Barcelona City Council

On 25 November, Barcelona City Council commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, declared by the UN in 1999. With the aim of raising awareness and promoting shared responsibility among citizens, women’s groups and organisations, joint associations addressing different issues, geographic areas, and other city sectors of activity, Barcelona City Council is announcing the nineteenth 25 November Award as part of the Barcelona Anti-Sexist Strategy and the Citizen Agreement for a Barcelona Free of Violence Against Women (a civil society network).

The aim of the call is therefore to offer financial resources and institutional support to facilitate the implementation of the winning project. The award is not intended to replace the responsibility and initiative of the promoting groups or individuals, as that would be contrary to its spirit.

Projects or works that can be submitted to this call, ‘Barcelona, free and safe spaces’, should aim to do the following: 

1. Carry out research and reflection activities for the prevention of gender-based violence associated with discrimination and aggression in public spaces under the award’s objectives. 

2. Implement strategies and actions that incorporate this year's proposed theme in various areas aimed at the city’s population, in accordance with the objectives set out in the purpose of the award. 

3. Implement prevention actions in accordance with the objectives set out in the award criteria, taking into account the dual aspect of ‘gender-based violence - public space’, which is the purpose of this call for entries. 

4. Carry out actions to create resources and tools for prevention to be developed in this call, in line with the objectives set out in the award criteria.

In terms of geographic scope, the projects must:

• Be carried out in the city of Barcelona, or 

• Have a practical application at the district or city level.

Projects may be submitted by natural persons over the age of 18, groups, associations or other non-profit organisations based in the city of Barcelona.

The deadline for submitting proposals will begin the day after the announcement of the call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona and will end on 13 September 2024 at 11:59 pm.