Federación de Instituciones Vascas de Uruguay - F.I.V.U.

The Federación de Instituciones Vascas de Uruguay (FIVU) groups a good share of the country's Basque centres and was formalised in 1997, after a failed attempt. The first project, in 1992, did not go ahead because of differences between the centres; in July 1995 an Asamblea Abierta de Centros Vascos del Uruguay was constituted, and it prepared the federation. The Basque Government recognised it on 17 November 1998. Among its activities, it coordinates three ikastolas, in Montevideo and Rosario, and the Basque courses of the Facultad de Humanidades of the Universidad de la República.