The agreement signed by the Deputy Mayor for Economy, Jordi Valls, and the spokesperson for the ERC municipal group in Barcelona City Council is based on the premise that “their main objective is to improve the lives of Barcelonans.”
The document that establishes the budget pact states that “Barcelona is going through a good time, the city is moving forward and we must take advantage of all the opportunities.” “This is a sum of efforts to make it possible for this city to continue moving forward, putting all municipal financial power at the service of the city and maintaining quality and effectiveness in the management of municipal policies and services,” the signatories add.
The agreement between socialists and republicans is specified in the following points:
Creation of a fund of 5 million euros to support entrepreneurship and economic activity in the city and also for the expansion of the Prometeus program to reach 500,000 euros, with the aim of facilitating access to university for young people of neighborhoods with high vulnerability.
Creation of a commissioner for Eix Besòs who will lead the urban transformation project during the mandate, with an added budget of 10 million.
Impulse of a new Mountain Neighborhoods Plan with a specific program for Ciutat Meridiana, Torre Baró, Canyelles, Montbau, Sant Genís dels Agudells or Les Plaines.
Social return plan for the Copa del América that will involve allocating 10 million euros of the municipal tourist tax surcharge to investments in the Barceloneta neighborhood. In addition, a more ambitious plan will be promoted so that every major event has a positive impact on the city, with a training program for students in the technological field associated with the main fairs and cutting-edge conferences.
Creation of the Catalan Language Office, a space to provide assistance to citizens in linguistic matters with a team of professionals for the development of measures to make Catalan a language of widespread social use in the city. This project will have an initial endowment of 4 million.
Development of T-Culture, a card that facilitates access to public cultural offerings, especially in Catalan, at affordable prices, in order to promote cultural consumption in Catalan in the city, which will have an item within the budget allocated to Culture.
Development of a plan to protect local commerce and emblematic and unique commerce through a generational replacement plan within the budget of Barcelona Activa.
Maintain the space where Salvador Puig-Antich was executed, within the Modelo prison project, as an element of memory of the anti-Franco and anti-fascist struggle.
Increase in investment in housing to build 1,000 public apartments this year, plus a support item for those affected in cases of harassment and real estate scams, and for neighborhood communities to protect their tourist apartment buildings, as contemplated in the Code Civilian of Catalonia.
Fund of 15 million to make a city “more walkable” with projects for the comprehensive improvement of public space in different districts with increased pacification in streets such as Balmes, bike lanes such as those on the Maragall or Fabra i Puig promenade or the reform of the Marítim promenade in the Sant Martí section.
Recovery of children’s funds 0-16 with an allocation of 12 million for social emergency economic benefits for families with children from 0 to 16 years old.
Development of the ‘Educational Afternoons’ program, endowed with 1 million in scholarships so that children between 3 and 16 years old can carry out cultural, artistic, scientific and technological and/or leisure extracurricular activities until 7 in the afternoon.
Aid to the managers of municipal sports facilities, without a fund limit, that allows them to cover the economic management deficits generated by the effects of the drought such as the loss of activity, the decrease in the number of members, the closure of swimming pools, etc. .
