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Public policy and institutions Lab
Governance to ensure competitiveness and citizens’ well being
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Our research
Business competitiveness and citizens’ well being are heavily dependent on the territorial environment in which both people and firms are located. This environment is supported by institutions, public policies and systemic relationships that are found and boosted in the territory. Moving forward with territorial competitiveness is therefore a group task that must be assumed and shared by each agent that forms part of this environment.
The Public Policy and Institutions Lab focuses on the system formed by actors and the governance relationships that underscore group strategies promoted to reach sustainable territorial competitiveness. The lab conducts research and work with other system actors to analyse and improve institutions, governance and public policies.
It has specifically worked on clusters, innovation systems, Smart Specialisation Strategies (ris3), infrastructures, human capital and skills. Analysis and assessment of public policies in these areas are particularly important, as well as trying out policies oriented to guarantee territorial competitiveness.
The research in this lab is carried out under the parameters that Orkestra calls transforming research. The lab works in constant cooperation and dialogue with researchers from other Spanish and international research centres together with the territorial agents they consider key to the process. In summary, these are: firms, policy makers at different public administration levels, cluster associations, universities, technology centres, development agents and vocational training centres.
Research activity and projects
Previous projects
- Enraizando Alava
- RIS3 Alive
- Vocational Training and Smart Specialisation in Spanish Regions
- Manumix
- Clusters3
- AS-FABRIK
Featured publication:
"Bilbao Alliance for smart specialisation in advanced services towards the digital transformation of the industry" - Download PDF
Featured publications and news
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Reports
Análisis sectorial del potencial impacto y recuperación de la crisis de la COVID-19 en las empresas vascas
2020
Javier Retegi, Francisco Carrillo, Ibon Gil de San Vicente, Juan Pablo Salado -
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COVID-19aren krisiak euskal enpresetan izan dezakeen eraginaren eta susperraldiaren sektore analisia
2020
Jabier Retegi, Francisco Carrillo, Ibon Gil de San Vicente, Juan Pablo Salado -
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Co-creation of benchmarking processes: urban policies for smart specialization
2020
Usue Lorenz Erice -
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Défis poses par le RIS3: analyse l'espace transfrontalier Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi-Navarre
2020
Usue Lorenz Erice, Mercedes Oleaga Páramo
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RIS3 challenges: an analysis of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Euskadi, Navarre cross-border space
2020
Usue Lorenz Erice, Mercedes Oleaga Páramo -
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The role of vocational training knowledge intensive business services. (Main conclusions)
2020
Mikel Albizu Echevarria, Miren Estensoro Garcia
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