1. Gipuzkoa Sarean
Networking Gipuzkoa

2. Population: 690,000
Area: 1,909 sq km
A Basque province
Strong industrial sector (%32,6 of GDP)

3. Province of Gipuzkoa (Administrative) Parliament of Gipuzkoa
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.

4. Our challenge
Historically Gipuzkoa enjoyed a big stock of social capital in terms of collective action, civic engagement, and co-operative business development.
Our social capital provided us with a competitive advantage and world-known success stories of collective action.
Social change, civic disengagement, and emerging individualistic values are severely weakening our social capital
The decline of social capital threatens our competitiveness and well-being.

5. Our response Gipuzkoa Aurrera Gizarte Balioak Gipuzkoa Sarean
In 2008 the main public and business organizations of Gipuzkoa set up Gipuzkoa Aurrera, a public-private partnership to share a strategic vision, foster strategic projects, and increase social cohesion. Gipuzkoa Aurrera is deeply committed to strengthening social values and implementing social capital building strategies.
Gizarte Balioak
Gipuzkoa Aurrera launched “Gipuzkoa: Social Values” initiative, with the aim of promoting human values in the social, economic and political spheres of Gipuzkoa and promoting collaboration among institutions, social agents and companies.
Gipuzkoa Sarean
Within this initiative, Gipuzkoa Aurrera launched in September 2009 Gipuzkoa Sarean (Networking Gipuzkoa), a specific research and intervention project to analyze and restore social capital and values linked to competitiveness.

6. Participants Gipuzkoa Aurrera (public–private alliance)
Orkestra, Basque Institute of Competitiveness. University of Deusto.
Institute of Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
University of Mondragon
Bizkaia Xede

7. Social Capital and Competitiveness
Actitudes
Knowledge
Performance
Individual and organizations
Political stability
Social balance
Knowledge generation systems
Society
Social Capital and Competitiveness
Social Capital
Trust
Networks
Norms
Competitiveness

8. Phases Phase 1: Assesment. Phase 2: Joint thinking.
Analysis of social capital in Gipuzkoa
Phase 2: Joint thinking.
Joint thinking with relevant agents of the territory
Phase 3: Intervention.
With measures to strengthen social capital
We are here
Communication and dissemination + Academic work

9. Political and Institutional group Research and knowledge group
Intervention areas
Political and Institutional group
Public Institutions
Political Parties
Economic group
Companies
Workers representative groups
Financial system organizations
Research and knowledge group
Universities
Institutions of Basque Network of Science and Technology
Social group
Organisms related to social services
Cultural institutions
Sports associations

10. 1. Assesment of Social Capital in Gipuzkoa
Three kind of studies have been done:
Social capital ascribed by public opinion to institutions, organizations and bodies of Gipuzkoa.
Social capital showed by the press of Gipuzkoa.
Social capital perceived by the agents: interviews and survey. .

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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:
Effort
Long term perspective
Focus on knowledge
Openness
Honesty
Shared leadership
Transparency
Focus on results
Commitment
Coherency / Consistency
Optimism
Social capital survey to the network of interviewed agents (competitiveness map of Gipuzkoa)

14. 2. Joint thinking with the agents
There is a consensus on the importance of working in Social Capital.

15. 3. Intervention We will start the implementation phase in January 2011
Some guidelines:
Long-term perspective. Combine long and short term
Foster collaboration among different agents
Center of Social Innovation. A center to foster human capital.

16. Our questions Academic work How do we measure social capital?
How do we transform social capital?
What is the relationship between social capital and competitiveness?

17. Academic seminars

18. Academic communications and papers

19. Better together. Social values and Competitiveness
Communication: dissemination conferences
Strenghtening social capital in Gipuzkoa: a look at Scotland
Better together. Social values and Competitiveness

20. Communication: spreading the relevance of Social Capital

21. 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