GAIA.-Association of Knowledge and Applied Technologies industries in the Basque Country
Spain: Basque Country
Cristina Murillo
Overview
Profile:
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About us
MISSION
- To promote all the aspects of development and growth related to the Electronics, IT, Telecommunications, Engineering and Consutling sectors.
- To defend the legitimate interests of member companies.
- To favour the assimilation and efficient usage of advanced technologies by the Basque Country as a region, with the aim of collaborating with the development of an Information and Knowledge Society.
- To be recognised as the most committed private and independent institution to the development of the electronics and ICTs that it represents with a rational and efficient usage of products and services based on those technologies, in the Basque Country.
VISION
- To be the most important reference as an association, which integrates efforts and skills in the referred technologies in the Basque Country.
- To be the association that represents the largest number of companies in Spain, in the European Union and in the global market, through its own actions and possible collaborations as equals with other institutions.
- To be an active and dynamic agent that reflects the image of the Basque Country as a technologically advanced society, commercially flexible and committed to society, and to be a key element to the internationalisation of its member companies.
Cluster composition
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251Cluster Members
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203SME's
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42Large Companies
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5Research Organisations, Universities, Technology Centers
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10Other Ecosystem Actors
Achievements
GAIA creates "GAIA Trade Factory" , it is a Society composed of several companies in the sector and the cluster itself born to qualify for international tenders (in the field of development and systems integration), promoted by European and multilateral agencies. The entity formed is a collaboration of six companies that are committed to work together and share resources with the aim of making all the international markets an approach favoring, in turn, improved competitiveness and increased volume international business.
Management team
Tomás
Iriondo
Cluster Manager
Jokin
Garatea
Internationalisation Responsible
Cristina
Murillo
ECCP Responsible Person
Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral Industries
Technology fields
S3 EU priority areas
Cross-sectoral industries
Creative Industries
Key members
| Profile name | Location | |
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| Grupo Arteche | ||
| Ge Power Management | ||
| Euskaltel | ||
| Ibermatica | ||
| Tecnalia | ||
| IDOM | ||
| Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción |
Services
Support services provided
Other (please specify)
Further information
Companies within GAIA
- Strategic guidance: people, organization, processes, products, services and business models
- Support to development of Inter-Business Alliances
- Production Oriented: smart factories, platforms, tools,…
- Market Oriented: brands, channels, solutions,…
- Support to Research Collaborative Projects, Development and Innovation: according to prioritized windows of opportunities
- Relevant information for the sector, and juncture information
GAIA, a cluster oriented to Interest Groups
- We stimulate and align the evolution of the sector towards windows of opportunities
- We are the specialized and committed partner in the co-creation of programs and tools for the deployment of public policies:
- Enablers of employability, working experience and talent development
If you want to find out more about GAIA's Products & Services, please check: http://www.gaia.es/gestor/recursos/archivos/Catalogo_Productos_Servicios.pdf
Support programmes
EU Programmes
European Programmes
FP7
H2020
CIP/COSME
INTERREG
Other
Name & description
Bidelaguna Program / Regional .-Diputación Foral de Guipuzcoa
Hazitek Program / Regional.-Gobierno Vasco
Convocatoria RED.es / National- Ministerio de Industria, Turimos y Comercio
ICEX Program / National -España Exportación e Inversiones
CDTI Program / National - Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial
Project name
2003: PATENT. Partnership for telecommunication new technologies for SMEs/Alianza para las nuevas tecnologias de las telecomunicaciones para las PYME2003: PATENT. Partnership for telecommunication new technologies for SMEs/Alianza para las nuevas tecnologias de las telecomunicaciones para las PYME.
2006: INNOSPORT Stepping up economical and technology intelligence in sport.
2007: EQF Code - Transferring and applying the instruments European Qualification Framework and e-Competence Framework to Multimedia professions in the field of Content Development.
2007: EUROLATSEA. European Research for Latin American Seafood Industry/ Investigacion europea para la industria marisquera europea
2007: ELDERGAMES. Development of high therapeutic value IST-based games for monitoring and improving the quality of life of Elderly People.
2008: SCIENSCESTING . FIAH 2005. Basque Country Research Fair/Feria de Investigacion del Pais Vasco
2009: NEW INDIGO: Initiative for the Development and Integration of Indian and European Research.
2009: EDIANA: Embedded Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings
2008: SIDEREUS: Dialogue Concerning EU and Asia on GALILEO-based applications/Dialogo entre UE y Asia sobre aplicaciones basadas en el sistema GALILEO
2010: EBEST: Empowering Business Ecosystems of Small Service Enterprises to Face the Economic Crisis/Impulsando los ecosistemas de negocio de pequeñas empresas de servicios para afrontar la época de crisis
2010: ZEROWIN: Towards Zero Waste in Industrial Networks/Hacia 0 residuos en la redes industriales
2010: KEEN REGIONS: conocimiento y excelencia en regiones de nanotecnologia europeas
2010: PRO-INTERNET (PIN)
2011: PLC - PROG: Improving PLC programing , thorough a new Framework/ Mejorando la programacion PLC , a través de un nuevo marco
2012: Transtic
2012: MONNA
2014: CLINES
2016: Smart City Tech
2017: SCT Goes Global
Cooperation activities
International cooperation
Targeted countries
Colombia
Peru
Taiwan
United States
Uruguay
Transnational cooperation
Targeted countries
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Portugal
Transnational support activites
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairs
International support activites
Support to collaborative activities/etc.Upcoming events
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