1967: The Municipal Computing Centre (COM) is created, later becoming the Municipal Institute of Information Technology. Director: Manuel Fernández de Castro
1984: PCs are already appearing in Barcelona City Council. There are 35 by 1985 and 350 by 1987.
1989: City Council’s first fibre optic network is already up and running in 4 buildings: the Plaça Sant Jaume building, the Statistics and Public Roads building, the Torre de Colom and the Ronda de Sant Pau building.
January 1990: The Municipal Institute of Information Technology is created, run by Ernest Maragall and headed by the then Deputy Mayor, Joan Clos. It is conceived as an independent institute to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the IT services in Barcelona City Council’s various departments.
1996: Functions relating to the management, quality control and protection of baseline data (local population register, map of the city, etc.).
2005: The IMI's Articles of Association are approved and the institute is organised as part of the Municipal Manager's Office.
2015: IMI celebrates its 25th anniversary
2017: Barcelona’s Sentilo platform for sensors and actuators comes third in the cross-border category and receives the certificate of excellence in the Sharing & Reuse Awards. The system earned the award for its exceptional contribution in the creation of more efficient public services for citizens
2018: The Office for Agile Transformation starts life: The office spearheads and promotes the agile organisational transformation of the IMI through a set of dynamics, practices and processes which should equip the IMI with the tools to handle new agile demands from Barcelona City Council.
2019: Barcelona City Council’s e-headquarters becomes operative, in line with Act 39/2015, of 1 October, on common administrative public procedures and Act 49/2015, of 1 October, on the legal regime for the public sector.
