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  • Creation of the Digital Guide to Nature-Based Solutions in the Basque Country

    IHOBE, the Basque Public Society for Environmental Management, has entrusted NAIDER with the creation of the digital guide to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) interventions implemented in Basque municipalities. The web tool, which will provide structured information on the practices available in the Basque Country, will be configured to be continuously updated with new NBS interventions. With…

  • Global Gender Gap Report 2024

    The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Gender Gap Report has been published, which assesses the current status and evolution of gender parity in four key dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. The largest gaps in Europe are found in political empowerment (the gap has closed to only 35.7%)…

  • Soraluce Summit 2024, a meeting with Basque industrial competitiveness

    We had the privilege of attending Soraluce Summit 2024, one of the most important events in the Basque industrial scene. This event brings together hundreds of suppliers, customers and employees of the Soraluce Cooperative, part of DanobatGroup, a world leader in its sector. Our hosts, Rafa Idigoras, current manager since 2006, and Rafael Barrenechea (former…

  • 2023 Basque Environmental Profile: Heath amd Environment

    The Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment of the Basque Government has published the 2023 Environmental Profile of the Basque Autonomous Community, for which NAIDER has had the honour of collaborating with IHOBE. Continuing the series of annual profiles, this one focused on the close relationship between the environment, health and well-being, going…

  • Municipal Forum in Ortuella the framework of the School Agenda 2030

    This morning the UDAL FOROA was held in Ortuella in the framework of the 2030 School Agenda. Some thirty schoolchildren from the three schools in the municipality, Otxartaga IES Ortuella BHI and San Félix Ikastola, presented the work carried out during the school year to the Mayor. They explained how they have fulfilled the objectives…

  • CICLO: Circular Business Profile & Circular Roadmap Project

    Promoting Circularity and Decarbonisation in Multi-Sector Industrial SMEs For more than two centuries, the global economy has relied on mass production, resource depletion and short consumption cycles. However, this linear model has proved inefficient and threatens the planet’s capacity. In a context of economic crises, pandemics, geopolitical instability and environmental problems, the Circular Economy emerges…

  • Coastal Cities facing Climate Change: 3rd SCORE Project Consortium meeting in Gdansk

    The partners of the European SCORE project travelled to the Polish city of Gdansk to attend the 3rd face-to-face consortium meeting (6th in total). This two-day meeting brought together 28 organisations and around 60 people to present the progress of the project, contrast the results achieved and, above all, strengthen relationships and recognise the work…

  • Methodology for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investing in Nature-Based Solutions

    Planning and deciding which nature-based solutions to invest in can be complex. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) provides a picture of the overall benefits of nature compared to the costs of the investment, making it easier to make decisions about such projects. CBA is based on the economic concept of Net Present Value (NPV), which discounts…

  • Basque R&D: Perspectives 2024 and Situation Diagnosis

    The statistical tool of Innobasque, the Basque Innovation Agency, estimates that R&D investment in the Basque Country will grow by 6.4% in 2024. The estimate is based on the Basque R&D budgets and the forecast evolution of GDP, on the one hand, and, on the other, the correlation of these variables with business R&D, an…

  • Plan for Economic Promotion and Business Development in the Txorierri region

    Egaz Txorierri, the Municipal Economic Promotion Service of the Town Councils of the Txorierri Valley, will be accompanied by NAIDER in the process of drawing up the Strategic Action and Collaborative Governance Plan for the region. The Txorierri is an eminently industrial region in the heart of metropolitan Bilbao. It is home to important manufacturing…