Three out of four people who took the official Catalan exam passed (and received a certificate in just one click).

BarcelonaLast year, Maria earned her C2 Catalan certificate and had to go in person to pick up a copy of the diploma at the Citizen Service Office located on Las Ramblas, in the Barcelona Ministry of Culture. This year, since Thaïs has been removed, she received an email with a link to her Private Citizen Area, where she could check her oral and written exam scores and download her certificate. This is one of the procedures the government had planned to streamline to reduce bureaucracy and costs and improve citizen service. "The digitalization of the Catalan exam certificate was a long-standing request from the public and Language Policy," explains Marta Gil, a technician at the department's Catalan Knowledge Assessment and Accreditation Service, which until now had prioritized other areas, such as the surge in C2 level exams resulting from the mandatory certificate for teachers.

Last Thursday, the Catalan exam results were released. Some 14,000 people had registered for the exam and 10,551 candidates had taken it. Nearly three out of four people who took the exam passed: 7,900 people passed the Catalan exam from levels A2 to C2. Specifically, 6,239 certificates were awarded at level C2, well over the thousand C1 certificates and 300 B2 certificates.

In five days, almost 3,000 people have already downloaded the certificate, and more than 4,000 have made inquiries in the private area. "Knowing Catalan is a symbolic and cultural asset, but also a practical one, because it opens doors to social and professional integration, and that's why there's growing interest in being able to certify knowledge of it at work and in government agencies. One of our goals is to simplify citizens' lives, which is why we've launched the digital certificate of Catalan proficiency," explains the Minister of Language Policy.

"The measure is part of the revolution of small technological changes and the digital transformation that we're promoting from the Catalan Government with the reform of the administration to make things easier for citizens, break down barriers, and streamline people's relationship with the Generalitat," explains the Secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation, Albert Tort. This August, it was estimated that by June 2026, more than 170 process redesigns will have been carried out as part of the administrative reform process being carried out by the Ministry of the Presidency.