Fourteen Spanish research centers and universities have created the RISCV Research Network to promote the development of open source hardware, coordinated by the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
article (Spanish): https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200204/473288654546/catalunya-crean-una-red-de-investigacion-para-impulsar-el-desarrollo-de-hardware-de-codigo-abierto.html