News
Municipal progress on gender mainstreaming
Feminism and women. The gender mainstreaming strategy to build the gender perspective into all spheres of municipal policy was introduced in 2015.
Proposals from members of the public to tackle the climate emergency
Climate emergency. The Citizen Climate Assembly presents some thirty measures relating to energy, mobility and consumption.
Transformation of Consell de Cent under way on the side nearest the mountains
Urban planning and infrastructures. Work is under way on the side nearest the Besòs in the streets of Rocafort, Comte Borrell and Girona.
Barcelona to become the first European Capital for Democracy
Participation. The programme will include events and activities between September 2023 and August 2024 to strengthen democracy in Europe.
The city calls time on ghost kitchens and supermarkets
Urban planning and infrastructures. An end to unregulated activities which had prompted rejection from local people.
Barcelona Municipal Immigration Council recognises the initiative ‘Regularización Ya’
Interculturality. The organisation is collecting signatures to process a popular legislative initiative in the Spanish parliament.
Barcelona, a 2024 European Capital of Democracy finalist
Awards. Barcelona’s bid is based on projects such as participatory budgets and deliberative assemblies.
The 2030 Barcelona Healthy and Sustainable Food Strategy: a road map for transforming the city's food system
Sustainable food. Over 1,000 people took part in producing the 2030 Barcelona Healthy and Sustainable Food Strategy, between November 2021 and July 2022.
The Social Housing Council agrees to request extraordinary funding for building and housing development and renovation
Housing. The consultative and participatory body of the Barcelona Housing Consortium agrees to request 10.000 million euros Next Generation EU from the State in the form of repayable loans, due to the high costs of executing the...
Barcelona will have a cricket field
The Barcelona women's 11-a-side cricket team, the only one of its kind in Spain, has secured an allocation of €1.6 million from participatory budgets for remodelling Camp Julià de Camany, and making it a place where the sport can be practised.