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European Parliament approval for Barcelona’s proposal of a European Capital for Local Commerce
. The initiative has the support of Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Diputació de Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya and the Government of Spain.
Barcelona City Council presents its first Asia Strategy
. It seeks to strengthen the relationship in key areas for Barcelona such as innovation, sustainable tourism, economic promotion and logistics.
Barcelona signs collaboration protocols with Mexico City and Oaxaca to join forces in the development of a green and sustainable urban model
. With Mexico City it was agreed to create an Observatory for Green Urban Infrastructure and Urban Regeneration Policy.
Barcelona hosts the 5th specialized conference on public procurement and extraterritorial liability
. The Socially Responsible Public Procurement Group is organizing the 5th specialized days on public procurement and extraterritorial responsibility in human rights on November 16 and 17, 2022.
Barcelona and Kyiv strengthen their ties with a collaboration agreement
. The agreement includes the fields of technology, education, health, arts and culture, tourism, transportation, city management and public safety.
The Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence is presented in Barcelona
. It is an initiative promoted as from July 2021 by CIDOB, the cities of Barcelona, Amsterdam and London, in collaboration with UN-Habitat and within the framework of the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights.
Barcelona will host Giga, a UN initiative to digitally connect all the world's schools
. The Government of Spain, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Barcelona City Council have agreed to host the Giga Technology Center in Barcelona.
Barcelona and Bologna join forces to develop digital twins of both cities
. Digital twins are based on the modeling of urban dynamics using massive data.
The mayors of Amsterdam and Barcelona reaffirm their commitment to sustainable tourism and the fight against overcrowding
. Both mayors made it known that they are calling for European regulation to combat illegal tourist accommodation.
Barcelona hosts the Social Forum of the Eurocities network, which demands from the EU that cities have more resources to welcome refugees
. The Social Forum takes place over three days and is attended by more than 150 people representing cities from all over Europe.