61 10 1525 https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1049/19861011d_00159.pdf 51331e63c3a2133ec64449a92526cd22 PDF Text Text Ajuntament de Barcelona. Prego per de l a l'Excm. Ides de Montbui, pronunciat Fes+...i: Pasqual Mara_, . ^ ` Alcald e de Barcelona Caldes de Montbui, 11 d'octubre 1986 Exp. 705/84 • IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �A ñtament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació BENVOLGUTS CALDERINS: EL VOSTRE ALCALDE HA VOLGUT QUE AQUEST ANY L'ALCALDE DE BARCELONA PRONUNCII EL PREGó DE LA FESTA MAJOR. AMB TOTA IL.LUSIó HE CONSIDERO UN ACCEPTAT HONOR; PER. A Mi I LA INVITACÍó, QUE PER A 'LA CIUTAT DE BARCELONA. PEL QUE REPRESENTA LA VILA DE CALDES, SER LA PRIMERA VEGADA QUE ES FA UN I PER PREGó A LES VOSTRES FESTES.' ES UNA MONTBUI NOVA. PROVA DE L' ESTIMACIó D'.' CALDES DE PER BARCELONA, QUE BARCELONA APRECIA ENORMEMENT EN PROCEDIR D'UNA VILA AMB UNA PERSONALITAT TAN FORTA CON LA DE CALDES. PERQUE LLEGINT EL RECORREGUT DE CALDES A TRAVÉS DEL TEMPS, UN BARCELONí. NO POT SOSTREURE'S DE FER–SE UNES- QUANTES REFLEXIONS. LA VILA DE CALDES HA MANTINGUT LA SEVA PP.ESNCIA A Exp. 82 - 86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �Ajúntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació LA HISTòRIA DURANT SEGLES I SEGLES, CONSERVANT LA SEVA IDENTITAT, LA SEVA PERSONALITAT. LES VOSTRES TERMES EREN CITADES • PER PLINI I PER PTOLOMEU MIL ANYS ABANS DE QUE NEIXÉS EL. COMPTAT DE BARCELONA, ABANS QUE NEIXÉS CATALUNYA. MÉS TARD, PER TOTA L'EDAT MITJANA, CALDES VA DONAR PROVES DE LA SEVA CONSTàNCIA EN EL TREBALL. D'AQUESTA MANERA EL SEU MERCAT VA TENIR LA IMPORTàNCIA QUE VA TENIR: ELS SEUS TEIXITS I. DRAPS EREN APRECIATS ARREU DEL MON CONEGUT EN AQUELL TEMPS. DESPRÉS VAN VENIR LES PESTES, LES GUERRES, LES ` CALAMITATS. PERò SEMPRE, EN LES ÉPOQUES BONES I •-DOLENTES, CALDES VA DESTACAR-SE PEL SEU AFANY DE LLIBERTAT. PER AIXò VA SER UNA VILA. DE JURISDICCI6 REIAL, PROTEGIDA DELS ABUSOS DELS SENYORS .FEUDALS. ALFONS EL MAGNàNIM LI VA CONCEDIR EL TíTOL. DE BRAÇ, MEMBRE I 'CARRER DE BARCELONA. COM SABEU, EN AQUELLS TEMPS, SER' . "CARRER DE BARCELONA" ERA UNA MOSTRA DE •LLIBERTAT, UNA GARANTIA QUE .LA CIUTAT DE BARCELONA CONFERIA A LES VILES-CATALANES CONTRA EL MAL US QUE ELS Exp. 82-86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �-4- Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Ref.: SOBIRANS FEIEN DE LA SEVA JURISDICCIó. L'AMOR PER LA LLIBERTAT DE CALDES ES VA DEMOSTRAR TAMBÉ A LES GUERRES DELS SEGADORS, DE SUCESSI6 I DEL FRANCS. I MALGRAT QUE LA DEFENSA DE LA LLIBERTAT LI VA COSTAR MOLT CARA, CALDES VA SABER RECUPERAR-SE .I RECOBRAR EL SEU RITME, EL SEU TARANNà DE VILA EQUILIBRADA I PRODUCTIVA. A VEGADES LES ÉPOQUES DE DEPRESSI&' VAN SER LLARGUES. PERò LA IIISTòRIP: D'AQUESTA VILA, AMB ELS SEGLES I SEGLES QUE TÉ AL . DARRERA, NO ES - POT JUTJAR COM UNA .ALTRA QUALSEVOL. AMB AQUESTA PERSPECTIVA ES , POT VEURE, DONCS, LA CONTINUITAT, LA COHERèNCIA SECULAR DE CALDES DE MONTBUI. AQUESTES QUALITATS US HAN PERMÉS TAMBn TRAVESSAR EL DESARROLLIS11E 'BRUTAL DELS ANYS SEIXANTA, SENSE QUEDAR-VOS .AL MARGE DELS SEUS EFECTES BENFICS, PER SENSE PATIR EL DISLOCAT-LENT DE L'ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL QUE HAN PATIT ALTRES POBLACIONS. Exp. 82-88 • IMPREMtA MUNICIPAL �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació QUAN VA PASSAR LA FEBRE DESARROLLISTA, QUAN VA VENIR LA CRISI, CALDES DE MONTBUI HA SABUT SUPERAR-LA AMB UN