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Most practices in: Spain (23)
Tecnalia, formed in 2011 by merging eight Basque applied-research centres, reported €137M turnover in 2023 (+7.4%), 741 patents and 17 new deep-tech …
Barcelona City Council built the open-source platform Decidim to run participatory budgeting and planning; its 2016 strategic-plan process drew 40,000+ citizens and …
Madrid Futuro is an independent, non-profit entity created by the union of 100 public and private companies and institutions committed to the …
Option 3 is a non-profit Social Initiative Cooperative that develops Social Support, Training and Employment Projects for Young People, in collaboration with …
Since 1956, Mondragón Corporation has grown from one Basque cooperative into a group of ~70,000 employees and €11.2bn in 2024 revenue, using …
Madrid Emprende is the first Economic Development Agency managed of Madrid City Council's General Directorate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They are located …
An integrated action plan was created to define the solutions to the problems of gender inequalities in the entrepreneur ecosystem and to …
A €150m, multi-sector plan for 16 deprived Barcelona neighbourhoods (225,631 residents). A peer-reviewed pre-post study with comparison group found health gains for …
Barcelona's open-source Sentilo sensor platform, launched in 2012, now underpins the Diputació de Barcelona's 'Smart Region' — over 300 municipalities sharing 10,350+ …
Barcelona rezoned 200 hectares of derelict Poblenou industry into 22@, now home to over 8,000 companies and 90,000+ jobs — but 20 …
Spain's Next Generation EU-funded Kit Digital gave SMEs and freelancers vouchers of up to €12,000 for digital tools; by its 2025 close …
The PIESS 2021-2023 follows and adapts the roadmap set out by the Barcelona 2030 Social and Solidarity Economy Strategy (#ESSBCN2030 Strategy) while …
This government measure formalizes and shapes the strategy of promoting innovation in the city as a means of leverage for transformation and …
Barcelona closed street grids to through-traffic in pilot 'superblocks'; evaluated zones saw NO2 fall 24% and noise fall 5.4%. A 2019 health-impact …
FEDIT federates 52 technology centres in Spain running applied R&D for client firms; a 2024 Ivie institute study estimated the network's activity …
Founded in 1992, a four-party public company regenerates Bilbao's deindustrialised estuary by receiving port and rail land and reinvesting resale proceeds; evidence …
Vitoria-Gasteiz planned 68 superblocks in 2009; in the Sancho el Sabio pilot, CO2 fell 42% (755→438 t), pedestrian space rose from 45% …
Seville built a connected, traffic-segregated cycle network (12 km to ~120–164 km in 2006–2011) and a bike-share scheme; cycling rose from 0.5% …
Since 1983, the University of Barcelona's technology-transfer foundation has run patenting, licensing and spin-off creation; in 2022 alone it managed 819 research-transfer …
Since 1999 Pontevedra has pedestrianised its centre and capped speeds at 10-30 km/h; reported results include big traffic cuts and no road …
Madrid Central restricted most private vehicles from 472 hectares of the centre from Nov 2018; mean NO2 at the in-zone station fell …
Spain's 2023 Startup Law digital-nomad visa saw granted residence permits roughly double year-on-year, from 9,537 in 2023 to 19,771 in 2024, per …
Since December 2018 Barcelona requires 30% social housing in developments over 600 m². Council data show 156 of 1,650 planned homes built …
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