.
Implementing the new competence development model for schools: University Ne...EduSkills OECD
Norway has started to implement a new competence development model that sets out to develop teacher professionalism with in-service
professional development. With this new policy, the Government of Norway aims to provide municipalities and schools with greater freedom of action and empower them to carry out systematic school improvement at the local level. This decentralised approach would respond to local context and the diversity of needs between Norwegian schools.
The OECD supports countries in bridging the gap between policy design and effective implementation. The university network workshop aims to further discuss and refine the implementation strategy of the new competence development model for schools. To this end, the OECD team is presenting the conclusions of the initial OECD policy assessment (“Improving school quality in Norway”), and organising discussions on the concept of quality for professional development within the new model, and the associated indicators to monitor both the implementation process and the anchoring in local practices of the new model.
This is Prof. Tan Eng Chye's, (Vice President, Provost NUS) presentation at the Workshop "What is a Good University?" organized by VNU in Hanoi under sponsored of the British Embassy in Hanoi. The NUS shows its clear and powerful road to the future that meets a high level development of human resources and the goals of contributing to the Singapore socio economic development, providing quality services to the communities as well as global integration and development. The NUS has prepared a bright future for its students with entrepreneurial minds.
Sharpen existing tools or get a new toolbox? Contemporary cluster initiatives...Orkestra
UIIN Conference, Madrid, 27-29 May 2024
James Wilson, Orkestra and Deusto Business School
Emily Wise, Lund University
Madeline Smith, The Glasgow School of Art
El 24 de noviembre se celebró en el Kursaal la conferencia del Informe de Competitividad de 2021. A continuación se muestra la presentación utilizada durante el evento.
PLAYING THE LONG GAME: Experimenting Smart Specialisation in the Basque CountryOrkestra
Power Point presentation related to the main conclusions of the publication PLAYING THE LONG GAME: Experimenting Smart Specialisation in the Basque Country written by Edurne Magro, James Wilson, Mari Jose Aranguren, Mikel Navarro and Kevin Morgan. The work analyses the implementation of the Smart Specialisation Strategy RIS3 in The Basque Country. It focuses on the changes that had taken place since 2016 in (i) the actors involved, (ii) the activities underlying the strategy & (iii) the evaluation mechanisms.
Agustín Zubillaga, coordinador del lab de Economía Digital, habla sobre la transición digital partiendo de los aprendizajes y las reflexiones compartidas sobre las tendencias en digitalización. La tribuna parte de los principales resultados del Informe Economía y Sociedad Digitales en el País Vasco realizado por Orkestra partiendo del Índice Europeo en Digitalización (DESI). Fue publicado en la edición País Vasco de elEconomista.
En Bizkaia, la empresa industrial vasca goza de una buena salud financieraOrkestra
Las firmas guipuzcoanas y alavesas presentan menor riesgo de crédito que las vizcainas debido a su mayor economía y capacidad financiera publica Deia el 16 de febrero de 2020. Se trata de los resultados del último proyecto sobre financiación empresarial de Orkestra realizado en colaboración con el Instituto Vasco de Finanzas.
En Álava la empresa industrial vasca goza de una buena salud financieraOrkestra
Las firmas alavesas y guipuzcoanas presentan un menor riesgo de crédito que las vizcaínas debido a su mayor autonomía y capacidad financiera. Noticia publicada en Noticias de Álava el 16 de febrero dentro del proyecto sobre financiación empresarial promovido por Orkestra con la colaboración del Instituto Vasco de Finanzas.
Las empresas industriales vascas gozan de una buena salud financiera y tienen...Orkestra
Las firmas guipuzcoanas y alavesas presentan un menor riesgo de crédito que las vizcaínas debido a su mayor autonomía y capacidad financiera. Artículo publicado en Noticias de Gipuzkoa el 16 de febrero y que hace referencia a la última publicación del proyecto sobre financiación empresarial que se realiza con la financiación del Instituto Vasco de Finanzas.
Asko hitzegiten da trantsizio energetikoari buruz. Aldaketa klimatikoak norabide berri bat eskatzen du energia sare, iturri eta kontsumoari dagokionez. Nola egin aurre honi, nola ekidin pobrezia energetikoan bizi direnak are pobreago izatea. Macarena Larrea, orkestrako energia arloko aditua da, Berriako erreportai honetan trantsizioan pobrezia energetikoari dagokionez kontutan hartu beharrekoen inguruan hitzegiten du.
