CITYMAKERS - The Global Platform for Advanced City-Making Training.

Barcelona Lab 2021

November 08 - 12

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18 PAISES

24 INSTITUCIONES
DE APOYO

5 SECTORES

4 FORMATOS

6 CANALES

CityMakers is The Global Platform of Experts in Good City-Making Practices.
We connect city-makers and influential local leaders around the world to learn from each other and inspire the transformation of their cities.

CITY MAKING SECTORS

Our programs are structured from 5 sectors that contain a great diversity of issues, all of them related to City-Making exercise. These sectors help us to understand better the complexity of cities and how to face its ‘making’.

CIUDAD
GLOBAL

The construction of the connecting system between the city and the world. It is primarily about its international projection.

-City Branding
-Tourism
-Digital city

SUSTAINABLE
MOBILITY

The construction of the urban connecting system.

-Public transport
-Private transpor
-Shared Transport

BUILT
ENVIRONMENT

The construction of the physical system of the city and everything related to it’s build and natural space.

-Ecology
-Urbanism
-Housing

LOCAL
ECONOMY

The bottom-up construction of the city and everything related to the actions that start from the private and social sectors.

-Private Investment
-Cooperative Economy
-Creative Industries

NODAL
GOVERNANCE

The top-down construction of the city and everything related to the actions that start from the public sector.

-Local Government
-Public Finances
-Social-economic Development
-Urban Security

GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Victor Torres

Co-founder

Architect and Master in Urban Planning and Environmental Management from the University of Barcelona; expert in smart cities and territories.

He has been a consultant of local governments on urban development issues, has developed architectural and urban projects in Colombia, Mexico and Chile, was director and associate professor for more than 10 years at the Faculty of Architecture of UPB University Colombia, as well as speaker and jury in multiple congresses and contests in Latin America and Europe.

Camilo Osorio

Co-founder

Architect and Master in Urban and Territorial Development from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia - Barcelona Tech. Specialist in urban planning and urban security.

For more than 15 years he has developed architectural and urban projects around the world, especially in Colombia, Mexico, England, China and Spain. He has worked for local governments for the design and implementation of public policies in urban development, social housing and rehabilitation of neighborhoods. Also, he has participated as an invited speaker in multiple congresses on urban security.