Barcelona City Council, through the Councillor’s Office for Economic Promotion, Work and Feminism and the Councillor’s Office for Health, People with Disabilities and Strategy against Loneliness and Barcelona Activa, has presented the Government Measure of Barcelona towards the right for care (2025-2030), a five-year strategic plan that includes more than 100 actions to move towards a universal, dignified and sustainable system of care. With an allocation of 140.5 million euros, the plan foresees new actions and the consolidation or expansion of existing services.

In a context marked by the ageing of the population and the growing need for care at all stages of life, the measure proposes transforming the current model towards a caring city, putting people at the centre and recognising care as an essential public good.

The measure is deployed through four lines of action:

• Strengthening public services to reduce social and gender inequalities: with actions such as improving the Home Care Service (SAD), unifying the dependency care model and promoting housing with services for the elderly.

• Boosting the care economy: with support for entrepreneurship, training and social and technological innovation to make the sector a strategic economic driver.

• Support for caregivers and promotion of co-responsibility between men and women: with the expansion of the Carer Card and new actions to involve men in care tasks.

• Building feminist alliances and recognition of rights: with actions to position care as an emerging human right and build networks with local and international entities and groups.

One of the most notable new features is the creation of a new economic activity hub at 165 Carrer Almogàvers, promoted by the city council through Barcelona Activa, which will act as a social and technological innovation hub for the care economy. This space will include a training centre, an area for talent development and a setting for the incubation of projects and emerging companies.

With an investment of more than 4 million euros and the aim of reaching nearly 9,000 students, the new facility aims to professionalise the sector, generate quality employment and boost the innovation ecosystem around care.

With this measure, the council is committed to a comprehensive care system that is innovative, co-responsible and feminist. Shared governance and collaboration between councillors’ and services will allow actions to be deployed with a cross-cutting and transformative vision.

Barcelona is thus consolidating itself as an international benchmark in the defence of the right to care, with a model that seeks to guarantee equity, quality and sustainability in the care of people.

Check out all the details of the measure at this link.