Jakiunde, Zientzia, Arte eta Letren Akademia

What Jakiunde, Zientzia, Arte eta Letren Akademia does

Jakiunde, Zientzia, Arte eta Letren Akademia is a private non-profit Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters headquartered at Prim 7 in Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. Founded in 2007 and registered as a Spanish non-profit (NIF G20999975), it operates as an interdisciplinary intellectual forum governed by 24 elected full members drawn from Basque Country universities and cultural institutions, structured across Sciences, Arts and Letters divisions. The Academy is led by President Ana Zubiaga Elordieta (since 2024) with Pedro Miguel Etxenike Landiribar serving as Honorary President, and runs on a lean operating core of approximately 6 employees. Jakiunde is multilingual (Basque, Spanish, English, French) and serves audiences in the Basque Country and Navarra; its events are free and open to the public.

The Academy's core offerings are public programs rather than technology products: Jakiunde Academy Programs (Sciences/Arts/Letters colloquia and the annual member calendar), Jakin-Mina (9 lecture cycles across 7 Basque and Navarrese cities aimed at DBH 4 secondary-school students), Hotsak/Sonidos (a music-and-society cycle co-organized with the Government of Navarra and the Ayuntamiento de Pamplona), the Ujué Summer Courses (delivered in cooperation with the Universidad Pública de Navarra at the Iglesia-fortaleza Santa María in Ujué), Solasaldiak (public multidisciplinary debates), and Publications (articles, news, and the annual calendar). There is no proprietary software, API, SDK, mobile app, or technology stack — confirmed by api_exists=false and an empty integrations list — and digital presence is limited to website, newsletter, and social channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, X, YouTube).

Jakiunde's business model is institutional grant-funded rather than commercial: programs are delivered free of charge to the public, registration occurs through partners such as CIVIVOX for Pamplona events, and operating income is sourced from a diversified panel of public sponsors — Basque Government Education Department, Spanish Ministry of Science Innovation and Universities, the provincial councils of Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia and Araba, the Government of Navarra, and the financial partner Laboral Kutxa. No equity investors, parent company, or subsidiaries are disclosed, and there are no published financial figures; the Academy operates as a sponsored cultural-and-scholarly organization serving society, secondary-school students, and the broader academic community rather than a revenue-generating business.

Name

Jakiunde, Zientzia, Arte eta Letren Akademia

Legal name

JAKIUNDE

Website

https://jakiunde.eus

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jakiunde is a non-profit Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, founded in 2007 in Donostia/San Sebastián, serving the Basque Country and Navarra through free public programming — colloquiums, summer courses, music cycles, school lectures, and publications — delivered by 24 elected scholarly, artistic, and literary members and funded primarily by Basque, Spanish, and Navarrese public institutions.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Donostia / San Sebastián

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jakiunde is an interdisciplinary academy that organizes public events, conferences, summer courses, colloquiums, and publications spanning Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Its flagship programs include the Jakin-Mina secondary-school initiative, the Hotsak/Sonidos music-and-society series, the Ujué Summer Courses, and Solasaldiak colloquiums, serving civil society in the Basque Country and Navarre.

Product overview

Jakiunde is an Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters organized as an interdisciplinary forum with distinct program divisions. The core offering includes the Academy Programs comprising Sciences, Arts, and Letters sections; Jakin-Mina educational initiative for secondary students; Hotsak/Sonidos music and society colloquiums; Ujué Summer Courses combining concerts and scientific content; Solasaldiak public debates; and Publications. The academy focuses on reflection, analysis, and counseling on challenges facing scientific, artistic, and literary communities through quality programming and member expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jakin-Mina: Educational initiative with 9 cycles held in Bilbao, Durango, Donostia, Arrasate, Gasteiz, Iruña/Pamplona, and Tudela, offering five lectures each cycle from October to March for 4th year secondary school students.
• Hotsak/Sonidos
• Ujué Summer Courses

