The cooperative societies of participation in public services. The course of the publicity utility in the autonomous region of the Basque Country

Abstract

In this paper one of the most outstanding expressions of the evolution of administrative law today addresses : its commitment to interaction with citizens demanding increasingly a more active role and participation in the planning , implementation and evaluation of public policy. In this sense, it highlights how the cooperative movement , based on the values of solidarity , democracy, equity , equality, self-help and self-responsibility , stressed from the outset with its social commitment and his contribution to the promotion of development the general interest, in such form and manner as all those cooperative societies to integrate in its objects as priority action the purposes of socio- health care , education , housing , protection and defense of the environment , promoting social economy and the promotion and protection of social peace and citizenship, among others, and participate actively and effectively working for and the provision of services of general interest.