Focusing on the local economy
'Impulsem el que fas'
Call for grants to finance projects that boost the neighbourhood economy and initiatives that promote the revitalisation of ground floor premises, socio-economic innovation, quality employment, responsible and sustainable tourism, responsible consumption and sustainable food and local logistics.
Economic Activity Support Points
Unique services in Nou Barris and Ciutat Vella aimed at promoting and strengthening the socio-economic fabric of the two districts. They offer information, advice, and support to entrepreneurial groups, as well as self-employed people, micro-companies, entities and shops or local services.
Nou Barris
Ciutat Vella
Labour Rights Defence Points (ES)
Our free municipal employment rights advisory service assists those experiencing job insecurity and vulnerability. In addition to the personalised service, specific group activities are carried out in the Sant Andreu district to deal with different issues of labour rights of interest.
We strengthen the productive fabric of the city's neighbourhoods and districts
The city council, in collaboration with Barcelona Activa, is giving a new impetus to the Proximity Economic Development Strategy, with new actions and a budget of 120 million euros for this project. A strategy that seeks to address the unequal distribution of economic assets, income and employment.
Comerç a punt (ES)
Programme designed to reactivate local trade, offering expert advice in areas such as new marketing models, new business strategies, new ways to increase demand and economic management. The service can be provided remotely or on-site in the shop.
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La Clota Cotreball It is a set of premises of a total of 362 m², located in the neighbourhood of La Clota, which offers free office, kitchen and workshop space for conventional entrepreneurship and for social and solidarity economy projects. In return, specific social return actions are designed jointly with the organisations in Horta-Guinardó.
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Banc de Recursos Mancomunats de Ciutat Vella (Ciutat Vella Joint Resources Bank) A space where the social and cultural entities of Ciutat Vella can lend and share diverse material, thus promoting networking and strengthening synergies between the associative fabric of the district.
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Nau Vila Besòs Located in the Bon Pastor industrial estate, this warehouse offers storage to entities in the Sant Andreu district. It seeks to promote the collaborative economy and create synergies, as well as share and optimise resources. It also offers a space for holding workshops and training on the circular economy and environmental sustainability. It is an initiative of the District of Sant Andreu and Barcelona Activa.
Economic development is distributed unevenly across Barcelona: Six of the ten districts, representing 61.8% of the population, receive only 45% of the aggregated family income. These six districts account for 72,1% of the city’s unemployed, almost 70% of the people with low-level qualifications and more than 70% of the people receiving assistance from social services.
The city’s heterogeneity goes beyond socio-economic inequalities, as Barcelona is also diverse in terms of the distribution of assets for economic development. Sometimes these assets can be the cause of inequality between Barcelona districts, but at other times they create opportunities to generate economic activity rooted in a particular district.
The city’s socio-economic inequalities call for a new model of locally-focused development, which is based on the plural economy and incorporates the social and solidarity economy as a new paradigm.
Thus, the economic development policies promoted by Barcelona Activa emphasise the territorial perspective by supporting economic activities that have a positive impact on Barcelona’s neighbourhoods and districts and contribute to meeting the needs of individual areas.
The locally-focused development policy has the residents of Barcelona’s neighbourhoods and districts at its heart. The aim is to guarantee public services and an economic environment that can positively influence their professional development, generate wealth, reduce inequalities and guarantee equal opportunities.
Consult Barcelona Activa's Local Development Strategy (catalan).
District Development Plans (PDE)