Colaboración y resiliencia ante el nuevo contexto competitivoOrkestra
Susana Franco, investigadora de Orkestra, aborda el DAFO de la competitividad partiendo del Informe de Competitividad del País Vasco 2019. En el artículo de opinión escrito para la Guía de Innovación de Estrategia Empresarial e Innobasque, señala aquellos aspectos a trabajar desde el punto de vista de resiliencia y colaboración a fin de poder hacer frente a los retos futuros.
Mari Jose Aranguren aboga por más cooperación que nunca en su artículo de opinión publicado en El Correo el 31 de diciembre de 2019. Aquí señala cuál es el contexto socioeconómico vasco actual y cómo nos tenemos que preparar ante los retos futuros en materia de envejecimiento, digitalización y transición energética entre otros aspectos.
Las pymes desaprovechan el comercio electrónicoOrkestra
Cinco Días cubre en un extenso reportaje las principales conclusiones del informe sobre el estado de la digitalización en Euskadi, "Economía y sociedad digitales en el País Vasco" (DESI 2018)
Euskadi ya tiene 16.000 empresas exportadoras, el doble que hace 10 añosOrkestra
El ‘Informe de Competitividad del País Vasco 2018’, elaborado por Orkestra –Instituto Vasco de Competitividad– destaca, como un rasgo notable, que a pesar de la recuperación de la demanda interna española a partir de 2017 "las empresas vascas no se hayan concentrado en el mercado español y hayan mostrado un comportamiento exportador tan positivo". El colectivo exportador vasco supone más del 22% de las empresas con asalariados y concentra alrededor de un 9% de las exportaciones totales españolas.
La mitad de los vascos que trabajan ahora estarán jubilados en 2030Orkestra
¿Cómo hacer frente a ese envejecimiento de la población y a la falta de relevo generacional?El Informe de Competitividad del País Vasco 2019 recoge los claroscuros del envejecimiento de la población dese el punto de vista de la necesidad creciente de atracción del talento a las oportunidades que ofrecerá la economía plateada. Diario Vasco lo recoge en este amplio reportaje.
Accede a la presentación del Informe de Competitividad del País Vasco 2019. Allí encontrarás los principales puntos tratados a lo largo de la Conferencia de Competitividad en lo que respecta al Diagnóstico y al cuaderno de competencias. Ikus ezazu Lehiakortasunerako txostenari buruz egindako aurkezpena. Bertan aurkituko dituzu zeintzuk diren gure erronkak.
Redes inteligentes para la transición energética. Iván Martén, presidente de ...Orkestra
Las redes inteligentes son una fuente de oportunidad desde el punto de vista de la competitividad del País Vasco. Su desarrollo no supondrá sólo la mejora de la eficiencia en términos económicos, sino que también desde el punto de vista del bienestar, las redes inteligentes contribuirán a disminuir los efectos medioambientales y a que el consumidor tome un papel activo a la hora de gestionar su energía. Orkestra, Tecnalia y el Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) celebran el 2 y 3 de octubre las jornadas JIEEC sobre redes inteligentes/smartgrids. Este es el discurso de apertura de Iván Martén, presidente de Orkestra.
Las empresas de Gipuzkoa son las que mayor rentabilidad tienen de la CAVOrkestra
Las empresas de Gipuzkoa se muestran más rentables en comparación con otros territorios como Bizkaia o Álava. Se trata de uno de los principales resultados del Observatorio Económico Financiero de la Empresa Vasca que Orkestra realiza, en colaboración con el Instituto Vasco de Finanzas. Las conclusiones y recomendaciones sobre este trabajo se recogen en este artículo de Noticias de Gipuzkoa publicado el 14 de julio de 2019.
La rentabilidad de las empresas alavesas coincide con la media de las firmas ...Orkestra
Las empresas alavesas se situan entre las guipuzcoanas y las vizcaínas en lo que respecta a su rentabilidad. Esta es una de las conclusiones del Observatorio Económico Financiero de la Empresa Vasca, que Orkestra realiza junto con la colaboración del Instituto Vasco de Finanzas. El artículo publicado en Noticias de Álava recoge la situación de las empresas alavesas y las compara según su tamaño.
how to sell pi coins at high rate quickly.DOT TECH
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The financial system of a country is an important tool for economic development of the country, as it helps in creation of wealth by linking savings with investments.
