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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.
Arrival of the European Participatory Budget Caravan for Greener Cities
Participatory Budgets. A space for sharing the participatory experiences of various cities.
Citizen participation around the world: what challenges does it face?
Decidim Fest. We talk to three experts in citizen participation in the cities of New York, Brussels and Monterrey about the challenges participation presents, and the successes achieved in their cities.
Barcelona among 13 finalists to become European Capital of Democracy
The member cities are competing to become the first European Capital of Democracy, which will be elected by 10,000 citizens from all Council of Europe member states.
Elderly people make themselves heard again
Elderly people. The sixth Voices of the Elderly Convention starts today and will run until March 2023.
The Citizen Climate Assembly debates measures to tackle the climate crisis
2030 Agenda. The final document with the resulting proposals will be presented to the city government and municipal groups.
Half the new trade fair site in Montjuïc to be for public uses
Urban planning. The update to the current urban plan will adapt current uses at the site to meet the needs of local neighbourhoods, with more public housing, facilities and green zones.
New Sants railway station, adapted to the mobility of the future and integrated into the neighbourhood
Mobility and transport. The project includes input from local people, retailers and organisations in the sphere of mobility.