The old modernist buildings are today modern and functional workspaces intended for organizations that promote projects with a high social impact in the areas of innovation, sustainability, health, education and culture. These institutions develop their programs, and also establish collaboration agreements to carry out projects and activities that provide answers to some of society’s challenges.
The Banco Farmacéutico is an NGO created in 2005 that works to promote the social inclusion of people through their health and to respond to pharmaceutical poverty.
LEARN MOREThe Barcelona Health Hub is an association that works to promote innovation in digital health and its transfer to the sector;
LEARN MORESpecializing in strategies for sustainable consumption and production, the MedWaves center supports the member countries of the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea.
LEARN MOREThe European Forestry Institute (EFI) conducts research and provides policy support on forest-related issues, stimulating networking and disseminating impartial and policy-relevant information.
LEARN MOREThe Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) is an independent research and prospecting forum.
LEARN MORENon-governmental alliance representing more than 800 rare disease patient organizations in 70 countries.
LEARN MOREFoundation created in 2006 with the aim of recovering, studying and disseminating the personality and work of one of the most decisive and emblematic Catalan figures of the second half of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, Lluís Domènech i Montaner , architect of the Sant Pau Modernist Complex.
LEARN MOREThe WHO Barcelona Office is a center of excellence on health financing to achieve universal health coverage (UCH, in English). It works with Member States of the WHO European Region to promote public policies based on scientific research.
LEARN MOREThe United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) works to improve the future of urban spaces. Its mission is to promote human settlements that are sustainable in social and environmental terms.
LEARN MOREThe Banco Farmacéutico is an NGO created in 2005 that works to promote the social inclusion of people through their health and to respond to pharmaceutical poverty. The entity structures its action around three strategic pillars: conducting research to determine the economic and social consequences of pharmaceutical poverty, giving visibility to this problem and attending to people who cannot access medicines due to financial difficulties.
The Barcelona Health Hub is an association that works to promote innovation in digital health and its transfer to the sector; seeks the support of large organizations in the sector to connect startups with large companies in the pharmaceutical industry, insurers and other organizations of new technologies in the field of health. The ultimate goal is to connect entrepreneurs and large companies to transfer cutting-edge innovation to the healthcare industry.
Specializing in strategies for sustainable consumption and production, the MedWaves center supports the member countries of the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. It works towards the circular economy, marine waste and plastic pollution, toxic chemicals and the blue economy. The team offers training, technical assistance and advice services. The aim is to translate knowledge into real programming on the ground.
The European Forestry Institute (EFI) conducts research and provides policy support on forest-related issues, stimulating networking and disseminating impartial and policy-relevant information. The Barcelona office hosts its Center for the Mediterranean (EFIMED), the Genetic Resources Center (EFIGEN) and the International Partnerships Facility, a global center of knowledge and experience that supports policy and government reforms to safeguard the forests of the world.
www.efi.int
The Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) is an independent research and prospecting forum. It develops integrated analysis projects of political, social and economic factors in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It works in collaboration with the European Union, the Union for the Mediterranean, universities, think tanks and financial institutions.
www.euromed-economists.org
Non-governmental alliance representing more than 800 rare disease patient organizations in 70 countries. The mission of EURORDIS – Rare Diseases Europe is to work across borders to improve the lives of people affected by a rare disease.
www.eurordis.org
Foundation created in 2006 with the aim of recovering, studying and disseminating the personality and work of one of the most decisive and emblematic Catalan figures of the second half of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, Lluís Domènech i Montaner , architect of the Sant Pau Modernist Complex.
www.fldm.cat
The WHO Barcelona Office is a center of excellence on health financing to achieve universal health coverage (UCH, in English). It works with Member States of the WHO European Region to promote public policies based on scientific research. The Office supports countries in developing policies, monitoring progress and designing reforms through a combination of diagnosis, options analysis, high-level dialogues and international exchange of experiences. The Office also coordinates WHO training courses on health financing and health systems strengthening.
The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) works to improve the future of urban spaces. Its mission is to promote human settlements that are sustainable in social and environmental terms. Through the Urban Resilience Hub (UN-Habitat/Urban Resilience Hub) it encourages increasing the resilience of cities through technical cooperation, promotion and knowledge sharing. The program has developed the main UN-Habitat tool to improve the resilience of urban centers and coordinates the Barcelona Resilience Week, among many other areas of work.