The support of the Barcelona Provincial Council The inclusion of cycling in major events, such as the Volta a Catalunya, the 2025 Vuelta a España Femenina, and the 2026 Tour de France, demonstrates the Corporation's commitment to promoting cycling in the province. The benefits of cycling are numerous, both in terms of sport and society. On the one hand, it is an accessible and healthy sport that contributes to improving the health and quality of life of the population and helps prevent cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, using a bicycle as a means of daily transport improves sustainable mobility and reduces the environmental impact of transportation. Furthermore, cycling is an excellent excuse for socializing, participating in, and riding with the many cycling clubs in the municipalities of Barcelona. Therefore, the Provincial Council's Cycling Promotion Plan aims to leave a sporting legacy in the province that will allow for the continued promotion of road cycling, both on open roads and on the municipal cycling circuits within the region.

“When the city council gets involved, the citizens do too,” says Carol Ródenas, a resident of El Prat de Llobregat, standing under a brand-new photovoltaic pergola recently built in the town. The installation, which will also serve as a climate shelter, will generate 1 MW of energy—equivalent to the annual consumption of 300 families—for the city's water treatment facilities and for the community energy project that El Prat launched in 2022, of which Carol is a member. “It's not just about the financial savings; it's the pride of being part of this transition, of reducing emissions, of using clean energy generated right here in the municipality,” she adds. This isn't an isolated initiative: to promote the energy transition, the city council is installing photovoltaic panels on all municipal rooftops. It also has a network of shared electric vehicles to decarbonize transportation, explains Susanna Laredo, coordinator of Environmental Action, Energy, and Urban Services for the El Prat City Council.

Businesses in the Barcelona region continued to grow in 2023, the third consecutive year of growth following the impact of the pandemic in 2020. Specifically, all commercial companies in the province increased their revenue by 5.3% compared to 2022, reaching €367.078 million. Furthermore, the study indicates that business turnover is projected to continue increasing by 6.4% in 2024.

Working in the service of society through public administration is an increasingly attractive option for many people. It allows them to carry out work that impacts the lives of citizens and contributes to collective well-being. Furthermore, it offers stable working conditions that help with family and work-life balance, allowing for a diverse and enriching professional career.

The vast majority of industrial companies are located in industrial estates, and there are currently 817 in the province of Barcelona. Industrial estates are the responsibility of municipalities and, therefore, become the main instrument of transformation they have at their disposal to promote industry and generate wealth in their territories. However, at the same time, these are infrastructures that require a high level of maintenance to ensure the competitiveness of the companies that operate there and attract new investment.

The towns and cities of the province of Barcelona are ideal for local, conscious, and sustainable tourism, and you'll find a wide range of quality activities and services to satisfy even the most demanding travelers.

"My father didn't want me to work at the Maternity Home, but both my mother and I were very firm and we achieved it," explains Fina Flórez Basany. This vocational nurse was born at the Maternity Home in 1947, grew up there, and then worked there until she retired. "My mother was a resignation and they adopted her, but at 16, during the Civil War, she had to return to the Maternity Home. She didn't have a very happy childhood, and returning to the Maternity Home was like a small miracle. She learned a lot there. She was a very well-educated woman," says Flórez. It was also at the Maternity Home in Barcelona that Fina's mother met her husband, who was her caretaker. "Marriage emasculated her; she could no longer work," adds Flórez.

The Barcelona Provincial Council has the fourth-largest public budget after the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Barcelona City Council, and the Metropolitan Area (Metropolitan Area), but it often goes unnoticed in the public eye. The 2024 budget was €1,243.87 million and consists of several items, including transfers to local and private entities, which represent 42.23% of the total: €525.31 million. These resources include discretionary subsidies, which in 2024 amounted to €94.5 million, a figure that has multiplied fivefold compared to the previous year. ARA has analyzed the use of this money, which the provincial body allocates by hand, that is, based on political will: of the 61.8 million euros that go to local authorities, almost 40% (36.96%) is concentrated in just two regions, Alt Penedès and Anoia, according to data provided by the Provincial Council VII of the budget (capital transfers). Within these regions, the majority of the resources are received by the municipalities of the Junts party.

The Barcelona Provincial Council's mobile ATM service is now completely free. According to the supra-municipal body, starting this Monday, users will no longer have to pay the €1.35 fee for each cash withdrawal. The Provincial Council will cover this cost "to guarantee equitable access to banking services in municipalities without bank branches," it explains. in a press release.

If you have professional interests in the world of the performing arts and want to know what and where to study, the Institut del Teatre is the leading school in Catalonia for training in this field. Founded in 1913 by the Barcelona Provincial Council, this center is a benchmark in teaching, creation, research, and preservation of performing arts heritage and is committed to pedagogical and artistic innovation.

Institut del Teatre will send the files opened against twelve former teachers Barcelona's Provincial Prosecutor's Office so that it may determine whether there was "sexual harassment, abusive behaviour or abuse of power" in their behaviour with students. Thus, one year after ARA uncovered the abuse of power and harassment denounced by a score of students, the school informed the authorities of the findings made by its own Commission for the Prevention and Investigation of Sexual Harassment. At this point the twelve teachers are retired and one of the names that appears is that of theatre director Joan Ollé

The Institut del Teatre has reported teacher Boris Dausà, who had been accused of sexual harassment by a student, to the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona. Seven months after ARA uncovered cases of sexual harassment and abuse of power by different teachers over the years, the Institut del Teatre has passed on the file opened against one of the thirteen staff that appeared before the prevention and investigation commission investigating the accusations. In May, this commission concluded that files would be opened on three teachers and one of them, Boris Dausà, would be reported to the Prosecutor's office due to evidence of sexual harassment. "Once the Diputació de Barcelona finished its investigation, and given that the indications of sexual harassment have been confirmed, we have informed the public prosecutor's office", the centre wrote in a statement.