Post on 21-Apr-2017
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Surface Area 7,234 sq Km.
Population 2,173,210
2hLONDON
2hFRANKFURT
2hMUNICH
2hMILAN
1hMADRID
2hLISBON
2hPARIS
500 KM. 1.000 KM.
Market access within a radius of 1,000 km
507,416,607 inhabs.
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2hFRANKFURT
2hMUNICH
30minMADRID
1 hLISBON
1hPARIS
30,459€GDP per capita
(119 EU28=100)MILAN
23.5%Industrial GDP(EU28=19.3%)
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MILAN
130Productivity per
employed person EU28=100
MILAN
1,660Internationalised
CompaniesMILAN
31.9%Exports to GDP
rationMILAN
2.03%R&D expenditure on
GDP (INE)MILAN
0.981Human Development
IndexMILAN
30,000Researchers
MILAN
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1Competitiveness
Pole
A PLACE TO INVEST 6 REASONS
4Well
ConnectedRegion
5Business Friendly
Administration
6A Place to
LIVE
2Technology, Innovation
Future
3Talent
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1 CompetitivenessPole
Smart specialisation in energy, advanced manufacturing and biosciences have become the Basque Country's main bid for the forthcoming decades
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• Highly Industrialized Area (23.5% GDP) with highest rates of productivity (130 - EU28=100)
• Highly specialized subcontractors: More than
4,000 companies at hand with high standards in quality
and rapid response.
• Most significant financial center in the European Atlantic axis: BBVA & 2nd Stock exchange
in Spain)
• Pioneering Cluster Policy (M. Porter – 1991)
• Internationalized Economy (31.9% exports on GDP)
COMPETITIVENESS POLE
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AUTOMOTIVE AEROSPACE RAILWAY MARITIME
36,583 Jobs
€15,004 M
12,546 Jobs
€1,755 M
14,210 Jobs
€2,150 M.
14,176 Jobs
€2,600 M
ENERGY
68,000 Jobs
€44,000 M
ELECTRONICS &ICT
10,840 Jobs
€2,840 M
MACHINERY
5,672 Jobs
€1,180 M
ECOINDUSTRIES
20,000 Jobs
€4,000 M
BIOSCIENCES
2,700 Jobs
€376 M
COMPETITIVENESS POLE
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ENERGYCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
CIC EnergiguneCooperative Research Centre
STRATEGIC SECTORS:
Smart grids: Global Leader
(BIDELEK – INGRID projects)
Wind power:
(WIND BOX Center)
Wave Power:
BIMEP – WAVE ENERGY CENTRE
Electric vehicle:
IBIL, charging points
Storage:
CIC Energigune R+D Center)
Concentrated solar power
Energy Eficiency
Oil&Gas
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AUTOMOTIVE
>>More than 45% of the production volume of
Spain's Automotive component industry is
produced in the Basque Country<<
COMPETITIVENESS POLE
AIC Automotive Intelligence Center
OEMs manufacturers:
• Mercedes Benz (Daimler) €190M invest. 90% exp.
• Irizar (bus manufacturer)
ACICAE - Automotive cluster
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>>The Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing
Centre represents an international milestone
with estimated investment of €9m and
technologically<<
AERONAUTICSCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
HEGAN – Aeronautics Cluster
Representative companies:
• Aernnova – Global aerostructures company
• ITP Group, Industria de Turbo Propulsores –
(Sener - Rolls Royce): 50% of world´s big
commercial plane turbines
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MARITIMECOMPETITIVENESS POLE
Representative companies:
• Sener Naval, designs more efficient
and environmentally friendly ships.
• Vicinay Cadenas, world leader in
the manufacture of mooring systems
for maritime applications.
• Shipyards: La Naval, Balenciaga,
Murueta and Zamakona.
FMV – Basque Maritime ForumThe cluster association of the basque maritime sector
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RAILWAYSCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
CAF – Construcción Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
• A benchmark and one of the leaders of the
international rail industry
• Production facilities in Europe and America.
• Present in 18 countries worldwide developing
transport systems in Mexico, Colombia, Finland
UK, Australia…etc.
MAFEX Spanish Railway Association
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>>The Basque Country is ranked third largest producer
in the European Union and its network of qualified
suppliers is concentrated in a radius of less than
300Km<<
ADVANCED MACHINERYCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
DANOBAT GROUP – An international benchmark
INVEMA – Foundation for Machine Tool Research
IMH – Machine Tool Training and Innovation Institute
BIEMH – Machine-Tool Biennial, one of the sector's most
important fairs in Europe.
