MAIN PARTNERS
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Every year, close to 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students, more than 300 doctoral students and 1,600 continuing education students graduate.
UPC Innovation Unit has 25 years of experience promoting Entrepreneurship & Innovation activities. UPC was the first Spanish University to develop a business creation program, and a successful track record in technology transfer, as the Spanish university that has generated more spin offs based in UPC technologies per year since 1998.
Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia
PMT is a private company owned by UPC, created in 2001, with the aim to promote education, research, technology transfer and manage incubation buildings in Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (Campus UPC Baix Llobregat), where will be performed the ESA BIC Barcelona Activity and the optional allocation of the ESA Incubatees.
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Generalitat de Catalunya
The Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy is structured around five main areas: fostering more innovative companies, attracting more qualified talent, establishing alliances with leading sectors, strengthening international presence, and projecting Catalonia as a benchmark in the space sector.
To achieve these objectives, a capital fund will be made available to boost the space industry with an initial public investment of €40 million, in addition to the €7.5 million budget, to roll out the first actions in 2026.
The strategy is the result of a participatory process involving the main players in the Catalan space sector, as well as experts, institutions, and international agents, to respond to the needs of a sector that should be key to the reindustrialization of Catalonia and that must connect with Spanish and European strategies to place us in the top division of space.
8 satellite missions
The new strategy envisages eight satellite missions between now and 2030, aiming to boost European sovereignty in space communications. These missions are structured around two areas:
– Earth observation is used to respond to droughts, floods, and other emergencies.
– Communications, to reach remote areas and deal with situations such as blackouts
OPERATIONAL PARTNERS
The Economic Development Agency of AMB is the fruit of a consensus among the localities in the metropolitan area as to how to advance their efforts to make the region more competitive.
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Barcelona Activa is Barcelona’s local economic development agency and contributes to the improvement of the quality of life of the people by promoting the economic competitiveness of the city and re-balancing the territories.
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