
Europe recognises Barcelona as a leading city in the green and digital transition
Climate emergency. A thorough process was followed to assess and select the cities, six others of which are in the Spanish state.

The UB also signs up to the Ethical and Good Governance Mailbox
City Council. The university is the eleventh institution to reproduce this pioneering tool from the City Council and Xnet to prevent bad practice and fight fraud.

Barcelona and Cisco start testing for the IRIS European cybersecurity project
The Intelligence Threat Reporting and Incident Response System (IRIS) is the platform for detecting security weaknesses in future ICT networks

Technological events in Barcelona in 2022
Once again, Barcelona is reaffirming itself as a hub with an international appeal for meetings relating to technology and digital innovation. World-renowned events such as the Mobile World Congress and the Smart City Expo are held in the city.

Barcelona present at the 18th edition of Festibity
The Manager of Innovation and Digital Transition, Marta Contiente, was awarded with the Honorary Mention by the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB) and the FIB Alumni.

Welcome to Innovacció 2030
Mobilty and accessibility. New programme to find tech solutions which improve accessibility and mobility in the city.

The impact of drone technology from the municipal perspective
The City Council takes part in a series of round tables to assess the implementation of the use of drones in public services and to study possible synergies with other cities.

IRIS, the platform to detect security weak spots in future ICT networks and winner among H2020 European projects
Barcelona is one of the locations chosen to test, assess, detect, respond to and share information on threats and weak spots in ICT systems in new networks such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6

New support service with online procedures via videoconferencing
City Council. The ‘OAC calls you’ service offers a means of virtual communication between citizens and the administration and comes in addition to the support offered in person at Citizen Help and Information Offices.

Barcelona recognised in the first Spatineo Quality Awards for Iberian IDEs
Barcelona City Council's Spatial Data Infrastructure services are in third place in the ranking of Spain and Portugal as a whole.