2018, a year of major international events in Bilbao and Bizkaia
2018/04/03
2018 will be a special year in terms of the international image of Bizkaia and its capital Bilbao thanks to several major events which will be taking place over the course of the forthcoming months, and which will have a great impact on the whole of the Basque Country in financial, social and [...]
A total of 18,246 jobs were created in the Basque Country in 2017
2018/03/23
The rate of unemployment in the Basque Country now stands at 10.6%, having fallen by more than 1.5% over the last twelve months. Congratulations to the Basque labour market, which has started the year 2018 with 915,000 people in employment, 18,246 full-time jobs having been created in the [...]
International group of professionals visits the oldest farmhouse hamlet in Bizkaia, Landetxo Goikoa-Izenaduba Basoa in Mungia
2018/03/21
On the 17th March a group of thirty highly qualified professionals and their families visited Landetxo Goikoa-Izenaduba Basoa (the oldest standing farmhouse hamlet in Bizkaia), where they were introduced to the world of Basque mythology, and encountered the figure of the midwife and herbalist, [...]
Crowdfunding Bizkaia, the world’s first public online platform for innovation projects
2018/03/19
The platform has been set up in order to finance innovation projects in Bizkaia. Bizkaia County Council has set in motion the Crowdfunding Bizkaia initiative, the first participative finance platform for start-ups of a public nature aimed at continuing to strengthen the entrepreneurship [...]
Bizkaia Talent’s Be Basque strategy, acknowledged as being one of three worldwide examples of talent management
2018/03/15
Bilbao-Bizkaia stands out in terms of talent development and management. The Insead Business School and Adecco Human Resources Consultancy Firm compiled the Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2018 (GTCI 2018), which analyses worldwide competitiveness for talent. It was presented within the [...]
Bizkaia Talent reinforces the Be Basque Talent Network in Boston thanks to a new meeting with highly-qualified Basque professionals
2018/02/25
In the evening of Friday, February 23h, and on the participation in the European Career Fair 2018 for the nineth year in a row, Bizkaia Talent organized a new edition of the international Be Basque Talent Meetings with highly-qualified Basque professionals residing in the area of Boston. The [...]
Bizkaia talent consolidates its presence at the MIT European Career Fair in Boston representing 29 Basque organizations
2018/02/21
On 24, 25 and 26 February bizkaia talent will participate for the nineth consecutive year in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT European Career Fair which is annually held in Boston. This meeting is attended by more than 5,000 highly-qualified candidates (European, North American and [...]
TALENTIA CHALLENGE NEWS – Initiation of the program
2018/02/19
The second edition of Talentia Challenge has begun, the starting gun for a five-month period during which time the 36 chosen participants of the Talentia Network will work in teams to find a solution to the challenges posed by the five companies which are taking part in this edition: IMAR, [...]
IKERBASQUE HAS LAUNCHED A NEW CALL OFFERING 20 POSITIONS FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
2018/01/11
These positions are financed by the Basque Government, the European Commission and the host institution where the researcher will develop his/her research: Bilbao, January 2018 – IKERBASQUE has launched a new call of the Research Fellows 2018 Programme. Thanks to this initiative the [...]
The Basque city of Donostia – San Sebastian recognized as the ‘Best Food Destination in the world’
2018/01/08
Donostia-San Sebastian has been named ‘Best Food Destination in the world’. It is no news that the Basque city is one of the favourite travel destinations for tourists. The news is that a catering multinational company has selected it to top a list which has been prepared taking [...]
