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Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona
Sant Cugat, 8th March 2007
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Barcelona Metropolitan Area

• 36 municipalities
• 2,923,114 inhabitants
• 628 Sq km

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The Metropolitan Strategic Plan
It is a non-profit, public-private association
that brings together

• the leading economic and social agents in the
  region

300 members

• institutions which freely decide to associate
  themselves to the Plan

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Which institutions?

• Those which facilitate change in the scenario
• the 36 municipalities, business representatives,
  trade unions, universities, Chamber of Commerce,
  Port, Airport, Trade fair, El Consorci de la Zona
  Franca

• Those which spread change in society
• professional associations, financial
  institutions, large firms, cultural associations,
  citizens associations

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What for?

• Where are we going?
• Which are our opportunities?
• Which values can make us singular?

The Metropolitan Strategic Plan is a vehicle to
answer the former questions
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The Plans added value
Territorial management increasingly requires an
strategic planning, which mainly means

• a clear horizon
• leadership
• wish of change
• an integrated approach

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Vision and objectives
The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona promotes
creativity and innovation within a context of an
economic growth connected to the world network
and coherent with the society and the environment

• Innovating knowledge
• New businesses with the appropriate
  infrastructures
• Living together 2020
• Accelerating decisions

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The Plans philosophy
consensus public-private cooperation shared
leadership no conventionalities
our strength non-bureaucratic thinking
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The chart
GENERAL COUNCIL President Mayor of Barcelona
VICEPRESIDENTS COUNCIL
TERRITORIAL COUNCIL OF MAYORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
STRATEGY
PROSPECTIVE
STEERING COMMITTEE


COORDINATION OFFICE




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Competitiveness in Sant Cugat Barcelona
Metropolitan Area
5 key drivers for competitiveness

• Innovation ?
• Human resources ?
• Connectivity ?
• Quality of life ?
• Strategic capacity ?

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Knowledge Mobility Strategic sectors Environment U
rbanismSocial cohesion
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Metropolitan Strategic Projects
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Parc Barcelona Media (22_at_ - Mediapro - UPF)
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Creapolis (ESADE Business School, Sant Cugat)
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Ministry of Education and Science- Catalan
Government - IBM- UPC
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Research Park UAB, Biocampus (Cerdanyola)
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Knowledge
Parc b_TEC Barcelona Technological
Innovation UPC-Barcelona-Sant Adrià-Catalan
Government-Diputació de Barcelona-Consell
Comarcal del Barcelonès
Universities
Eduation
Research,
Companies
Public administration
Business
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Synchrotron light facility. ALBA-Cells, Spanish
Goverment - Catalan Government Cerdanyola City
Council
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Best-practice triangles in the Barcelona
Metropolitan Area

• Shared vision innovation - human resources
  -quality of the space
• Partnership public institutions -
  economicsocial stakeholders - universitiesresear
  ch centres
• Coordination regional government - metropolitan
  bodies - city councils
• Strategic initiatives Bioregion, Creapolis, Parc
  b-TEC, Parc Barcelona Media, Barcelona
  Supercomputing Centre, Platform Innovation,
  Knowledge and Growth (World Innovation
  Marketplace), SALT (BCN Activa)

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Thank you for your attention
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