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Gipuzkoa Sarean Networking Gipuzkoa
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• Population 690,000
• Area 1,909 sq km
• A Basque province
• Strong industrial sector (32,6 of GDP)

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Province of Gipuzkoa (Administrative)

• Health
• Education
• Police and Security
• Employment
• Spatial Planning
• Transport and Housing
• ...

BASQUE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY
Basque Parliament
Basque Government

• Social Policy
• Road and Hydraulic Infrastructure
• Autonomous Treasury Department
• Mobility and Territorial Planning
• Innovation and Knowledge Society
• Culture and Euskera
• ...

PROVINCE OF GIPUZKOA
Parliament of Gipuzkoa
Provincial Council
High governmental capacity. Own unique
Institutions with historical tradition.
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Our challenge
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Our response
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Participants
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Social Capital and Competitiveness
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Phases
We are here
Communication and dissemination Academic work
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Intervention areas
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1. Assesment of Social Capital in Gipuzkoa
Three kind of studies have been done
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1. Assesment of Social Capital in Gipuzkoa
1. Social capital ascribed by public opinion

• Survey to 700 citizens dynamic groups
• Some results, as an example

Level of trust on agents
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1. Assesment of Social Capital in Gipuzkoa
2. Social Capital in the press

• Two main ideas
• Little presence of community values
• Hiper-politization of every area of society

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1. Assesment of Social Capital in Gipuzkoa
3. Interviews and survey

• 62 in-depth interviews 24 economic group 15
  research group 16 social group 7 political
  group.
• Emphasized values

• Social capital survey to the network of
  interviewed agents (competitiveness map of
  Gipuzkoa)

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2. Joint thinking with the agents
There is a consensus on the importance of working
in Social Capital.
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3. Intervention
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Academic work
Our questions

1. How do we measure social capital?
2. How do we transform social capital?
3. What is the relationship between social capital
   and competitiveness?

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Academic seminars
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Academic communications and papers
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Communication dissemination conferences
Strenghtening social capital in Gipuzkoa a look
at Scotland
Better together. Social values and Competitiveness
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Communication spreading the relevance of Social
Capital
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A DEEP COMMITMENT FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL
We need to strengthen social capital and values
in order to increase competitivenes and
well-being in our community