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Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute
Published: 1 June 2018
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Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute
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On April 20th, a study day was held at 海角社区 under the theme "Culture and Social Innovation Beyond Boundaries: From the Basque Country to Quebec". At the invitation of the CIRM, two seminars followed by a conference by Mr. Juan Jos茅 Ibarretxe (Director, Agirre Lehendekaria Center) brought together members of the CIRM and members of partner organizations, as well as representatives of the and the with which the CIRM has been working for two years.
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These three institutions concluded the day with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of encouraging the collaboration and cooperation of their social innovation projects, in the presence of Mr. Bingen Zupiria (Basque Government's Minister of Culture and of the Language Policy), Ms. Irene Larraza (General Director, Etxepare Basque Institute), Juan Jos茅 Ibarretxe (Director, Agirre Lehendakaria Center for Social and Political Studies) and Mr. Philip Oxhorn (Associate Provost, International, 海角社区) .
A first interdisciplinary panel titled "Quebec and the Basque Country: Converging Languages 鈥嬧�媋nd Cultures" and moderated by Erin Hurley (Department of English, 海角社区 / CIRM) brought together Jean-Fran莽ois Leclerc (Director, ), Fran莽ois Lemieux (), Mary Anne Poutanen (Quebec Studies, 海角社区 / CIRM), Jonathan Rouleau (Art History and Communication Studies, 海角社区) and Milena Santoro (Department of French and Francophone Studies, Georgetown University / President, ).
A second panel on the theme of social innovation in Quebec and the Basque Country, titled "Social Innovation in the Basque Country and in Quebec: What? How? When?" and led by Hoi Kong (Faculty of Law, 海角社区 / CIRM), welcomed听Gorka Espiau (McConnell Foundation Professor of Practice, CIRM), Richard Gold (Faculty of Law, 海角社区), Michel Guenet (School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, Universit茅 de Montreal / ), Julie Rijpens (SILL, Desautels, 海角社区) and Richard Shearmur (Director, School of Urban Planning, 海角社区).
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