Barcelona

In 2001, Barcelona launched School Agenda 21, an educational program to involve schools in sustainability. Promotes learning and participation in solving real environmental problems, involving students, teachers and the community.

The “Live and Live together” project, started in Barcelona in 1996, facilitates coexistence between older people and students, offering accommodation in exchange for company and help, promoting intergenerational solidarity exchange.

The Solidarity Bank of Free Services provides mutual aid between non-profit volunteers, addressing local needs that the administrations do not cover, especially the elderly and children with difficulties.

Barcelona City Council organizes free classical music concerts in urban parks during July, to promote culture, support young musicians and offer an accessible and relaxed environment.

The Barcelona Youth Training – Occupation Plan facilitates the transition to employment for young people without a secondary qualification, connecting schools with occupational resources and offering advice for training and youth employment.

The “Virtual Memory of the Elderly of Sant Martí” unites students and older people in the recovery of the district’s historical memory, promoting joint learning and the use of technologies.

The project seeks to collect oral testimonies from older people who lived through the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War, to document the history of neighborhoods and enrich local libraries.

Since 2008-2009, “Laia’s Proclamation” was transformed into an educational activity for primary school students in Barcelona, ​​allowing them to participate in the collective creation of the proclamation of the winter festivities, promoting participation and dialogue about cultural diversity.