Finally, the proposal to include a universal child benefit is on the table, with broad political and technical consensus. Today, Xavier Trabado, president of the Catalan Third Sector Social Organizations Roundtable, is defending it in the ARA newspaper. These organizations have long supported such a measure. With this initiative, which the Spanish government wants to include in the 2026 budget—it remains to be seen whether it will be approved—families would receive €200 per month for each dependent child under 18 (€2,400 per year per child). Nineteen of the twenty-seven countries in the European Union have a similar allowance. Is it a good idea? Is it socially just? What is its purpose? Would it work?

The Table of Entities of the Third Social Sector of Catalonia and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), through the digital innovation project m4Social, have developed the first Catalan digital divide index, a pioneering indicator that, for the first time, uses data from both public and private sources thanks to the collaboration between civil society, public administrations, and the private sector.