The programme Working with values closed a new edition with the celebration of the final gala. The initiative, which is part of the Professional Life Project, promotes the values of work and the entrepreneurial spirit in educational centres. More than 13,700 students from 186 educational centres have already enjoyed the service, which aims to guide the young people of Barcelona and the metropolitan area in their professional future. 

The event included an inspiring talk given by by Óscar Camps, founder and director of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, known for rescuing people in the Mediterranean. The conference also included a live performance by the influencer and singer Julen. Both encouraged the attending students to find vocations and passions through experiences that can accompany them throughout their lives. 

At the conference, the finalist projects from among the proposals presented by the students on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were presented. The jury awarded the project Habitatge Juvenil (Youth Housing project), created by students of the Montserrat Miró i Vilà Institute. The group received as a prize different tickets for the Cruïlla Festival and for the America's Cup Experience. 

The Professional Life Project is promoted by Barcelona Activa and the Barcelona Education Consortium, with the collaboration of the BCN Vocational Training Foundation and FemCAT. For 20 years, the ProVP has sought to accompany students in making decisions about their professional future and serve as a bridge between the world of education and work.  

The Fira Barcelona Gran Via will host the IOT Solutions World Congress between 21st and 23rd May, with the prominent presence of Barcelona Activa and Barcelona City Council. The agency will deploy its services and resources during the three days of the world-leading international congress on the Internet of Things that brings together technological and revolutionary solutions in the industrial sector. 

Stand D60 will be located in Pavilion 1 and will bring together the local and international community. A meeting space for companies and industry in terms of meetings, sharing experiences and getting to know the new trends in the sector. We have a space for personalised attention offered by Barcelona Activa's expert team and also an agora area for attending presentations and networking. 

An experiential showroom will also be set up where you can try out innovations and solutions from some of the companies that Barcelona Activa accompanies in this edition:  AEInnova, Argos Corp, JVV Group, Park4dis, Sensotran and Ulbios. The agency will also be organising activities on cybersecurity, company pitches, meetings on the deep tech sector and debates on negotiation opportunities in the care sector. 

If you want to know more information about everything that Barcelona Activa offers at the IOT, you can consult it in this link! 

A new edition of the JOBarcelona congress is arriving on 7^th May and Barcelona Activa will not be missing. The congress will once again be held at the Palau Blaugrana focused on connecting young talent with the professional opportunities offered by companies. The congress has become a point of reference in professional guidance and entrepreneurship for university students and training students.

For the eleventh consecutive edition, Barcelona Activa will have its own stand at the fair. The agency will offer job search advice, CV preparation support, an information point and initial guidance. There will also be space to answer the digital skills test and to access the Enterprise-Employment Platform and a photo call area.

During the day, the Barcelona Activa stand will also host activities to prepare attendees to look for work:

• 9:30am – Marketplace of talent
• 11:30am – Are you looking for a job? Sign up for our job offers
• 12 noon – Workshop: Learn to start up with Design Thinking
• 12:30pm – Get trained for the interview with AI
• 2.30pm – ChatGPT: your ally for finding work
• 4.00pm – Roundtable: Start up the future
• 4.30pm – Learn to position yourself in LinkedIn

You can consult all the activities in the agenda and get free admission tickets for JOBarcelona in this link!

The month of April comes to an end full of conferences on how to look for work in strategic sectors. Barcelona Activa has held activities related to industry 4.0, cleaning, maintenance and surveillance services and also services to companies. 

The events are complemented by specific networking spaces, such as the one that took place last Monday on the tourism of meetings and congresses. This week, sessions were also organised on how to look for work in the sectors of care and of e-commerce and a session about work in companies with a social purpose.  

In addition to the training activities, conferences are held that include roundtables with the participation of representatives from key companies in strategic sectors. Various onsite and virtual sessions are also organised on labour market trends, to discover the most sought-after profiles and skills and detect the best channels to find work in strategic sectors of the city.   

