On the occasion of the centenary of Eusko Ikaskuntza, The Society for Basque Studies, a series of thinking sessions have been carried out on the seven territories of Baskland, entitled "Geroa Elkar-Ekin, The Future that brings us together". On 9th November, the conclusions of the Geroa Working Group were presented within the seminar entitled "Socio-Economic Development: Basque Society and the…

When do we consider that a company is enterprising? What are some of the reasons and means for attempting entrepreneurship? These topics were discussed in a seminar on intra/entrepreneurship on 2nd October in Bilbao by B+I Strategy partner, Oscar Valdivielso, as head of the technical secretariat of the Initiative to Support Intra/entrepreneurship, which is promoted by the Basque Government and…

On 2nd October, Estibaliz Arenzana, a B+I Strategy consultant, participated in a meeting with Prof. Klaus Schwab, founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, best known for its annual meeting at the end of January in Davos. Estibaliz is an active member of the Global Shapers Community, which was founded by the World Economic Forum. At over 7,000…

On 12th July, BMASI’s CEO and Managing Partner, Sabin Azua, gave a presentation as part of the many summer courses run by the Public Basque University (EHU/UPV). On this occasion, the session was jointly organised by Gureak and El Diario Vasco newspaper. Entitled: "Going against the tide: Competing in global markets in order to achieve a social goal", Mr Azua's…

On 3rd July, a participative encounter of GipuzkoaLab was held at the Etorkizuna Eraikiz Gunea in Donostia-Sebastian, the first 'laboratory' of public policy created by any level of government in Spain. For this encounter, the Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa gathered together 16 of the participating companies in the two editions of the GipuzkoaLab programme in order to share their experiences…