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Academic Institutions as Change Agents for Territorial Development
1. Academic Institutions as Change Agents for
Territorial Development
Mari J. Aranguren*
José M. Guibert**
Jesús M. Valdaliso***
James R. Wilson*
* Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto
Business School
** University of Deusto
*** The University of the Basque Country
Presented at the Workshop ‘Entrepreneutial University, Engaged Industry & Active
Government: Triple Helix Opportunities’, University of Surrey, 29-30 May 2014
2. Motivation
• Academic institutions are being asked to play more
strategic roles in actively shaping socioeconomic
development processes at regional level
• This takes us beyond a focus on science & technology in
knowledge transfer or the broad economic impact of
universities
• It highlights a new set of challenges that are particularly
relevant for the ‘softer’ disciplines
• We analyse these questions through a case study of
‘academic institutional entrepreneurship’: Orkestra-
Basque Institute of Competitiveness
What is the potential for academic institutions to become change
agents for territorial development?
And what challenges do they face in doing so?
3. Structure of the paper
1. Changing roles of universities and academics
2. Methodology
3. Territorial context: The Basque Country
4. The case of Orkestra
5. Conclusions and challenges for academic
institutions and social scientists
4. • Globalisation and the rise of regional studies
• Interest in the role of universities in territorial
socioeconomic development processes has intensified
• Central to concepts such as the triple helix, clusters &
systems of innovation
o Etzkowitz (1993); Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff (1997); Porter (1990); Freeman
(1987); Lundvall (1992); Cooke et al. (1998)
• The move ‘closer to society’ has taken various forms,
predominantly within a market perspective
o More effective transfer of knowledge to business sector
o Attempts to quantify direct and indirect economic ‘impacts’ of universities
Universities & socioeconomic development
But there is also recognition of scope for a more
developmental role in shaping territorial strategy
5. • Universities committed to regional economic
development & actively shaping networks of knowledge
& innovation (Uyarra, 2010)
• Two key roles (Drabenstott, 2008)
1. Diagnostic: Academic analysis of the competitive position of regions and
their advantages
2. Alignment: Conduct research focused on the needs and challenges of
regional competitiveness
• The current European regional policy focus on Research
and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
identifies strategic roles for universities (Foray & Van Ark,
2008; Foray et al., 2012; Goddard et al. 2013)
o Participate in entrepreneurial processes of discovery & RIS3 design
o Provide external connections & access to foreign sources of knowledge
o Match research capabilities with emerging regional priorities
o Maintain a tension between research of international academic
excellence and research oriented to specific regional needs
A more strategic role for universities
6. Methodology
• To study this developmental role in regional
environments context is all important, which suggests the
appropriateness of case studies
• Sources for the case of Orkestra:
o In depth semi-structured interviews with 18 individuals actively involved in
the creation of Orkestra and its subsequent development (conducted by
the external co-author)
o A closed survey sent to 38 key actors in the Basque society (universities,
technological centres, policy-makers, economic development agencies)
o Other sources of information: Annual Reports, Minutes of the Board of
Directors, research publications…
• Combination of quantitative (scientific production and
other ‘hard’ indicators of teaching and interacting
activities) and qualitative information
• Triangulation, contrast and discussion
7. • 2.2 million people
• GDP per capita in top 5% of
European regions
• An old industrial region
• 22% manufacturing share of
GDP
• Successful economic
transformation over last thirty
years, based on a strong
regional innovation system
(OECD, 2011)
• 2.1% of GDP spent on R&D
• High level of policy autonomy
• Complex institutional structure
Context: The Basque Country
8. • Teaching-focused & poorly situated in global rankings
• Clear improvement in research inputs and outputs over
last 10 years (patents, spin offs, scientific publications)
• Third mission under-developed, but recent initiatives
The Basque Universities
University of the
Basque Country
•Public
•Third mission
advanced by
recent
Euskampus
project
Deusto University
•Private (Jesuit)
•Third mission
advanced by 2004
establishment of
Deusto
Foundation
Mondragon
University
•Private (Co-op)
•Third mission
integrated in
cooperative
origins
9. • New research centre, created from scratch in 2006
