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Your best ally
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LOCATION OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
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HAS ITS OWN TAX SYSTEM.
HAS THE LEGAL CAPACITY TO REGULATE TAXATION AND THEAUTHORITY TO MANAGE AND COLLECT TAXES.
PAYS THE SO-CALLED “QUOTA” TO THE SPANISH STATE FORSERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LATTER IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY.
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POLITICAL STRUCTURE
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Police
Housing and the Environment
Agriculture and Tourism
Labour and Social Welfare
Hydraulic resources
Own tax system
Education and Culture
Health
Industry and Commerce
Transport and Public Works
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Armed Forces
Foreign Affairs
Monetary System
Ports and airports
Postal Services & Communications
Foreign trade
Customs service
State railway system
SpainEuropean Union
AREAS OF AUTHORITY
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Total 10,933 million €
GENERAL BUDGET DISTRIBUTION 2016
INCOME (%) EXPENDITURE (%)
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PROVINCIAL COUNCILS
83.3
HEALTH 31.3
57.4
EDUCATION 26.1
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICIES 10.0
29.0
ENVIRONMENT AND TERRITORIAL POLICY 6.1SECURITY 5.8
PUBLIC DEBT 11.3ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
4.0
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES 3.5 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE 2.1
OTHER RESOURCES 1.2 PRESIDENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT 1.0
OWN TAXES 0.7 OTHER CONCEPTS 13.6
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QUALITY OF LIFE
Socio-demographic data Basque C. UE -28
Population (inhabitants) 2014 2,173,210 506,880,616
Population density (inhab/km2) 2012 300.3 116.7
Life expectancy at birth (years) – Women 2011 85.4 83.1
Life expectancy at birth (years) – Men 2011 78.9 77.3
Hospital beds (per 100,000 inhabitants) 2012 349.6 529.4
Internet access (% homes) 2014 81 83
GDP per capita (EU 28= 100) 2014 119 100
Population aged between 20 and 24 with secondary education (%)
2014 86.7 82.3
The life expectancy of Basque women, 85.4 years, is among the highest in the EU-28.86.7% of young people between 20 and 24 years old continue their studies at least beyond secondary education.
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14TH EU REGION in number of UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS ENROLLED
ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, 2013-2014 COURSE
Subjects
Total Men Women
68,193 32,286 35,907
Arts and Humanities 6,270 2,438 3,832
Sciences 3,857 1,761 2.,096
Health Sciences 8,058 1,998 6,060
Social Sciences and Law 30,510 12,526 17,984
Engineering and architecture 17,541 12,588 4,953
Not specified 1,957 975 982
Population aged 25-64
with tertiary education
NUTS 2 REGIONS 2014 %
1 Inner London 60.7
2 London 53.7
3 Oslo og Akershus 53.4
4 Prov. Brabant Wallon 51.9
5Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
51.0
6 Eastern Scotland 50.4
7 Helsinki-Uusimaa 50.2
8 Outer London 48.7
9 Hovedstaden 48.1
10 Zürich 47.7
11 Stockholm 47.6
12 North Eastern Scotland 47.5
13 Comunidad de Madrid 47.2
14 Basque Country 47.0
SPAIN 34.7
Soure: Eurostat EU-28 29,3
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCOEUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
• Public university• Three campuses in Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa• International Excellence Campus: Euskampus
UNIVERSIDAD DE DEUSTO • Founded in 1886 by the Jesuits• Private university• Two campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastian
MONDRAGON UNIBERTSITATEA • Private university belonging to Corporation MONDRAGON
UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA - TECNUN • Private university• Campus in San Sebastian
UNIVERSIDAD DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA
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INFRASTRUCTURES
Port
Airport
Train
Roads
Port
Terrestrial platforms
Airport
Combined Transport Station
Railway
Roads
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RAILWAYS• The “BASQUE Y” high-speed rail corridor will link the three Basque capitals
and will connect the Basque Country with the rest of Europe.• Connections providing access to the main logistics areas located near the
capitals.
SEA PORTS• Two large commercial ports, Bilbao and Pasajes, which together handle
almost 44,000,000 tones of goods per annum.• Port of Bilbao, main multimodal centre of the Iberian peninsula.
AIRPORTSThree airports with excellent infrastructures from the transport of passengersand 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.
Travelling time
Bilbao
Bilbao
Madrid
París
2h 15’
5h 47’
2015
Bilbao airport (passengers) 4,277,430
Vitoria airport (cargo kg) 46,371,339
INFRASTRUCTURES / LOGISTICS
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BILBAO EXHIBITION CENTRE (BEC)
Modern, convenient and functional exhibition complex, 150,000 m2of exhibition area distributed in 6 column-free pavilions.
Exhibition organizers with more than 30 years of experience in theorganization 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 gross exhibitionarea of 65,000m2 y more than 35,000 professionalvisitors.