Products and services

• Jakiunde Academy Programs (Sciences, Arts, and Letters) The academy's core program line, structured around its three sections — Sciences, Arts, and Letters — delivering public conferences and interdisciplinary reflection for civil society in the Basque Country and Navarre.
• Jakin-Mina An educational initiative by Jakiunde aimed at secondary-school students (DBH 4), bringing academy-level scientific content into schools in the Basque Country and Navarre.
• Hotsak / Sonidos A music-and-society series by Jakiunde exploring the relationship between music and societal themes, delivered as part of the academy's public programming.
• Ujué Summer Courses Summer courses run under the Ujué brand as part of Jakiunde's public programming, delivered through partnerships and organized for civil-society audiences.
• Solasaldiak (Colloquiums) Colloquium series within Jakiunde's program offering, providing public forum-style discussion across the academy's three domains.
• Jakiunde Publications Print and digital publications produced by Jakiunde, including the 2026 calendar featuring its 24 members, used to disseminate academy content and member profiles.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ayuntamiento de Pamplona / Iruñeko UdalacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Pamplona co-organizes the Hotsak/Sonidos cycle with Jakiunde, hosting events at the Palacio del Condestable and providing municipal support for the programming.
• Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA/NUP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Public University of Navarra co-organizes the Ujué summer courses within the framework of UPNA's summer course program. Jakiunde organizes the courses under the UPNA/NUP umbrella.
• Ayuntamiento de UjuéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality of Ujué collaborates in the organization of the annual summer courses held at the Santa María church-fortress in Ujué.
• Ayuntamiento de San Martín de UnxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipality of San Martín de Unx co-hosted a summer course session focused on rural depopulation, contributing to the local engagement aspect of Jakiunde's programming.
• CIVIVOX (Pamplona)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCIVIVOX serves as the registration platform for Hotsak/Sonidos events held at the Palacio del Condestable in Pamplona, handling ticket registration for attendees.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Real Academia Española: Spain's national language academy. A much larger, broader incumbent operating in Jakiunde's "letters" domain with a global brand and stronger institutional resources, but with a comparable membership-based scholarly governance model.
• Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei: Italy's national multi-discipline academy covering sciences, humanities, and arts. Closest international analogue to Jakiunde's combined Sciences-Arts-Letters structure, operating at national scale with public funding.
• Royal Society: UK's national academy of sciences. Comparable to Jakiunde in core mission (advancement of sciences, public lectures, policy counselling) but operating at a vastly larger scale with global brand recognition.
• Académie des Sciences (Institut de France): French national academy of sciences with a centuries-old tradition of publicly advising government and convening eminent scholars. Functionally analogous to Jakiunde's "counselling" role, scaled to a national French institution.

Direct peers

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans: Multi-section learned society in Catalonia covering philology, sciences, technology, and social sciences. Closest functional analogue to Jakiunde's "sciences, arts, and letters" structure at a regional level in another Spanish-speaking territory.
• Eusko Ikaskuntza (Basque Studies Society): Basque-region learned society with a multi-disciplinary mission spanning sciences, arts, and letters. Closest analogue to Jakiunde in terms of geographic scope, public funding model, and interdisciplinary agenda; Jakiunde members are referenced in Eusko Ikaskuntza awards (e.g., Esther Ferrer prize).
• Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando: Spain's national academy of fine arts. Mirrors Jakiunde's "arts" division mandate and its public-serving role organizing exhibitions, concerts, and lectures in a historic building.
• Euskaltzaindia (Royal Academy of the Basque Language): Royal academy covering the Basque language with a normative, public-advocacy mandate. Comparable to Jakiunde as a peer learned society in the Basque Country operating with public funding and organizing lectures, events, and publications.
• Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: Spain's national academy of sciences. Comparable to Jakiunde as a formally constituted scientific academy with public-sector ties and a scholarly-evening/colloquium tradition, though at a much larger national scale.

Regional players

• Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua: Valencian regional language academy. Similar to Jakiunde in being a smaller, regional learned society attached to a distinct cultural-linguistic identity, with public funding and an event-driven outreach model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jakiunde
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/JakiundeAkademia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jakiundeakademia
• Instagraminstagram.com/jakiunde

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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