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From 16 to 20 February, 60 students from the University of the Basque Country (EHU), Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Huron University in Canada worked on democracy and artificial intelligence with Arantzazulab at Gandiaga Topagunea. ‘Challenge Week’: deepening democratic culture through youth engagement -impact figures The Arantzazulab Challenge Week is an immersive learning experience focused on innovation…

A book promoted by Arantzazulab analyses social attitudes towards democracy in the Basque Country. Democracies face the urgent challenge of redefining their social contract, revitalising their institutions, and ensuring good governance. Another task is to rebuild ties with a citizenry showing strong disengagement from politics. This more subjective dimension — social attitudes towards democracy —…

The intense week of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz has come to an end. The event brought together government representatives, social organisations, professionals, and citizens from all over the world committed to open government, participation, and democratic innovation. For Arantzazulab, it has been a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with like-minded people and…

One of the initiatives we promote at Arantzazulab is the Missions Meeting Space, designed to deepen the mission-oriented innovation approach. It is both a meeting point for public institutions and a learning community to advance public innovation and put Collaborative Governance into practice.  The Meeting Space is designed and facilitated jointly with Apitropik, Ko-garri and…

The Gandiaga Topagunea Center in Arantzazu hosted the summer course “Democracy innovation: What could our contribution be? An international perspective and exchange” on June 25. The goals of the course were:  In the following text, we have compiled the contents presented during the event and videos which capture the reflections of some of the speakers.…

From June 23 to 27, we had a rich and intense week at Arantzazulab. We have been deeply engaged in reflecting on lessons learned from diverse initiatives, building international connections, and sharing collective insights on democracy innovation.  On June 24, we held a working session with Michael Saward (University of Warwick). On June 25, we…

The two final sessions of the training program took place at Arantzazulab’s headquarters, in an atmosphere of collaboration and connection with the participants and the promoting entities.  The Expert Degree in Anticipatory Collaborative Governance, held during the 2024–2025 academic year, aimed to deepen practical knowledge of collaborative governance through an innovative pedagogical approach and learning…

Both institutions will collaborate in organizing international seminars to attract leading experts in the field to our region. The University of Deusto and Arantzazulab have taken a new step in their collaboration with the signing of an agreement today, March 27, which reinforces their commitment, in the areas of research and training, to deepening and…