The Basque Government launches the Innovation Headlights to consolidate the Basque Country as a European pole of scientific and social vanguard
Innovation Lighthouses is a new strategy that defines innovation priorities and sets out policies for a total amount of more than EUR 102 million by 2030.
Imanol Pradales, Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, Noël D'Anjou and Mikel Jauregi at the presentation.
The Basque Government today presented the Innovation Headlights, a new strategic tool designed to prioritise economic resources and human capital in innovation . This initiative aims to give coherence to all government innovation policies and to consolidate the Basque Country as a European pole of high innovation.
The event was attended by President Imanol Pradales, Counsellor for Science, Universities and Innovation Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, Counsellor for Finance and Finance Noël D'Anjou and Counsellor for Industry, Energy Transition and Competitiveness Mikel Jauregi.
The new strategy is aligned with three major transitions: digital, energy and social, in which nine Innovation Headlights have been established that will set the course for innovation policy in the coming years.
The general purpose of headlights is to generate high level knowledge with the explicit aim of having an impact on society. These headlights will guide the development of research and activities that promote the discovery and development of disruptive innovations, understood as the generation of cutting-edge knowledge, with the aim of generating an economic or social impact in the short and medium term.
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, has highlighted in his speech the commitment of the Basque Government "We are choosing and risking, getting strong in what we are good at, focusing on strategic areas for the Basque Country", he said.
Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, Counsellor for Science, Universities and Innovation, has stressed that "the innovation headlights are designed to respond to the challenges posed to us by the three transitions and to find the right solutions to them." "In choosing the headlights and the lines of research and innovation that each of them brings together, we have taken very much into account our capabilities in science and innovation. We also want to lead the efforts of other institutions in this field and to be an economic and social institute."
The new strategy will be financed from the resources of the Innovation Fund and encourages the contribution of funds from other sources. The budget forecast for the coming years is based on the amounts allocated in the budgets of the Basque Government, with a budget of more than EUR 102 million by 2030 .
You might like
The maximum income for access to protected rental housing will be increased to €46,463
The Basque Government will approve tomorrow, with the Decree on Urgent Measures , the "social shield" in the area of housing . Among other things, the fee to be received by the owners will be 700 euros and higher in tense areas.
LAB will call for measures to ensure a "decent life" in housing, public services, pensions and wages
He has called 26 demonstrations for the First of May and has denounced that Pradales "has become a more antisocial and authoritarian copy of Urkullu."
Talgo has signed a $756 million contract to produce a new railway fleet in Sweden
With this contract, Talgo's order book has reached EUR 6.5 billion, the highest in its history.
The doctors at Donostia Hospital and Txagorritxu will not be overtime in the afternoon shift from today
On the other hand, the Zumarraga Hospital will join the protest from 27 April and the hospitals in Bizkaia from 27 May. They have decided to take this new step in view of the fact that the strike in force "has not caused any anger".
Oil has risen more than 5%, to $95, and European stock exchanges are expected to fall
The conflict between the United States and Iran has escalated again in the early hours of this Monday, affecting the price of oil. Tension has increased in the Strait of Hormuz when the US struck an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that was trying to overcome the blockade imposed by Washington on Iranian ports.
Doctors at Zumarraga Hospital won't do overtime in the evenings from April 27
This is a new "pressure measure" promoted by the United Medical Organization for its Rights (MUD), which is in addition to the monthly strike by doctors with the aim of achieving a framework statute and, at the same time, making improvements that can already be implemented by the Autonomous Communities.
They call for investments in Bilbao and Vitoria to prevent the dismantling of public health
Public healthorganizations 68 have held demonstrations in Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz with the support of EH Bildu, Podemos and Sumar and various trade unions, in which they have also called forthe resignation of Health Counsellor Alberto Martínez .
ELA, LAB and ESK Trade unions will challenge the ERE of Tubos Reunidos
Another Friday, the workers of Tubos Reunidos have demonstrated in Amurrio and the members of the works council have expressed their disappointment at the decision of the Labour Inspectorate. Three unions, ELA, LAB and ESK, have already announced that they will challenge the ERE next week.
The GDP of the Basque Country recorded an annual growth of 2.2 per cent in the first quarter, an increase of 0.5 per cent over the previous quarter
The Basque economy has maintained its growth rate in 2026, driven by construction and services.
The Basque Government sees "some comfort" in the health negotiations and fears the consequences for assistance
The Health Adviser, Alberto Martínez, has warned of the difficulties that the situation creates for patients and citizens and has called for greater responsibility on the part of the parties involved. He has acknowledged that he has no information or participation in theongoing negotiations. He has warned that this situation is creating uncertainty and difficulties for patients and the care system.