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Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens’ institutional information
Board of Directors
The Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens’ Board of Directors is made up of 12 members (see its composition).
Organisation Chart
The Institute’s Chair is Laia Bonet (see CV) and Manager is Francesc Jiménez Gusi (see CV). You will find information on their positions and salaries from the City Council’s Transparency Portal.
The Institute’s first-level structure, effective as of 1 October 2020, consists of 4 directorates:
- The Directorate for Conservation Services is tasked with directing, coordinating and managing the city's green spaces, trees and flower beds, as well as the internal logistics associated with such management (nurseries, machinery and vehicles).
- The Directorate for Technical Services and Planning is tasked with establishing the technical parameters (for designing, managing, planning, etc.,) the tools and strategic plans for enabling the guidance and development of green spaces and their associated infrastructure. It thereby links together the worlds of conservation with that of green-space training, participation and revitalisation, as well as the management of buildings and facilities allocated to the Institute and information and information-processing services.
- The General-Services Directorate is responsible for administering the resources made available by the Institute’s Manager's Office Board for the purposes of achieving the objectives set out, linked to human resources and their organisation, financial and administrative management and legal services.
- The Directorate for Cross-Departmental Services with the Manager’s Office for Urban Ecology is tasked with guaranteeing the coverage of the cross-departmental services of the Manager’s Office for Urban Ecology and the City Council, in relation to and on behalf of the Institute, as well as for the quality of the various certified processes that it is committed to.
The Institute does not pay any compensation for dismissals that are not set out in the Statute of Workers.
Budget
You can check the budgets of the last five years:
- Budget for the Financial Year 2018
- Budget for the Financial Year 2019
- Budget for the Financial Year 2020
- Budget for the Financial Year 2021
- Budget for the Financial Year 2022
Annual accounts and Audit Reports:
Collective labour agreement in force
- Collective labour agreement in force for 2018-2022.
- Signed agreement entitled “Structure and regulation of the list of job posts at the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens” (07-03-2019)
- Agreement establishing the List of Job Posts (22-07-2019)
- Agreement establishing the list of jobs (approved by the Full Municipal Council Meeting of 27 May 2022)
Staff and remuneration
- List of jobs - make-up of staff (updated in November 2022)
- Current pay scales (updated in March 2023)
Full-time union representatives
Information on the times and expenses of full-time union representatives is published on the City Council’s transparency portal.
Selection processes
Information on the Institute’s selection processes is published on Barcelona City Council's e-Government website on the Public Sector Job Vacancies page.
To access content referring to the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens, you will need to select the "Ens" [Entity] tab on the left of the panel and from the pull-down menu above, where you can select the City Council or the body you wish to consult, filter in the “Parks and gardens” option.
Further information.
Study materials for the selection processes
The Institute puts the relevant study materials at the disposal of anyone wishing to access its selection processes.
Recruitment
Information on recruitment is published in the City Council’s transparency portal, together with all other organisations connected to the City Council.
Agreements
The Institute has agreements with some organisations. You can consult the Register of Collective Agreements from the e-Government website.
Subsidies
The Barcelona Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens does not grant subsidies.
However, if you are seeking subsidies relating to green spaces, you can check out the subsidies awarded by the Barcelona City Council from this link.
Official publicity campaigns
The cost of these campaigns is published along with those of the City Council and all the other organisations on the City Council's transparency portal.
Access to public information
You can access detailed content on access to public information from the Transparency portal. To apply for access to information, you can start the procedure here.
The municipal administration also puts several channels of face-to-face, telephone and online communication at the service of city residents for making inquiries or asking for information.
You also have a series of services for finding out information, resolving procedures, accessing the online register and lodging complaints or suggestions online.
Code of Ethics and Conduct
The Code of Ethics and Conduct applies to all aspects of Barcelona City Council and the municipal bodies that are linked or answerable to it at any level (independent bodies, public business entities, municipal trading companies and companies that the City Council has a majority shareholding in, and consortia, foundations and associations that are answerable to Barcelona City Council).
It sets out the ethical principles and values of good governance that all municipal actions must follow and regulates the rules of conduct for all those it applies to must abide by.
Ethical Mailbox
Anyone who detects any form of misconduct can report this anonymously to the Office for Transparency and Good Practices, if they so wish, and monitor the possible actions that may arise from their report.
The Municipal Ethics and Good Governance Mailbox is authorised to deal with issues relating to the Institute.