EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA ( BASQUE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION) is a foundation which was created in Iruña-Pamplona in 1998 with the aim of promoting and defending the Basque language and Basque culture in Navarre.

EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA aims to take up and update the objectives of the "Asociación Euskara de Navarra" ( Basque Association of Navarre) created by Arturo Kanpion in 1876: "To preserve and propagate the Navarrese-Basque language, its literature and its history, and to study the relevant legislation and provide anything that may lead to the moral and material well-being of the Country".

It encourages the joining of forces and wills, and the overcoming of the divisions which have marked Navarre. As such, it wishes to establish a line of dialogue and action with all of those who, be it through agreement or discrepancy, work for the development of the Basque language and Basque culture in Navarre.

EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA organises seminars for debate and contemplation, forums, conferences, publishes papers and books, and takes part in school-registration campaigns, etc. This is because the members of the association want Basque-speakers to feel proud of their language and non-Basque-speakers to be aware and accept the fact that it is also their language.

EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA has created ARTEKARIA, an initiative which aims to promote the use of the Basque language and to protect the language rights of Basque-speakers in our Community at all times and at all levels. We have also launched SAREA, a dynamic, interactive information network based at the source of the news and in its own language.

Through this web site , EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA gives you the chance to get in touch, become a member, take part in a forum of debate and to get in touch with other institutions and organisations which defend objectives similar to our own.