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In 2017, the EUDEL Regional Platform, which was accredited by the Council of Europe to deliver ELoGE in the Basque Country, conducted the pilot programme for nine local councils of the Basque Country, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform. The Consultancy group Betean was selected to help adapt the Benchmark and analyse the results.
In March 2017, the first workshop for municipalities and experts was organised in Bilbao. The European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE) Benchmark was thus presented, discussed, and adapted to the conditions of the Basque Country and was implemented by means of the self-assessments against the 12 Principles of Good Governance (including 97 indicators) in each municipality.
In addition, the surveys were conducted with citizens and elected officials in order to compare results and thus address the necessary measures to reduce the possible difference.
The following methodology was applied:
a. Self-assessment by means of the Benchmark adapted to the Basque reality. The relevant values (between 0 and 4) are noted for each indicator contained in a principle. The average score for each principle is the sum of the values for all the indicators divided by the number of indicators. If the average is between 0 and 1.99, the principle is not respected and the Label is not awarded. If the result is higher, it is taken into account for the following step. The scores for each principle (2 or more scores) are totalled and divided by 12. If the result is 3 or more, the Label is awarded. If the result is under 3, the Label is not awarded;
b. Surveys conducted with citizen stakeholders. The aim is to compare the results with the self-assessment;
c. Surveys conducted with elected officials. The aim is to compare the results with the self-asse.The verification of the results was conducted as follows:
• Verification of the medium and evidence to justify the scores obtained by the authorities;
• Checking the reasonability of the results obtained in the surveys conducted with elected officials and stakeholders;
• Reviewing the correlation between answers given in different indicators and principles.ELoGE Spain involved 2 target groups of each Municipalities:
• Citizens stakeholders;
• Elected officials.ELoGE Spain was promoted through the following activity or during a specific event:
• Launch event of the programme;
• Operational workshop for municipalities and local expert;
• Final Award CeremonyThe Municipalities awarded were:
• Irun Local Council
• Leioa Local Council
• Urnieta Local Council
• Ermua Local Council
• Basauri Local Council