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Abstract

Open-government model in the Basque Country was one of the first strategies which appeared in the international context, based on the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration. This chapter contextualizes, first, this open-government policy. Secondly, the chapter describes the most significant initiatives that the Basque Country has undertaken to develop its model of open government, showing its strengths and weaknesses. The final discussion reflects on the progress made and to-dos.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Government_(Yes_Minister).

  2. 2.

    http://eadminblog.net.

  3. 3.

    http://www.irekia.euskadi.net.

  4. 4.

    http://opendata.euskadi.net.

  5. 5.

    http://bit.ly/YnLv5f.

  6. 6.

    http://aurrekontuak.irekia.euskadi.net.

  7. 7.

    http://pip.blog.euskadi.net.

  8. 8.

    http://pip.blog.euskadi.net.

  9. 9.

    https://twitter.com/pipejgv.

  10. 10.

    https://www.facebook.com/pipejgv.

  11. 11.

    http://www.youtube.com/pipejgv.

  12. 12.

    http://www.slideshare.net/pipejgv.

  13. 13.

    http://www.gardena.irekia.euskadi.net.

  14. 14.

    IREKIA received in 2010 Focus Awards for free knowledge as the best “Application of the principles of free knowledge to the manner of governing.” http://bit.ly/18xOxvl.

  15. 15.

    Open data euskadi received FICOD Award 2010, as “Best citizens services project.” Editor’s Choice in ePractice platform 2011. Buber Saria 2012 for the best initiative to promote FOSS. CNIS 2013: Best project on data and transparency in Spain. http://bit.ly/13aJfRF.

  16. 16.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium.

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Thank you very much to Rebeca Coriat and Gaizka Llona for helping us in the translation and revision of this text. This chapter has been built and revised in a collaborative way using Google Drive.

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  1. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Mentxu Ramilo Araujo PhD & Iñaki Ortiz Sánchez

  2. Bilbao, Spain

    Alberto Ortiz de Zárate Tercero & Venan Llona Parriel

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Ramilo Araujo, M., Ortiz de Zárate Tercero, A., Ortiz Sánchez, I., Llona Parriel, V. (2014). Open Government in the Basque Country. In: Gascó-Hernández, M. (eds) Open Government. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9563-5_4

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