Advisory Council

Council of the Barcelona Innovation Coast

The Advisory Council for the Promotion of the Barcelona Innovation Coast is a consultative and advisory body composed of the city’s leading innovation stakeholders, established to promote projects in sustainable mobility, technology, health, and renewable energy, among other areas.

Composition

The Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni Cuadrado, who delegates his responsibilities to Fourth Deputy Mayor Jordi Valls Riera, from the Area of Economy, Finance, Economic Promotion, and Tourism.
These will be composed of the heads of the respective organisations or their delegates:
-Ministry of Science and Innovation
-Catalan Ministry of Research and Universities
-Barcelona Activa, SAU
Representatives of the following institutions or their delegates:
-Management of the Area of Economy and Economic Promotion, Barcelona City Council
-Management of Economic Promotion, Barcelona City Council
-General Directorate of Barcelona Activa
-Management of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
-Management of the Industrial Agreement of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
-General Directorate of Fira de Barcelona
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, University of Barcelona (UB)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Ramon Llull University (URLL)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, International University of Catalonia (UIC)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Abat Oliba University (UAO)
-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC)
-General Management of IESE (University of Navarra Business School)
-General Management of EADA (Barcelona School of Management and Administration)
-Presidency of the Catalan Association of Research Centres
-General Management of Barcelona Institute of Sciences and Technology (BIST)
-Directorate of Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
Presidency of LEITAT (Technological Institute)
-General Secretariat of PIMEC
-Presidency of the 22 Network Business Association
-Presidency of the Tech Barcelona Association
-Presidency of Barcelona Global
-Presidency of the Energy Efficient Cluster of Catalonia (CEEC)
-Presidency of CTECNO (Technology Centre of Catalonia)
-Directorate of EIT-Mobility (Urban Mobility Academy)
-General Management of ESADE (Business Administration and Management School)
-Presidency of Foment del Treball
-Presidency of ENISA
-Directorate of CERCA Catalonia (Research and Investigation Centres of Catalonia)
-Presidency of EURECAT (Technology Centre of Catalonia)
-Presidency of the Cercle d’Economia
-Presidency of AMETIC
-Presidency of AEBAN
-Presidency of Spaincap
-To advise the Barcelona City Council government on promoting and developing the Barcelona Innovation Coast project.
-To promote studies that advance the Barcelona Innovation Coast project, jointly developed in collaboration with universities, schools, research institutes, companies, foundations and public and private institutions.
-To propose initiatives and projects aimed at making Barcelona a leading city in innovation policies.
-To drive innovative projects with the potential to develop and test pilots in Barcelona in the fields of mobility, health, energy, technology, and digitalisation in collaboration with the city’s business, social, and entrepreneurial networks. -To assess the project’s progress and identify and propose improvements to ensure goals are met and initiatives implemented.
-To promote discussions and expertise in the fields of mobility, health, energy, technology, and digitalisation in collaboration with the city’s business, social, and entrepreneurial networks while connecting academia, institutions, and city residents.

Innovation resources of Barcelona

BIC members make available to participating projects a set of resources that facilitate the preparation and execution of innovation projects, such as Mentoring (expert advice), Networking, physical spaces (rented, temporarily or permanently), systems or resources digital (such as databases, studies, etc.), material resources and/or funding.
Below you can view the resources currently available to the BIC, in addition to accessing a Map that locates and pinpoints them: