Conference: "Growth and Housing. Debate for a shared strategy in El Garraf"

The region of El Garraf is a strategic territory within El Penedès, with a fundamental role in the structuring between the metropolitan areas of Barcelona and Tarragona. This central position makes it necessary to accompany the significant growth and migratory movements in metropolitan areas that have transformed their cities and towns, through a housing policy capable of responding to current and future challenges. For this growth to be balanced, it is necessary to guarantee the creation of jobs, equipment and services that respond to the needs of agents, institutions and citizens.

This reflection takes on even more relevance in the current context, marked by various sectoral and territorial planning plans, approved or in the process of being prepared, which directly affect El Garraf, as well as by the initiatives promoted by local administrations and other agents. In addition, it acquires special importance within the development of policies to guarantee the right to housing, coordinated between the municipalities of El Garraf and the Generalitat de Catalunya.

To address these challenges, the El Garraf County Council proposes a working day with technical and political leaders and the housing sector. The objective is to know first-hand the actions planned for the coming years and analyze their impact on the territory, within the framework of one of the great debates opened in the region.
 

Program

9:00 a.m. Reception

9:15 a.m. Welcome and presentation

• Luis Miguel Garcia Alcaraz, president of the Garraf County Council.

9:30 a.m. The '50,000 Plan' and the Sectoral Territorial Housing Plan

• Josep Casas i Miralles, Deputy Director General of Housing. Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition. Government of Catalonia.
• Hosted by: Xavier Roig Juan, CEO of Housing of the El Garraf County Council.

10:15 a.m. Territorial Planning and its Impact on Housing

• Carles Valls Feliu, Territorial Planning Coordinator of the General Directorate of Territorial Planning, Strategic Projects and Architecture. Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition. Government of Catalonia.
• Hosted by: Mónica Gallardo i Montornés, vice-president of Strategy of the Regional Council of El Garraf.

11:00 a.m. Coffee break

11:30 a.m. Strategy in the metropolitan area

• Oriol Estela Barnet, general coordinator of the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan.
• Host: Marta Verdejo Sánchez, vice-president of the Garraf County Council and mayor of Olivella.

12:15 p.m. Barcelona Provincial Council's support for local authorities in the field of housing

• Rosa Sanz Sánchez, coordinator of the Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Regeneration area of the Barcelona Provincial Council.
• Hosted by: Rosa Fonoll Ventura, vice-president of the area of Territorial Planning and Housing and mayor of Cubelles.

1 p.m. Debate for a shared strategy in the territory

• Iolanda Sánchez Alcaraz, Councilor for Housing of the City Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú.
• Maria Olmos Marín, Councilor for Housing of the City of StPere de Ribes.
• Carme Gasulla Blanco, Councillor for Housing of the Sitges City Council.
• Alexandra Corvillo Carmona, Councilor for Housing of the City of Cubelles.
• Rosa Huguet Sugranyes, Councilor for Urban Planning and Sustainability of the City of Canyelles.
• Marta Verdejo Sánchez, Councilor for Urban Planning of the City of Olivella.
• Hosted by: Luis Miguel García Alcaraz, president of the El Garraf County Council.

2 p.m. Closing