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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.
The European Commission chooses Barcelona to be one of the 100 smart and climate neutral cities by 2030
. The European Commission has followed a rigorous procedure to evaluate the proposals and select the cities.
Ada Colau joins the call of European mayors asking the EU to stop financing the war in Ukraine
. With the participation of the mayors of cities such as Barcelona, Warsaw, Florence, Brussels, Budapest, Prague, Stockholm and Gdansk, the video calls for immediate action from the European Commission.
Barcelona and Sarajevo commemorate this year the 30th anniversary of relations between the two cities
. Relations between the two administrations began on the occasion of the outbreak of the war in the Balkans.
Kyiv to be the guest city for La Mercè 2023 festivities
. The invitation was accepted by the Deputy Mayor for Culture of the Ukrainian capital, Valentyn Mondriivski.