Furthermore, Barcelona Activa has promoted the Talent map, a tool that shows the status and professional mobility in the city. The training, the link with the economic areas and even the movements with other cities are analysed. Among others, the map also provides information on the sectors in which talent works and which are undergoing the most growth. 

If you want to find out about all the conferences on access to the labour market, you can find them by date in the calendar at this link! 

The Barcelona Deep Tech Summit brought the second edition to a close, highlighting the vitality of the city's innovative and technological sector. The congress of the deep tech sector welcomed more than 1,300 people to the Palau de Congressos and around fifty start-ups. A meeting in which disruptive solutions to global challenges such as the energy transition, connectivity, industrial technology and also health tech were proposed. 

The congress brought together projects from areas such as biomedicine, clean energy, more sustainable construction and robotics, among others. The Deep Tech Summit also served as a meeting place between investors and start-ups from all over, opening possibilities for collaboration and access to the market. With this aim, up to 70 short project presentations and S2F (Start-ups to Finance) meetings were held. 

The two days also served to position Barcelona as the headquarters of the benchmark Deep Tech congress in southern Europe. The event was attended by 80 speakers who debated issues such as the ethics of algorithms, quantum computing, leadership in companies in the sector and the role of universities and research centres.   

The results of the congress confirmed the good positioning of Catalonia and Barcelona in Deep Tech. The sector employs 2,340 people and has 1,300 companies with a turnover of around 161 million euros. An area with great opportunities to promote talent and technologies with a profound impact on society. 

The annual meeting forms part of the Barcelona Deep Tech Node, promoted by Barcelona City Council through Barcelona Activa and in collaboration with five Catalan universities. The initiative facilitates access to the market for Catalan technological and scientific start-ups, which this year have attracted a volume of investment of up to 183 million euros. 

Since 10th April, you can visit the exhibition commemorating the 45 years of El Periódico and which shows 45 front pages which take a look at the future. El Convent of Barcelona Activa becomes, for one month, a space for reflection.

A group of specialists have projected what we can expect to happen in the next 45 years that inspire hope and optimism for the future. The front pages imagine possible headlines that they would like to publish and that would satisfy the editorial purposes: the end of climate change, the eradication of racism, achieving a society with gender equality, etc.

Come to the exhibition and, in addition to discovering the different headlines, you will have the opportunity to participate in a draw through the Instagram of Joves Jo +. We will raffle 3 lots that include an Amazon.es gift voucher worth 30 euros, a monthly subscription to El Periódico digital, a power bank with solar charger and a bag from the Barcelona Activa Believe in you campaign.

To participate, just follow the three steps that are explianed in post:

1. Give a “like” in the publication

2. Follow @jomesbarcelonactiva and @elperiodico_cas

3. Comment on the headline you would like to see published in the future and mention, in this comment, the person with whom you would like to go to the exhibition.

Remember to visit the exhibition and participate in the draw until 10th May at El Convent of Barcelona Activa (access via Plaça Pons i Clerch, 2, 1st floor).

Barcelona City Council received recognition as second finalist in the Procura Awards 2024. The awards valued the municipal candidacy presented by the Advisory Service in Social Clauses of Barcelona Activa. The presentation of the awards was held on 13th April during the ceremony of the Procura+ Conference 2024 held in Lisbon. 

The candidature focused on the training itinerary offered by the agency for companies in the social economy so that they can improve their abilities to participate in public tenders. The awards jury highlighted Barcelona Activa's initiative to develop a responsible public procurement strategy in line with other European policies such as the Social Economy Action Plan.  

Responsible public procurement includes different social clauses, which have to do with scales that the administration includes in public procurement processes. In the case of Barcelona City Council, these clauses refer to the incorporation of people with special difficulties in job placement and subcontracting with social economy companies. 

The conference was organised by the European network of Local Governments for Sustainability ICLEI in the city of Lisbon. Lisbon's sustainable procurement management system won first place in the category. In third place, the awards recognised the Public Procurement Office of Lithuania. 

Find out all the information about the social clauses service of Barcelona Activa and the different itineraries it offers at this link! 

The changes in the profession of journalism, the power of metrics in social networks and the emergence of new professions in the communication sector. These topics took centre stage at the roundtable 'Discovering formats and channels that will mark the future of journalism'. An event jointly organised with El Periódico that was held at El Convent of Barcelona Activa. 

The conference focused on reflecting on technologies and the new dynamics of information and how these are transforming the communication professions. The dominance of audiovisual formats, the importance of adapting and segmenting content according to the audience and the positioning of TikTok as a cross-cutting content platform were discussed. 

The director of El Periódico, Albert Sáez, was responsible for moderating the talk, which counted on the participation of communication professionals such as: Adrià Serra, head of digital content and transmedia strategy of the CCMA, Cristina Tosca, director of Código Nuevo, Xavier Alsinet, chief editor of the ACN, and Paula Clemente, economics editor of El Periódico. 

The roundtable formed part of the 45th anniversary of El Periódico, that to celebrate it has designed an exhibition with 45 front pages that collect possible headlines of the future. A proposal that, after touring different spaces in the city such as the Palau Robert or the Design Hub, you can now come and visit at El Convent of Barcelona Activa, the benchmark space in the city for job search and professional opportunities for young people.

Barcelona Activa works to turn entrepreneurs’ projects into viable companies. The agency celebrated World Entrepreneurship Day by promoting advisory services, training and resources to create and grow sustainable and quality companies. 

Within the framework of the commemoration of the World Day, Barcelona Activa's director of entrepreneurship, Itziar Blasco, took part in the roundtable 'Entrepreneurship with impact on the tourism sector'. An event that was part of the annual conference organised by the Barcelona Travel Hub. 

In addition to the annual milestone in the calendar, the agency permanently promotes programmes to strengthen the entrepreneurial community and to boost strategic sectors for Barcelona's economy. Furthermore, entrepreneurial projects in the city have the option of being hosted in one of the six incubation spaces that it offers: the incubators of Glòries, MediaTIC, Almogàvers, the Technology Park, La InnoBAdora and the Clota Cotreball. 

Barcelona Activa accompanies entrepreneurs and start-ups from the business idea to its consolidation, with the agency's expert advice, which analyses your project and offers you resources to make it grow. And if you want to train in specific aspects or topics, you can access a wide range of activities adapted to your interests. 

If you want to know all about the services for entrepreneurs offered by Barcelona Activa, you will find them at this link! 

The eighth edition of the Camí de la Solidesa programme has come to an end after the celebration of the presentation of the awards to the winning entities. The jury awarded the cooperative 3IN Social, the entity El Despertador (The alarm clock) and the artistic initiative Persianes amb ànima (Shutters with soul) as the best projects of the programme.

Persianes amb anima is a community project of artistic creation that promotes the social and labour inclusion of women in vulnerable situations. For its part, the entity El Despertador aims to accompany people in personal and professional self-leadership processes. I3IN Social generates innovative projects and training with social and environmental impact with a focus on interculturality.

Camí de la Solidesa seeks to help consolidate organisations already established within the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), a strategic area of action of Barcelona Activa. The initiative offers support to strengthen organisations managed or led by women or those who are committed towards training female workers in positions of responsibility.

The programme aims to respond to needs identified in each participating project after an analysis with an expert. Training, spaces to share experiences and individual advice are offered. The itinerary will be taught in morning schedules with online and face-to-face sessions at Bloc4BCN.

To date, more than 230 women and 117 organisations have already travelled the Camí de la Solidesa. If you want to participate in the new edition of the Camí de la Solidesa which will be held between June and December this year, you have until 28^th May to sign up!

The Digital Skills Congress celebrated its fourth edition with the presence of more than 500 attendees at Cibernàrium 22@. The event was organised in hybrid format under the heading "Digital autonomy throughout life".

The aim of the Congress focused on overcoming and eradicating the digital gaps that create social inequality, emphasising the need for everyone to adopt tools and knowledge to be able to live and work independently in a society that is increasingly technologically demanding.

The event counted on the participation of experts in the digital field. It included different methodological and technological virtual workshops, on prevention and training in childhood and adolescence, on how to tackle technological inequalities or on ICT and health, among others. The study Estudi sobre benestar digital (Study about digital welfare) was also presented, which focuses on the inclusion and fostering of critical thinking in relation to any technological issue.

In addition, the executive director of Strategic Sectors and Talent of Barcelona Activa, Sara Díaz Roig, highlighted the progressive importance of digital skills for companies, noting that one in four job offers are already digital, according to the report Digital Talent Overview.

Beyond organising and hosting the congress, the Cibernàrium offers a wide range of training proposals to help improve the citizens' technological training and job skills.

The congress was promoted by Barcelona Activa together with the Department of Business and Work of the Generalitat, the Open University of Catalonia and Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull and with the support of Eurecat.

You can recuperate the activities that interest you most from the 4th Digital Skills Congress in the video and consult the decalogue of learning and conclusions of the conference at this link!

Yesterday, the Cibernàrium Auditorium of the MediaTIC building became the venue for the presentation of the Observatori d'Empreses Gasela (Gazelle Business Observatory). A report promoted by the Fundación Cotec para la Innovación and the Universitat de Sevilla which analyses the evolution of small companies that have grown in a short time in the Spanish state. 

The concept includes small businesses that double their size in a short time, starting with at least 10 employees and growing above 20% for three consecutive years. The study analysed the characteristics of the 5,200 high-performing companies in Spain between 2019 and 2022. In this period, Barcelona had 348 businesses that are considered gazelles. 

As part of the presentation, it was highlighted that more than 40% of the city's gazelle companies have passed through Barcelona Activa. A fact that shows that the public sector has joined the private sector to welcome business initiatives that have talent as a common denominator. 

The 2024 edition of the Observatory has focused on analysing the weight of innovation-intensive businesses compared to the total number of companies of these characteristics. Among the data of the study, it’s worth highlighting that the 22@ district has become the area of Barcelona that concentrates the most knowledge-intensive gazelle companies.    

You can consult all the information and data of the Observatori d'Empreses Gazela 2024 at this link! 

The Barcelona Activa programmes offer new courses with the arrival of spring. The agency launches calls for free and short-length professional training in sectors with high demand. The Forma't i fes-ho oficial (Get trained and make it official) and Sectorial Reskilling programmes offer specialised itineraries in different professions to promote work improvement. 

Forma't i fes-ho oficial aims to improve the employability of the participants and the preparation to access occupations with a future in the world of work. The initiative endorses the training with a certificate of professionalism. An official qualification recognised in areas such as creative industries, business and sports activities, food and smart advanced industry. 

The programme, promoted in collaboration with the SOC (The Catalan Employment Service) and the Barcelona Education Consortium, allows you to improve your professional qualification and learn a new trade. In addition to the classroom sessions, the itineraries also offer contact with companies and networking spaces with the sector, elements that guarantee a competitive advantage in the labour market. 

As a new feature, at the beginning of 2024, Barcelona Activa opened a new information point for the accreditation of professional skills. This free and online service is integrated into the Vocational Training and Qualification system and will make it easier for more people to obtain an official qualification that will allow them to improve their employability. For more information, you can consult the Press release. 

In addition to the certified training, you can also participate in the courses of Sectorial reskilling. The programme presents short-length itineraries in key economic sectors in Barcelona, given in educational centres or by experts in different specialties. There are specialties in sectors such as food and beverages, life and health sciences, commerce, blue economy, sports economy, visitor and restaurant economy, green and circular economy, industry 4.0 and logistics. 

The professional training completes a wide range of activities aimed at promoting job search and professional progress. You can consult all the activities at following link. 

The B-Travel trade fair has become the space that has hosted a new marketplace organised by Barcelona Activa. As part of the experience tourism congress, held at Fira de Barcelona, the agency has organised meetings between companies in the sector and people looking for work.

The conference was held on 18^th March and had eight companies that offered up to 53 different vacancies, mainly in the restaurant and hotel sector. A total of 107 people registered in the municipal agency's job offers appeared for the interviews.

The participating companies were Derby Hotels, El Nacional Barcelona, Hoteles Catalonia, Hotel Hilton Diagonal Mar, Meliá Hotels, NH Hoteles, SB Hotels and Smart Rooms Company. They offered places to work as a cook, waiter, receptionist, room attendants, technician and maintenance officer, baggage porters. 

During 2023, the conferences between companies and people looking for work already incorporated 693 professionals into the labour market. Throughout the year, 1,045 contracts were obtained through the different offers managed by Barcelona Activa. In the coming weeks and until the end of April, a dozen conferences will be held with companies from different sectors.

Find out about the new marketplaces organised by Barcelona Activa over the next few days and weeks!

Barcelona Activa and Barcelona City Council will launch the 2024 edition of the Comprehensive Hiring Projects  (PICs) with 329 places called. The new edition of the programme will be linked to the Pla Endreça, focused on improving the maintenance and cleaning of the public space. The first 127 plans will be launched during the month of April and the rest will be deployed from July. 

The PICs offer the possibility of working for a minimum of six months to people who are unemployed and have difficulty finding work. The participants will form part of an employment project of inclusive hiring and will work in places of the municipal entities that collaborate with the PICs. The programmes combine work experience with guidance, skills training and access to the labour market.   

In the 2024 edition, the link with the Pla Endreça will cause recruitment to reinforce the municipal brigades. In total, 263 places for programmes focused on the maintenance and improvement of the public space and 66 vacancies focused on civic behaviour and coexistence.  

Nou Barris will become the district where more public space improvement programmes will be deployed with 105 people, followed by Sant Andreu, Sant Martí and Ciutat Vella. Services focused on promoting coexistence will be deployed mainly in the Sant Martí and Eixample districts. 

If you want more information about the Comprehensive Hiring Projects, you can find it at link! 

A new edition of the Saló de l'Ensenyament (Education Trade Fair) has arrived and Barcelona Activa will once again be part of it. The benchmark fair for academic guidance presents Secondary School and Baccalaureate students with the opportunity to find out about all the current educational offers. The event is held between 13th and 17th March at the Montjuïc venue of Fira de Barcelona which last year exceeded 100,000 visitors.   

Barcelona Activa has a stand there from where it offers a taste of all the services it carries out at the Convent of Barcelona Activa. The agency disseminates services for young people focused on youth guidance, job search and knowledge of the labour market.  

In the space you can also receive personalised advice and guidance or sign up for service information sessions. There is also a self-access area with digital resources such as Professional interests Test, the Map of employment and training resources and the Key Skills Test. In addition, there will be a draw for 10 powerbanks among all the people who publish, on their social networks, a photo taken in the photo booth that will be at the stand. 

You can consult the press release for more information. And if you want to get to know the services and resources for young people offered by Barcelona Activa, you can find them at this link. 

The Barcelona International WelcomeDesk has already supported nearly 2,000 people from 111 different countries. Two years after the launch of the service, the city's international talent welcome office attends an average of 300 new people every month. The area is promoted by Barcelona City Council, in collaboration with other key public and private agents.

The service aims to facilitate the arrival of international talent that has just landed in the city or is about to do so. The main applicants are usually highly qualified professionals, entrepreneurs and university students. In the two years of its history, the Welcome Desk has carried out more than 6,700 actions with newcomers in the city. 

