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You can access a timeline of the Mayor of Barcelona’s most important international actions.
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The Mayor’s international actions strengthen the city's capacity to influence on a municipal level, with special emphasis on issues like the right to housing, support for refugees, social policies, the climate crisis, and the social economy.
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2022Dec
The Mayor of Barcelona travels to Kyiv at the invitation of her counterpart, Vitali Klitschko, and accompanied by the chief of the Barcelona Fire Service, Sebastià Massagué. The Mayor strengthened humanitarian collaboration with the Ukrainian capital through new shipments of emergency materials, sent in addition to the two trucks from the Barcelona Fire Service a few months ago.
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2022Oct
The Mayor takes part in the C40 World Mayors Summit in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Cities warned of the need to speed up action to reduce global warning and also called for states, companies and society to work together towards a fair and green economic recovery.
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2022May
Coinciding with the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp (Austria), the Mayor takes part in ceremonies paying homage to deportees, those who lost their lives in concentration camps and all the victims of Nazism.
The Mayor attends with a delegation organised by the association Amical de Mauthausen.
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2022Mar
The Mayor has a meeting at the Casa Rosada with the president of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández.
She also has a meeting with the vice-president of Argentina and head of the Senate, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and with organisations such as Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, an ethical and political leader in human rights.
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2022Mar
The Mayor attends the swearing-in ceremony for the new president of Chile: Gabriel Boric.
During the trip, the Mayor also engages with other mayors and like-minded municipal experiences, other international delegations and social leaders in the constitutional process.
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2021Nov
The Mayor speaks at the session between cities at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
The Mayor took part together with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, to present the campaign “Cities Race to Zero”.
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2021Oct
The Mayor is taking part in the 7th Global Forum for the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, organised by Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan. The 200 cities meeting up at the Forum are calling for food systems that combat the climate emergency.
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2021Jul
Mayor of Barcelona is elected Vice Chair of the C40 Steering Committee, the governing body providing strategic direction for the global network of 97 cities committed to addressing the climate crisis.
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2020May
During the health and social crisis caused by Covid-19, the Mayor took part in various meetings and gatherings including the “Solidarity in Europe” virtual conference, the #BeyondtheOutbreak gathering about women’s leadership, and the Eurocities network political meeting.
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2020May
On Europe Day, the Mayor spoke to the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, about the role of the cities and the future of Europe.
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2020Jan
The Mayor took part on the eleventh plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly, which was held in Barcelona.
Around 20 representatives from different cities and regions took part in the session.
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2019Nov
The Mayor took part in the inauguration of the EIT Urban Mobility in Barcelona with the talk entitled “Cities leading the Paradigm Shift in Urban Mobility”. Also present were the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, the president of SEAT, Luca de Meo, and the rector of the UPC, Francesc Torres.
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2019Nov
The General Assembly of the Closure of the 6th World CGLU Congress, held in Durban (South Africa), designated the Mayor as special envoy for relations between cities and the United Nations for the next three years.
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2019Oct
The mayor took part in the World C40 Mayors Summit, “The Future We Want”.
The Mayor called for a deadline for stopping the use of diesel, eliminating single use plastics, and limiting short-distance flights as priory actions.
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2019Sep
The Mayor's participation in the inauguration of the Cities for the Climate Emergency World Summit. This was the first United Nations summit on the goals of sustainable development (SDGs) since the 2030 Agenda was adopted in September 2015.
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2019Mar
The Mayor took part in the second Eurocities’ Mayors Summit on the future of Europe, calling for urgent measures concerning housing.
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2019Feb
The Mayor, together with the Mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, and the director of Open Arms, Òscar Camps, were received in Rome by Pope Francesc to take part in a summit with Italian mayors to call for the defence of human rights in the Mediterranean.
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2018Dec
The Mayor attended the first general assembly of EIT Urban Mobility, a project estimated to cost €1.6 billion with 48 partners from 15 countries and coordinated by Barcelona City Council.
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2018Nov
The Mayor’s participation in “C40 Talks: Cities Getting the Job Done”, the first international dialogue between cities belonging to the C40 network (Barcelona).
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2018Oct
The Mayor took part in the opening of the annual Medcities conference, “Mediterranean Cities: sustainable and equitable for everyone”.
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2018Aug
The Mayor visited the Italian municipality of Riace to share migration policies.
The visit, together with the Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, served to express their recognition of the task undertaken by Riace, a shining example of the reception and integration of migrants and the fight against xenophobia.
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2018Jul
In July, the Mayor held meetings focused on housing and gentrification with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
The Mayor and Sadiq Khan wrote the article “Cities with life”, which was published in The Guardian.
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2018Jul
The Mayor's participation in the presentation of the “Cities for adequate housing” declaration at the United Nation's headquarters (New York, USA).
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2018Jul
The Mayor took part in the open debate held at New York University with the then democratic candidate for the 14th District (The Bronx), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, moderated by the journalist Amy Goodman.
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2017Oct
As part of the Citylab project, the Mayor took part in the Fossil Fuel Free Streets Declaration together with the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.
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2016Dec
The Mayor took part in the European Mayors Summit held in the Vatican to jointly address the refugee crisis.
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2016May
The Mayor took part in local governments’ listening sessions in advance of Housing III, which will define the new urban agenda for cities on housing and sustainable development.
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2015Dec
Participation of the Mayor in the Climate Summit for Local Leaders, organised by Paris City Council and Michael Bloomberg, special envoy of the general secretary of the United Nations, on cities and climate change, together with the C40 network and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).
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2015Oct
As part of the “Milan Urban Food Policy Pact” summit, the Mayor signed the Pact in favour of Healthy Eating and Responsible Consumption, together with a hundred other mayors from around the world.
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2015Oct
The Mayor went to Leipzig and Munich (Germany) to learn about their reception and housing solutions for refugees.
The aim of the trip was to share experiences and to see first hand what these cities do to cope with the international emergency.
