Areas that promote learning for all become learning territories: cities, regions or countries for learning. As in other European regions, the range of initiatives introduced by the Basque authorities, through several regional government departments, are now to be grouped under the new lifelong learning umbrella. Significant initiatives have been introduced in several areas of action (e.g., in the Basque Vocational Training Plan, in the information and communications technology [ICT] plan, in the orientation and guidance plan, in the basic training programme and the regional Science & Technology Plan) which may now be included in the new Lifelong Learning paradigm. The one thing that has so far prevented the Basque Country from becoming a fully-fledged learning region is a global policy, a coherent strategy on lifelong learning for all and the White Paper proposing such a strategy.