Orkestra promotes competitiveness for the inclusive and sustainable wellbeing of the Basque Country through transformative research. We provide rigorous analysis for decision-making and we work daily with our stakeholders to address real challenges.
This has been a year full of exciting projects. Below we highlight some of Orkestra's most important milestones in 2022. All of them are the results of projects carried out with our collaborating entities and other agents promoting change.
We apply scientific methods to address real problems and contribute to the academic community through our research. All this aims to ensure that the knowledge we generate is useful for the key actors that contribute to the Basque Country’s competitiveness".
We have also developed diagnosis tools that allow us to explore and monitor the Basque Country’s competitive situation in various areas.
It compares the situation and evolution of European regions through 40 key indicators using the most recent data available. The aim of this tool is to foster improvement in the study of regional competitiveness by offering a starting point for different regional analyses that are conducted both within and outside the Institute. In 2022 it has been renewed to incorporate our new framework for the study of competitiveness and includes an updated and friendlier user interface.
Orkestra is a success story of public and private cooperation. Promoted by the Basque Government within the University of Deusto, it has the support of the following entities, which provide stability to the institute and significantly collaborate in its development”.
In collaboration with these and many other relevant institutions, we promote transformative research projects on critical factors for competitiveness in areas such as public policy, wellbeing, entrepreneurship, digital economy, energy and the environment.
Basque Government / Basque Institute of Finance / Bilbao City Council / CAF / Caixabank Dualiza / Donostia-San Sebastian City Council / ELHABE / European Commission / Ihobe / Innobasque / Mondragon University / Tecnalia / Tubacex / Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council
We are an international benchmark as a research institute at the service of the region. We collaborate with a wide network of expert actors internationally with a twofold objective: to highlight the Basque competitiveness and wellbeing model and identify best practices to be applied in the Basque Country”.
We are a dynamic and committed team of professionals. Our people have extensive experience in territorial competitiveness. They participate in international events to position the institute's research findings and collaborate in teaching programmes, mainly at the University of Deusto”.
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We are drivers of change that promote the improvement of territorial competitiveness through knowledge transfer. In addition to working with universities and institutions worldwide, participating in research networks and publishing articles in high impact journals, we collaborate with the media to transfer the knowledge we generate to society”.
In 2022, this intense collaboration resulted in:
