During the last two decades, the Basque Government has developed a policy on science and technology aimed at supporting the Basque Country’s existing industrial fabric and preparing it to face the challenges of the future.. A strategy has been designed that seeks to position the capabilities of all the players involved in its innovations system in an international context, supporting economic growth and diversification into future science and technology based sectors, and responding to the new needs of a dynamic, complex and global society.
Ikerbasque is a non-for-profit Foundation created by the Basque Government, the Local Government of the Basque Country, Spain. The target of Ikerbasque is to foster the development of top research in the Basque Country by attracting senior scientists to the research centres in our area.
Imagine Wales as a European reference point for excellence in lets say biotechnology, biomaterials and nanosciences from the 1990's on - free from a British agenda (the Basque's have been that it in reality for the last two decades). How would our economy look today?