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Collectively designing the city: the participatory plans
Participatory processes. Citizen participation and tools such as Decidim Barcelona have given citizens the power to tackle city issues that affect their local neighbourhood, district and environment. We take a look at how citizens...
New Interculturality Plan to move towards being a more inclusive city and to fight discrimination
Interculturality. The new plan adapts the city’s interculturality projects to the reality of the city in 2021, a decade after the previous plan was approved.
Over 400 metropolitan organisations commit to Barcelona Demà
PEMB. Participatory process driven by the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan.
New boost for the Decidim platform
Participation. The City Council, the Catalan government and the Associació Decidim sign a collaboration agreement to drive democratic participation with open technologies.
Joint protocol with Adif to transform Estació de Sants
Urban planning. The revamp includes a larger station foyer and regains Plaça dels Països Catalans.
Preparations are underway for the Fòrum Jove BCN: a deliberative assembly of young people that seeks to improve their future
Young people. The Fòrum Jove BCN is the result of an initiative put forward by the ERC which has been developed in collaboration with the Participation and Youth departments. It is due to be held between summer and the end of the...
Barcelona Science Plan 2020-2023 extended, with action geared towards the post-pandemic recovery
Science. Recent months have seen the City Council promote a process of debate, participation and proposals, resulting in 25 measures to adapt the plan to the current context.
Election on 14 February: polling stations, voting points, postal votes and election day
City Council. Practical information for the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia.
A new space for participation by young people
Youth participation. This school year sees a new participatory process get under way for the city’s teenagers to debate and put forward improvements for the city.
The Municipal Education Council denounces the pandemic's effects on educational inequalities
Education. A declaration has been approved which notes that some children and adolescents have started the school year with a loss of learning skills and habits.