Jesús María Ordóñez Orzaiz

With a degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in business administration, I started working in SMEs in 1986, joining the Basque Government in 1987 as IT manager of the Department of Labour and Social Security. In 1989, I was hired by ONCE as a computer technician for its delegation in the Basque Country, participating in the computerization of the organization and in the start-up of the intelligent building in which the delegation had its headquarters in Bilbao. Since 1992 I have spent several years as manager of special employment centres of an industrial nature and participating in EU HORIZON projects. In 1999, I joined the employment service of the Basque Government, performing the functions of head of intermediation and labor insertion. I have participated in EU collaboration projects as an expert in Tunisia and Uruguay, and I am a representative of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country in SISPE, the coordinating body of the National Employment System.