FERROFORMA- BRICOFORMA
Important international exhibitions
CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION CENTRES
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BASQUE COUNTRY 2005 2010 2014
GDP at current prices (millions €) 58,563 67,596 66,931
Per capita GDP at current prices (base 2010) (€) 27,757 31,128 30,868
Per capita GDP (PPC) (EU 28=100) 125 126 119
Productivity per employed person (EU 28=100) 125.1 127.9 130.0
Inflation (consumer price variation, %) 3.7 2.8 -0.7
Employment rate (16 to 64 year-olds, %) 65.4 65.1 64.1
Exports (millions €) 14,297 17,876 22,513
Imports (millions €) 14,537 15,431 17,136
Export tendency (Exports/ GDP) (%) 24.4 26.4 33.6
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MAIN MACROECONOMIC DATA
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RELATIVE WEIGHT OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY IN SPAIN (%), (2015)
1. POPULATION 4.7
2. GDP at current prices (millions €) 6.1
3. EXPORTS 8.8
4. IMPORTS 6.1
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MAIN MACROECONOMIC DATA
Per capita GDP per country
In 2014, Basque Country was 19% above the EU average GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards. Basque Country ranks 70th of the EU regions.
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ECONOMIC / SECTOR STRUCTURE
GDP DISTRIBUTION (2015)
B. COUNTRY SPAIN EU-28
Gross Domestic Product at market prices (millions €)
68,724 1,081,190 14,625,373
Added value out of basic prices (millions €)
61,902 981,823 13,074,459
Agricultural sector (%) 0.8 2.5 1.5
Industry (%) 23.5 17.0 19.0
Construction (%) 6.1 5.5 5.4
Services (%) 69.6 74.9 74.1
Basque Country
Logotype Name Year Website
ACEDE – Basque Country Household Appliances Cluster Association 1992 www.acede.es
AFM – Spanish Machine Tool Manufacturers Association 1992 www.afm.es
ACICAE – Basque Country Automotive Industries and Components Cluster Association
1993 www.acicae.es
GAIA – Basque Country Electronics and Information Industries Cluster Association
1994 www.gaia.es
UNIPORT – Port of Bilbao Cluster Association 1994 www.uniportbilbao.es
ACLIMA – Basque Country Environmental Industries Cluster Association
1995 www.aclima.net
Energy Cluster Association 1996 www.clusterenergia.com
HEGAN – Basque Country and Aeronautics and Space Cluster Association
1997 www.hegan.com
Basque Maritime Forum – Basque Maritime Industries Cluster Association
1997www.foromaritimovasco.co
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Paper Industries Cluster Association of the Basque Country 1998 www.clusterpapel.com
EIKEN – Basque Country Audiovisual Cluster Association 2004 www.eikencluster.com
CLUSTER POLICY > THE 11 PRIORITY CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
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PRIORITY CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
2015
Members Jobs Turnover Exports
(No. of Members)
(No. of workers)
(In millions of euros)
(% over sales)
ACEDE Household Appliances 11 2,520 663 60%
AFM Machine Tools 128 5,580 1,370 63%
ACICAE Automotive 110 20,639 12,401 88%
GAIAElectronics and Information Industries
240 11,000 2,961 37%
UNIPORT Port of Bilbao 132 5,600 - -
ACLIMA Environment 88 4,650 1,790 22%
ENERGIA Energy 105 21,185 43,135 24%
HEGAN Aeronautics and Space 40 4,347 900 74%
FMV Maritime Industries 234 14,487 2,187 75%
PAPEL Paper 20 1,854 821 55%
EIKEN Audiovisual 123 5,282 684 1%
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CLUSTER POLICY > THE 11 PRIORITY CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
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Exports expressed as a percentage over turnover, 2015
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EXPORT RATES OF THE 11 CLUSTER ASSOCIATIONS
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Logotype Name Year Website
AFV - Foundries Association of the Basque Country and Navarre
2008 www.feaf.es
SIFE – Die-press Forging 2008 www.forjas.org
HABIC - Cluster Association of the Habitat, Wood, Office and Hospitality Sector
2009 www.clusterhabic.com
Food Cluster of the Basque Country 2009 www.clusteralimentacion.com
Basque Biocluster 2009 www.basquebiocluster.com
HERRAMEX - Spanish Association of Hand tool Manufacturers 2010 www.herramex.es
Spanish Association of Steel Products and Installations Exporters
2010 www.siderex.es
ERAIKUNE - Construction Cluster of the Basque Country 2010 www.eraikune.com
MLC-ITS - Mobility and logistics 2011 www.mlcluster.com
MAFEX Spanish Railway Association 2012 www.langune.com
LANGUNE The Basque Association of Language Industries 2012 www.mafex.es
CLUSTER POLICY > 11 SECTORAL PRECLUSTERS
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SECTORAL PRECLUSTERS 2015
Members Jobs Turnover Exports
(No, members) (No, persons)
(In millions of euros)
(in % on sales)
AFV Foundry 58 7,149 1,237 67%
SIFE Die-press Forges 15 2,104 656 83%
HABIC Habitat and contract 113 5,420 1,200 37%
CLUSTER Food Industry 61 5,278 1,547 19%
BIOSCIENCE Bioscience 63 1,181 300 28%
HERRAMEX Hand tools 27 1,940 329 50%
SIDEREX Steel Industry 63 10,934 4,192 44%
ERAIKUNE Construction 61 5,499 1,338 22%
MLC-ITS Mobility and Logistics 95 106,931 27,575 22%
MAFEX Railway 74 14,017 2,601 74%
LANGUNE Language industries 65 1,312 53 13%
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CLUSTER POLICY > 11 SECTORAL PRECLUSTERS
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
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INNOVATION INDEX
The Basque Country is at the same level as countries with high innovation in 2015 according to the Innovation Union Scoreboard IUS. The value of the indicator has risen slightly since 2014.
