GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance A RESEARCH AREA FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE R E P O R T 2 0 1 0 • 2 0 1 1 • 2 0 1 2 INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE www.globernance.org 1 2 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance Index Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Team ............................................................................................................................................... 5 What is the Institute for Democratic Governance? ....................................................................... 6/7 Who are we? ............................................................................................................................... 8/9 Our international network ...........................................................................................................10/11 Activities carried out to date ..................................................................................................... 12/13 What do we do? Globernance activities carried out as organizer .............................................. 14/23 What do we do? Globernance activities carried out in collaboration with other entities ............ 24/27 Further information ................................................................................................................... 28/29 Photo archive ........................................................................................................................... 30/34 INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE www.globernance.org 3 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance IntrodUction Introduction This is the report, in which we present the activities of the Institute for Democratic Governance (Globernance), which was created in 2010 as an agent of Science and Technology of the Basque Network of Science, Technology and Innovation. It was created with the aim of carrying out top-level research in the field of humanities and social sciences. Though our research primarily envisages work in the inter- national sphere, we are also at the service of institutions that are clo- ser to us. Through its many research programs, publications and dis- semination activities, and through the many cooperation agreements signed to date, the Institute for Democratic Governance has, in spite of its youth, already become a space for reflection and the exchange of knowledge for researchers from all over the world. We wish to be- gin this report by expressing our gratitude to all those individuals and public and private institutions that support us. This is by no means the final report of an institution that has already fulfilled its task; it is merely the first step in our commitment to the development of science and research, where the values of democratic co-existence are key, and it is part of our greater aim to contribute to the renewal of the forms of government we choose to embrace. Daniel Innerarity Juan José Álvarez Director of the Institute Secretary of the Institute INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE www.globernance.org 4 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance INTRODUCTION Our Team RESEARCH TEAM 1—Daniel Innerarity 2—Juan José Álvarez 3—Serge Champeau 4—Ignacio Aymerich 1 2 5—Susana del Río 6—Demetrio Loperena 7- Txetxu Ausín 1 8- Nerea Magallón RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 9— Mikel Cabello 4 10— Sergio García 3 7 TECHNICAL TEAM 11— Luxia Iriondo 5- 5 7 8 9 10 (Technical Secretary ) 12—Gemma Torres (Collaborator) 5 13— Eduardo Arrieta 8 11 12 (Administration and Management) 10 13 14 6 9 14—Goretti Aldalur (Press Officer) 5 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance INTRODUCTION GLOBERNANCE It is a centre for reflection, research and dissemination of What is knowledge on democratic governance. the Institute for Democratic? Governance? Since 2010 A priority: The Institute for Democratic Governance was created in 2010 by a The study of the relationship between state, market, group of researchers led by Professors Daniel Innerarity and Juan society José Álvarez to investigate, share and disseminate knowledge The study of governance implies analysing the complexity of the about democratic governance, with the aim of offering a greater triangle formed by the state, the economy and society or, if one understanding of the reality of contemporary society and contribu- prefers, the intricate set-up of hierarchy, market and networks. ting to innovative forms of government The concept of governance refers to a profound change in social It carries out numerous research activities, including workshops, action and the forms of governance applied by contemporary so- courses and lectures on the many different aspects of the concept cieties in a context marked by globalization, Europeanization and of governance in its political, economic and legal dimensions. interdependence. We are witnessing a transformation of demo- The areas of research include new forms of governance, the regu- cracies, which are becoming less hierarchical and more and more lation of markets, the internal organization of enterprises, adminis- obliged to cooperate with each other. trative reform and the role of law in a global context. INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE www.globernance.org 6 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance INTRODUCTION Collaborating institutions The objective: political and social innovation Collaborating with institutions and companies The challenge of governance lies in understanding and managing Globernance is funded by public institutions and private compa- the processes of communication and cooperation within a realm nies alike occupied by agents whose actions are interrelated and interde- This laboratory of ideas is at the service of social agents, both po- pendent. litical and economic, that demand training and information. This The concept of governance appears today as the possibility of makes our Institute a veritable guidance tool that informs strate- saving political power from ineffectiveness and insignificance, of gies and areas of work and commitment. giving new meaning to politics and of effecting a deep transfor- To this end, our Institute vouches for networking and collaboration mation of it. with many different institutions. 7 GLOBERNANCE Institute for Democratic Governance INTRODUCTION ”A group of researchers who got together in January 2010 with the aim of promoting research on democratic governance, with a sharp eye on the current socio-political context, which must be properly grasped and looked upon as the acute confluence of global society Whoare we and knowledge based society”. Founders of the Institute/Board Members dicial en materia marítima. Estudio de las relaciones entre los diversos ? bloques normativos (Central Publications Service of the Basque Govern- ment, 1994), Las normas de Derecho Interregional de la ley 3/1992, de 1 • Daniel Innerarity. Director of the Institute de julio, de Derecho Civil Foral del País Vasco (IVAP, 1995), Las cláusulas Professor of Political and Social Philosophy and Ikerbasque researcher at Paramount: autonomía de la voluntad y selección del Derecho aplicable the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/ en el transporte marítimo internacional (Ed. Eurolex, 1997), Contracts for EHU). His works mainly focuses on the cultural and political transforma- the International Carriage of Goods: Jurisdiction and Arbitration under tions of knowledge societies, on innovation of our systems of government, the new UNCITRAL Convention 2008 (Yearbook of private International on democracy and on globalization Law, 2009), Crisis económica y fraudes con dimensión internacional A visiting Professor at various European and American universities, he is, (Foro de Derecho Mercantil. Revista Internacional, 2010), El futuro del presently, at the European University Institute (Florence). His latest books Derecho Foral Vasco: la necesaria modernización de nuestro ordena- include: La transformación de la política [The Transformation of Politics] miento privado (Boletín Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del (3rd Miguel de Unamuno Prize for Essays and 2003 National Prize for Lite- País, 2010), Hacia una vecindad civil vasca: la futura ley de Derecho Civil rature in the Essay category), La sociedad invisible [The Invisible Society] Vasco (Iprolex, 2010), Hacia un nuevo Derecho de daños marítimo: ten- (Espasa Essay Prize, 2004), El nuevo espacio público (Espasa, 2006) [The dencias actuales. Las lecciones Jurídicas del Prestige (UPV/EHU, 2011). New Public Realm] and El futuro y sus enemigos (Paidós, 2009) [The Fu- ture and Its Enemies] and La democracia del conocimiento (Paidós, 2011) [The Democracy of Knowledge], all of them translated into several langua- ges. He is a regular collaborator with the Spanish dailies, El País and El Research Correo/Diario Vasco, as well as the magazine, Claves de razón práctica. • Serge Champeau. Knowledge Governance and Technology. • Juan José Álvarez. Secretary of the Institute Professor of Philosophy in Bordeaux. Specialist in Contemporary Political Professor of Private International Law at the University of the Basque Philosophy and a translator. Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and member of the Advisory Coun- Author of Borges et la métaphysique (Vrin, 1990) and Ontologie et Poé- cil of Eurobask (Basque Council of the European Movement). sie, trois études sur les limites du langage (Vrin, 1995) as well as regular Board Member and Legal