Francesc Santacana

The vision that Barcelona wants to project for its future is that of a dynamic European metropolis, firmly established in its macro-region, with a modern quality of life that is socially balanced and rooted in Mediterranean culture. […]

Barcelona’s strategic planning has become a global benchmark to the extent that we have become a specific participatory model on this issue. […]

Barcelona has achieved urban governance that is characterised through the incorporation of the various groups and players who organise themselves to carry out a collective strategy. And as for the metropolis itself, we have managed to achieve a city with a common language. A city in which the social and economic players are all pulling together in the same direction.