Countries with moderate innovation
Countries with high innovation
Innovation leader countries
European Innovation Union Scoreboard – IUS 2015
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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 SCIENCE AND 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, 219, with 7,907 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, 91, with 2,939 direct employees.
GIPUZKOA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK• 5 minutes from San Sebastián city centre and 10 from the French border.• Number of companies, 92, with 4,080 direct employees.
GARAIA INNOVATION CENTRE• Led by the private initiative of Corporation Mondragón.• Number of companies, 35, with 837 direct employees.
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120 accredited agents3 Singular agents
9 Basque Excellence Research Centres (BERCs)
9 University Research Structures
4 Centres for Cooperative Research (CICs)
10 Multifocused Technology Centres
9 Sectoral Technology Centres
9 Agents for Diffusion of Science, Technology and Innovation
9 Supply / Demand Intermediation Agents
53 Business R&D units
2 Health R&D organizations
3 Health Research Institutes
NEW SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION NETWORK
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FOREIGN TRADE
Millions of €
Source: Eustat. ECOMEX. Foreign Trade Statistics of the Basque Country
21.955
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Exports
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2015 (p)
5,134 Mill €
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We export to: Mill €
France 3,636
Germany 3,218
USA 1,718
United Kingdom 1,431
Italy 1,184
Portugal 905
Belgium 781
Netherlands 633
Poland 475
Mexico 445
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EXPORTS 2015: 10 main customers countries
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Germany 2,380France 1,776United Kingdom 1,685China 1,173Russia 844Italy 834Netherlands 663Ireland 660
Mexico 551
Portugal 416Total imports mill € 16,822
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IMPORTS 2015: 10 Main suppliers countries
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EXPORTS 2015 per product (%)
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78 Roadvehicles
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67 Iron andsteel
33 Petroleumby-products
74 Generalindustrial
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equipment
69 Metalmanufactures
62 Rubbermanufacturers
77 Machineryand electrical
apparatus
79 Othertransport
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71 Power-generatingmachinery
andequipment
Exports per product following Standard International Trade Classification , Revision 4 (SITC) %
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IMPORTS 2015 per product (%)
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78 Roadvehicles
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28 Metal oresand waste
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71 Power-generatingequipment
69 Metalproducts
68 Non-ferrousmetals
34 Naturalgas and
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Imports per product according to Standard International Trade Classification , Revision 4 (SITC)
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Smart specialization in energy, advanced manufacturing and the biosciences have become the Basque Country’s main bid for the forthcoming decades.
Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Centre
The Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Centre seeks to optimize the potential of Basque industry to offer
industrial products and services with high added value.
ENERGY:
Smart grids• Bidelek: Smart grid implementation.• Ingrid: High voltage and high power laboratories.
Energy storage: CIC Energigune.
On-shore and off-shore wind power: Wind Power Advanced Manufacturing Centre (WINDBOX).
Marine energy:• BIMEP: Off-shore testing platform for prototype marine energy collectors.• Mutriku Wave Energy Centre. Energy Generation from wave movement.
Electric vehicle IBIL: Charging points (Repsol & EVE).
Maritime transport: LNG bunkering in the port of Bilbao(ITSAS GAS Bunker Supply).
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CONSORTIUM ESS – BILBAO: THE EUROPEAN SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE
The Consortium ESS Bilbao will be aimed to supply systems or subsystems designed, built and tested to deliver turnkey to the
project of the European Spallation Source to be constructed in Lund (Sweden).
BIOBASQUEBioBasque is home to more than 70 companies, the core being so-called biocompanies. These firms offer direct employment to around 1.780 people and represent a total turnover of over 305million €.
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 byland, sea and air through the ports of Bilbao and Pasajes, Foronda airport and several high-speed connections by road.
VIAP Vitoria Industrial Air Park: 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 Iberianpeninsula through the western Pyrenees.
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TOURIST DESTINATION
Estatistika Organoa33Estatistika Organoa2016 04
Donostia-San Sebastián
Rioja Alavesa
Hanging Bridge Bizkaia