AFM Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
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ELECTRONICS & ICTCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
Representative companies:
• Ibermática, ICT services company with over 40 years
experience in the sector. It currently has turnover of
around € 230 million, with a workforce of over 3,000
professionals
• Euskaltel, the telecommunications operator. It has
invested more than €1.7 billion in the deployment of a
next generation network (NGN) the largest investment by
any operator in Spain.
GAIA, Association of Industries of Electronic and
Information Technologies
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BIOSCIENCESCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
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• CIC bioGUNE is a benchmark centre in Cellular,
Molecular and Structural biology, the only
facility of its kind in the State and a European
leader.
• CIC biomaGUNE pioneer Research Centre in
Bionanomaterials, the Molecular Imaging Unit,
biofunctional nanomaterials and Biosurfaces
can be highlighted.
>>Basque bio-región: cooperation between the
academic world, the health system and industry,
backed by an extensive network of infrastructures
and public authorities that foster business activity<<
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ECOINDUSTRIESCOMPETITIVENESS POLE
Representative companies:
• Idom, Engineering, Architecture and Consultancy
integral services company.
• Cespa, waste collection, street cleaning and gardening
services.
• Befesa Medio Ambiente, integral industrial waste
management and in water management and generation
• Cadagua, development of water treatment and
desalination.
ACLIMA Cluster Association of Environmental
Industries
>>The Basque Country is a reference in
Europe in Circular Economy<<
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2TechnologyInnovationFuture
The Basque Country is the autonomous community that assigns
the highest percentage of its GDP to R&D&I 2.03 %17
BASQUE SMART SPECIALIZATION
H2020
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, FUTURE
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY &
INNOVATION PLAN
PCTI2020
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TECHNOLOGY PARKS & BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTERSTECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, FUTURE
Technology, Innovation, Future
Business Innovation Centers (BIC): Centres for the development of new
innovative companies
>>The activities associated with the Basque Technology Parks (Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa
Technology Parks) represent 5.5% of the GDP, 5.4% of employment and 5.8% of corporate
tax revenue<<
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BASQUE NETWORK OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, FUTURE
Basic and Excellence Research Centres (BERC)
Cooperative Research Centres (CIC)
Technology Platforms: TECNALIA & IK4
>>More than 3,000 researchers working for the industrial sector<<
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3 Talent
48.9% of young people have higher education studies21
UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
• Public university with three campuses
• 20 faculties and schools
• 68 degrees, 2 double degrees, 108 masters courses, 43
titles and 65 PhD programmes
• 44,214 students
• 5,019 professors
• Responsible for 65% of the research carried out in the
Basque Country.
• International Excellence Campus: Euskampus
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES:
* Mondragon University
* Deusto University
* University of Navarra - TECNUN
UNIVERSITIESTALENT
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>>Vocational Training in the Basque Country is
the first EU test bed for the introduction of
applied innovation learning<<
Students: 23,000
Training cycles: +140
Vocational training certificate require in 65% of jobs
Innovation Centre for Vocational Training, Tknika
Vocational Training Strategic Agenda
VOCATIONAL TRAININGTALENT
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4 A well-connectedcountry
The most comprehensive logistic Atlantic Hub in south Europe24
A WELL-CONNECTED COUNTRY
“Best European Middle Size Region in Connectivity”(fDi - European Cities and Regions of the Future - Ranking 2016-2017)
Logistics International Airports Railway connections Motorways
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5 Business Friendly Administration
Basque Country has its own tax system granting regulatory and administrative powers 26
BUSINESS FRIENDLY ADMINISTRATION
>>The Basque Country has its own
system of funding, the Economic
Agreement, which establish and regulate
financial and tax relations between the
Basque Country and Spain<<
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6 A placeto live
The Highest life quality level28
A PLACE TO LIVE
>>High levels of life quality: an education system with an extensive knowledge of
international languages and an advanced universal public health care system, making it
the best healthcare in Spain and one of the best in Europe<<
Donostia-San Sebastian: European Capital of Culture 2016
* BASQUE: an ancient language
* GASTRONOMY: 29 Michelin Stars
* MUSEUMS: from Guggenheim to Balenciaga29
Eskerrik asko
Thank you
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SPRI BASQUE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
>>YOUR GATEWAY TO INVESTING IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY<<