VI edition of Competencies for Professionalism in Bizkaia Talentia/Skills Programme

Sixth edition of the innovative and pioneering Competencies for Professionalism Programme, in which 730 students take part and which from the start has involved almost a thousand participants, at the University of Deusto, the University of the Basque Country and Mondragon University.

This programme is led by Bizkaia Talent in the framework of the Talentia Service and supported by Bilbao Metropoli-30 as well as the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country, the Faculty of Law of the University of Deusto and of the University of the Basque Country, Deusto Business School of the University of Deusto, the School of Engineering of the University of the Basque Country, the School of Engineering of the University of Deusto (ESIDE), the Polytechnic School of the University of Mondragon, the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Mondragon, the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies of the University of the Basque Country, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Basque Country, the Faculty of Labor Relations of the University of the Basque Country, the Faculties of Social Sciences and Communication and Education and Psychology of the three Basque universities and some professional associations: Basque Association of Economists, Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of the Basque Country, Association of Civil Engineers of the Basque Country, Bar Association of Bizkaia and the Industrial Engineers Association of Bizkaia.

The aim of the programme in question is to enable students to design a life and career plan based on their own interests and aspirations, thereby providing a tool for their development that will lead to greater personal and professional fulfilment.

This programme will provide students with the assistance of expert professionals for the design of each one’s own plan based on their academic and co-curricular activities; develop their own portfolio with the skills and competencies acquired during their degree course, and learn to offer their talent to firms and organisations by focusing on the creation of value and wellbeing.

The programme consists of a series of group workshops on mainstream competencies and peer mentoring, group coaching sessions, and social action schemes.

This program is also being carried out in Gipuzkoa, led by Gipuzkoa Talent, where it is now in its third edition, taking place in line with the Biscayan program.