What is the Plan?

Promoted by the Barcelona City Council, the Strategic Metropolitan Plan of Barcelona (PEMB) is a private non-profit association that brings together the 36 municipalities that make up the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB). The PEMB also includes the participation of other administrations (the Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona Provincial Council and different regional councils); the territory's most important economic and social bodies, including the Chamber of Commerce, Cercle d'Economia, Foment del Treball (employment promotion agency), the University of Barcelona, the Fira de Barcelona (trade fairs), the Port and the Airport; as well as other regional institutions, including the Mancomunitat de Municipis (the association of municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona) and the governing bodies of metropolitan transport and environment (the EMT and the EMMA, respectively). [Read more...]