The most common user profiles are those under 40, from outside the European Union and who have been in Barcelona for less than 6 months when they contact the service. In addition, the office has also become the municipal service for hosting teams from the Copa América Barcelona 2024.

Along the same lines, Barcelona Activa became the protagonist of the 4YFN fair at MWC24, leading the Barcelona Welcomes Talent roundtable. The session took place on 28^th February at the Sabadell Stage of the Congress and focused on the recruitment and retention of digital talent in the city. The table included representatives of leading international companies in different sectors who explained why they have chosen Barcelona as a strategic point for the company.

In addition, Barcelona has consolidated its position as a European leader in investment attraction and promotion strategies. The prestigious Financial Times group has recognised the city as the best positioned European capital in the latest report on European Cities and Regions of the Future 2023/24, ahead of capitals such as London, Madrid, Berlin and Milan.

An excellence in which municipal work has been taken into account in the promotion of clusters in emerging areas such as supercomputing, artificial intelligence, health and biotechnology. The promotion of the start-up ecosystem and the recruitment of talent were also highlighted among the elements that the study has assessed.

Find out about all the services offered by the Barcelona Welcome Desk for international talent through this link  

Barcelona Activa once again commemorates 8th March, International Women's Day, and does so by holding different events and with the presentation of the report ‘Les dones i el mercat de treball’.

The study describes the current image of the labour market in Barcelona in terms of gender, supported by figures on the evolution of the employment rate and the number of women affiliated to Social Security, among others.

The report presents relevant data from the end of 2023 on the most frequent types of contracts and the economic sectors in which they specialise. The situation of the glass ceiling and the wage gap is also observed and the causes of the feminisation of poverty are analysed. Among the most relevant data, it highlights the fact that last year, for the first time in history, more than 40% of the contracts signed by women were indefinite.

It also explains that at the end of last year there were already more than 610,000 women affiliated with Social Security in Barcelona, a figure higher than that of men, a record position in the historical series. However, the wage gap still stands at 17.1%.

With regard to entrepreneurship, it is noteworthy that women represent more than half of new entrepreneurs. However, the study's figures show that the feminisation of poverty is still evident. An example can be found where the percentage of wage-earning women in Barcelona who are paid one thousand euros or less is 30.1%, 4 points above men.

Beyond the report, Barcelona Activa will also commemorate 8M with the jurney #donesqueacompanyendones. From 10am, the Cibernàrium 22@ Auditorium will host an event focused on making visible the professional life cycle of women, highlighting the moments in which they are accompanied professionally by other women with the aim of improving their promotion in the labour market.

El 8 de marzo está muy cerca, ya lo largo de estos días Barcelona se moviliza en esta conmemoración. Barcelona Activa, comprometida con la promoción de la igualdad de género, sigue liderando iniciativas innovadoras y transversales con el objetivo de impulsar las oportunidades profesionales para todas las mujeres. 

A través del programa LIDERA, la agencia fomenta el crecimiento de las mujeres en el mundo laboral, el emprendimiento y las empresas, proporcionando apoyo, formación y mentoraje. Al mismo tiempo, la formación desempeña un papel destacado en los programas especializados de Barcelona Activa sobre todo en áreas estratégicas como la tecnológica, gracias a iniciativas como la IT Academy. 

Esta visión transversal se refleja en todas las áreas de acción de Barcelona Activa, consolidando su misión de contribuir activamente a la construcción de una sociedad más justa e igualitaria. 

Para reafirmar esta apuesta, en la semana del 8M se impartirán actos y talleres con el objetivo de promover la igualdad de género: 

Miércoles, 6 de marzo a las 12h: Conferencia “La Inteligencia Artificial y los sesgos de género en el mercado de trabajo”. Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Campus Ciutadella), Auditorio Mercè Rodoreda. 

Conferencia en el marco de la Cátedra de Política Económica Local de la UPF y el Ajuntament de Barcelona. Con la participación de dos mujeres expertas en la materia: Karina Gibert y Virginia Carreras. Inscríbete a la actividad a través del enlace. 

Miércoles, 6 de marzo a las 16h: 'Descubre el camino profesional de mujeres pioneras en sectores desafiantes'. Sala Emprèn, de Barcelona Activa. 

Mesa de debate para conocer y compartir las experiencias y testimonios de mujeres de diferentes generaciones que se están abriendo camino en sectores tradicionalmente masculinizados, como construcción, aeronáutica o ámbito marítimo. Accede a toda la información aquí. 

Miércoles, 6 de marzo a las 18h: Ciberfeminismo y open hardware: Sistemas abiertos para futuros tecnológicos alternativos. Auditorio Cibernàrium 22@. 

Masterclass sobre los enfoques ciberfeministas en las tecnologías abiertas, creativas, la cultura maker, el DIY y el open hardware. Para apuntarte, haz clic en el enlace. 

Viernes, 8 de marzo a partir de las 10h: Jornada 8 de marzo #donesqueacompanyenadones. Auditorio Cibernàrium 22@. 

En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, se conmemorará el 8M con una jornada dedicada a visibilizar el ciclo de vida profesional de las mujeres, destacando los momentos en los que son acompañadas profesionalmente por otras mujeres con el objetivo de mejorar su promoción en el mundo laboral. 

En este acto se quiere dar valor al acompañamiento y apoyo que las mujeres reciben de otras mujeres en diferentes momentos del desarrollo de su trayectoria académica y profesional, y cómo influye en su percepción y empoderamiento. Apúntate a la jornada a través del formulario. 

Además, el alumnado del Taller d’Oficis participará en la jornada elaborando diferentes centros con flores lilas y amarillas para Barcelona Activa y realizando un diseño de iluminación para el teatro Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris, utilizando la misma gama de colores. 

Consulta toda la información LIDERA programada para las próximas semanas a través de este enlace, o únete a la comunidad de LinkedIn. 

The Mobile World Congress is back in Barcelona and is doing so again accompanied by 4YFN, the benchmark international trade fair for startups. In addition to celebrating the 10th edition of 4YFN, this year the city has consolidated itself as a European startup hub, as shown in the Startup Heatmap Europe, where Barcelona remains the third favourite city to promote a new start-up.  

Barcelona Activa will participate with the aim of supporting and promoting the ecosystem of emerging companies in the city. The agency will have a stand, located in Hall 8.1, which will include a space with 32 exhibiting start-ups incubated in the agency’s facilities or participants in programmes. 

The stand is designed to become the meeting point for the local and international entrepreneurial community. A networking space where you can hold meetings, share experiences and learn about new trends in the sector. It will also have a Food Corner space will free tastings from entrepreneurial projects arising from Barcelona Activa's food, innovation and tech programmes, such as Incapto, Honestly, Gotic Ferments, Sidra Lapplana or Vacka. 

During the 4 days of the trade fair, there will be activities on the recruitment and retention of digital talent and roundtables on financing, or about the deep tech sector. The exhibiting start-ups will also participate in different pitches in which they can present the projects they are promoting. 

Moreover, during the trade fair Beat Barcelona will be held, the official afterwork space to connect with Barcelona-style innovation. A space located in the gardens GG6 and GG7 of Hall 8 with talks, networking, roundtables and immersive experiences to learn about the city's culture, art and gastronomy. 

This Thursday, 22nd February, an event will also be held with the CEO of the company organising the Mobile World Congress, John Hoffman. The GSMA chief executive will give away 500 tickets to IT Academy and 42Barcelona students to attend 4YFN-MWC as thanks for highlighting local technological talent. 

Discover all the information about the presence of Barcelona Activa at the 4YFN-MWC through this link.