The Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility invites challenges to respond to the main problems detected in urban mobility in Barcelona, and invites entities with an innovative solution to present their proposal through the published calls.
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Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility
El Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility és el primer projecte que implica designar espais reals de la ciutat per testejar pilots de solucions innovadores pels reptes de mobilitat de la ciutat, amb l’objectiu d’impulsar solucions de mobilitat novedoses i sostenibles.
Founders del Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility
Tipus of Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility projects
The self-initiated projects have been devised, promoted and financed by Barcelona City Council in order to face the mobility challenges detected in the city
Autonomous Ready
Safe fleet 3000; artificial intelligence that alerts the driver of potential accidents
Transformation of H12
Transformation of the H12 bus line into an electric line with sensors enabling connectivity and automation
The Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility invites various entities of the innovative ecosystem to present projects on their own initiative, using an open form that BIT Habitat, promoter of the Lab, makes available. Appointed experts will analyze the feasibility and potential impact of the proposals received.
Investment fund Deep Tech & Deep Tech Node
The objectives of this initiative are:
- Promote innovation and technology transfer in Barcelona
- Facilitate the intermediation of knowledge between research and business
- Accelerate the promotion of entrepreneurial projects from the scientific field
- Help finance stakeholders in the Barcelona ecosystem
- Promote the development and attraction of companies with deep tech technology in the city of Barcelona
The initial economic endowment amounts to 10 million euros, complemented by the Barcelona Accelera , dedicated to the acceleration of emerging companies.
Venture capital entities interested in managing the Fund's investments must be sponsored by actors in the local technological development ecosystem, such as universities, research centers, technology centers, etc., and present the corresponding documentation, the Manifestation of interest, the Letter of sponsorship and the instance of Registration at the City Council. The bases, models and contact email are indicated on the Barcelona Companies website:
100 NetZeroCities Mission
The European missions 2030 are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation program for the years 2021-2027. The European Commission sees them as a coordinated effort to pool the necessary resources (financing, regulation, knowledge, etc.) to face some of the continent's major challenges.
In April 2022, Barcelona was chosen by the European Commission, among nearly 400 candidate cities, to be part of the "European Mission 100 cities smart and climate neutral by 2030”. This is an explicit recognition of Barcelona's commitment to the fight against climate change.
The European Commission has followed a rigorous procedure to evaluate the proposals and select the cities. The result is a very strong and diverse list, which includes cities from the Member States of the European Union.
These 100 pioneering cities, which aspire to be climate neutral by 2030, will become centers of experimentation and innovation that will pave the way for all European cities to be climate neutral by 2050. The Mission promotes an approach based on col· horizontal and multilevel collaboration - also counting on the private sector -, open innovation and citizen participation.
To help them achieve the Mission, the European Commission will provide the selected cities with:
- Funding opportunities for the cities to be part of major innovation actions, pilot projects and demonstrations
- Advice and support, also through a coordination network created at State level, together with six other Spanish cities involved in the Mission
- Opportunities for networking, learning and exchange of experiences between cities
- Support for citizen involvement in decision-making
The fight for decarbonisation is strongly linked to the SDGs. The 2030 Agenda Commissioner coordinated the candidature and is now promoting an interdepartmental working group - with key roles from the Energy Agency and the Office of Climate Change and Sustainability - to draw up the called the "City Climate Agreement", which will establish Barcelona's commitments to climate neutrality, and outline the actions and investments necessary to achieve it, based on the 2030 Climate Emergency Action Plan.
Fraunhofer Spain
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a German research organization comprising 72 institutes throughout Germany and 16 research centers located in other countries, each specializing in a different field of applied sciences.
As a result of the desire for collaboration between the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the City Council, through the Barcelona Innovation Coast, Fraunhofer Spain is born, which will locate a center of biotechnological research in Barcelona.