within an old university, with a funding system and
governance structure different from that of traditional
academic institutions in the Basque/Spanish system
o Mix of public-private-university funding on a long-term basis
o Managed like a firm (board of directors, general manager, advisory
board)
• Inception influenced by personal convictions of key
players & by Porter’s work on the role of universities/
research centres in promoting regional competitiveness
o Example of institutional entrepreneurship (Sotarauta, 2011, Karlsen et al,
2012)
Case: Orkestra - Basque Institute of Competitiveness
ORIGINAL MISSION
To support through research, teaching, prospection, technical
assistance, evaluation, discussion and participation in international
networks of excellence, the activity of the public administration,
socio-economic agents and all the universities of the Basque Country
in fields related to competitiveness
11. Frontier of Knowledge on Regional
Competitiveness
Impact on the actual
competitiveness of the
Basque Country and
contributions to the
frontier of knowledge
on regional
competitiveness
Actual competitiveness state of the Basque
Country
Researc
h
Teachi
ng
Inter
actio
n
1. Equilibrium basic funded and competitive projects
2. Equilibrium international and local projects
3. Positive tension between problem-focused processes & academic writing
Orkestra – Model guiding activities
12. • An increasingly
international research but
oriented to the needs of
the region
• Activities include a bi-
annual assessment of the
competitive position of
the Basque Country
• A ratio of publications per
researcher that notably
outscores that of Deusto
University, and that of the
University of the Basque
Country in social
sciences, arts and
humanities
Orkestra – Academic research
14. • Interaction with
the main
socioeconomic
agents of the
region
• Proactive role in
the regional
knowledge and
policy network
• An extremely
time-consuming
and demanding
activity (it pays
off in a medium-
long term)
Orkestra – Interaction
15. 1. It has provided a ‘common language’ for
competitiveness and has fostered a shared vision of the
competitive challenges of the country among the
different agents – a ‘bridge builder’
2. It has offered academic analysis of the competitive
position of the Basque country and its main challenges
3. It has had important input in the development and
evaluation of the cluster policy and other policy plans
of the Basque government, and has been able to
become a key advisory institution for different levels of
government without losing its independence
4. It has been able to carry out academic research of
increasing international quality and relevance, which
has also served to diffuse the Basque experience
5. Spillovers between research, teaching and interacting
have lead to the development of new roles for
academics (as social researchers) and new
methodologies (action research)
Orkestra’s role in regional change
16. • Orkestra appears to be fulfilling the roles of diagnostic &
research alignment in a proactive way that is engaged
with the region’s needs
• In the context of RIS3, for example, it is responding to
Goddard et al.’s roles
• As a change agent in the field of regional
competitiveness meeting three challenges have and
continue to be critical:
1. How to guarantee continuity (stable funding)
2. How to manage the creative tensions that emerge:
o Between the different needs of stakeholders:
o Between research & interaction (a time-consuming activity)
o Between regional needs & participation in global networks
3. How to develop capabilities of ‘social researchers’,
able to facilitate change processes & reflect on them
rigorously
Conclusions … and challenges
17. Thanks, gracias, eskerrik asko!
• With particular acknowledgements to:
o Patricia Canto (Orkestra) for her help in quantitative assessment of
Orkestra between 2006 and 2012
o MINECO (Grant HAR2012-30948) and the Basque Government (Grant
IT807-13) for financial support
Email: jwilson@orkestra.deusto.es
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Editor's Notes
As we only have half an hour, I would like to reflect on some of the critical challenges of Orkestra at this moment and about a proposal that we have in mind.
Our unique value proposition, which differentiate Orkestra from an University Department or a consultancy focus on Competitiveness is that we try to be a bridge between the academic research and the problems of the competitiveness actors in the BC.
We are a research institute, but we make research defining research questions and projects jointly with competitiveness actors, engaging with them in long term processes and trying to transform the system from the inside. We are an actor of change of the Basque competitiveness.
For this, we combine activities of research, training and interaction.
It is critical to maintain this uniqueness.