ÉXIT NOTABLE. LA VOSTRA SOCIETAT ÉS UN MODEL D'INTEGRACI6 I DE CONVIVèNCIA. TOT CATALUNYA N'HA D'APRENDRE MOLT. NO TINC CAP DUBTE QUE EN_EL FUTUR CALDES DE MONTBUI MANTINDRà LA SEVA PERSONALITAT, I CONTINUARà GUARDANT L'EQUILIBRI ENTRE LES SEVES TRADICIONS I ELS -AVENÇOS DE LA SOCIETAT, DE LA TECNOLOGIA. LA VITALITAT I LA SALUT DELS VOSTRES JOVES, QUE ES MANIFESTA A TRAVS DE LES VOSTRES ASSOCIACIONS, A TRAVèS DELS VOSTRES EQUIPS DE FüTBOL, D'HOQUEI, DE BàSQUET, N'ES UNA GARANTIA. I AQUEST JOVENT COM EL DE CALDES, AME EL SEU ENTUSIASME, ÉS UN DELS MILLORS ARGUMENTS QUE TÉ BARCELONA PER ACONSEGUIR ELS JJ.ÓO. CALDES DE MONTBUI JA FA MÉS D'UN ANY , QUE ES VA ADHERIR OFICIALMENT A LA CANDIDATURA DE BARCELONA. AVUI Exp. 82-86 • IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �Aj ntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació HE VIST COM RENOVAVEU MASSIVAMENT AQUESTA ADHESIó. AMICS CALDERINS, LA DECISIó QUE ES PRENDRà LA SETMANA QUE VI A PER A LA CIUTAT DE LAUSANA POT SER CRUCIAL BARCELONA I. PER A TOTA CATALUNYA. LA OBTENCIó DELS JJ.00. PER A BARCELONA POT SIGNIFICAR UN IMPULS QUE AJUDAR A MODERNITZAR TOTA CATALUNYA, A ÀGLUTINAR TOT UN SEGUIT D 'ACTIVITATS DISPERSES, DES DE L'ESPORT FINS A LES TELECOMUNICACIONS. RECORDEU COM ARRAN DE L'EXPOSICI6 DE BARCELONA BARCELONA VA DONAR UN AL 1929, GRAN SALT ENDEVANT QUE, ENTRE' ALTRES BENEFICIS, VA DONAR UN GRAN IMPULS .A L'ECONOMIA CALDERINA GRàCIES A L'EXPLOTACIó DE LES PEDPERES PER FER. LLAMBORDES PER ALS CARRERS DE BARCELONA. CALDES, AMB LA SEVA MAGNíFICA BASE ESPORTIVA, AMB EL SEU MAGNíFIC. EQUIPAMENT HOTELER, SUPERIOR A TERRASSA. I. SABADELL, POT SER BENEFICIàRIA DIRECTA DELS JJ.00. DEM MATEIX M' EN VAIG CAP A LAUSANA PER SER PRESENT A Exp. 82.88 - LES SESSIONS DEL IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL COMITF OLíMPIC INTERNACIONAL. PODEU �Ajuntament de. Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació ESTAR SEGURS QUE ME N'ANIRÉ PROFUNDAMENT SATISFET DE QUE EL MEU úLTIM ACTE OFICIAL A CATALUNYA, ABANS DE SORTIR, HAGI ESTAT AQUESTA PARTICIPACI6 Á LA FESTA MAJOR DE CALDES. DE MONTBUI, ON HE POGUT CONSTATAR EL VOSTRE ENTUSIASME. AMICS MEUS, JO ESPERO QUE QUAN AQUEST ANY CELEBREU LA VOSTRE CAPVUITADA, PODEU CELEBRAR TAMBÉ LA CONCESSIÓ DELS JOCS A BARCELONA. I SI NO ENS ELS DONESSIN, NINGú NO ENS PODRà TREURE TOT EL QUE HEt. VISCUT AQUESTS DOS úLTIMS ANYS, NO ENS PODRAN -TREURE EL DESCOBRIMENT D . 'AQUESTA FORMIDABLE SOLIDARITAT DEL JOVENT I DELS POBLES DE CATALUNYA. PERÒ JA NO HEM DE PARLAR MÉS. ANEèN A DIVERTIR-NOS. QUE COMENCI LA FESTA, LA GRESCA, L'ALEGRIA. Exp. 82-86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3955 Title A name given to the resource Festa Major de Caldes de Montbui / Pregó Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Caldes de Montbui Language A language of the resource Català Subject The topic of the resource Caldes de Montbui Festes majors Barcelona Història Municipis Jocs Olímpics (25ns : 1992 : Barcelona, Catalunya) Territoris Model social Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-11 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1050/19861012d_00160.pdf 064426fccca202e819ebeeea8af67751 PDF Text Text Ajuntament de Barcelona Palabras del Excmo. Sr. Alcalde, Pasqual Maragail, en la comida ofrecida al Cuerpo Consular Festes de la Merc e' . , 1986 �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació HONORABLES SEÑORES CóNSULES, QUERIDOS AMIGOS: ESTOS DÍAS CELEBRAMOS LA FIESTA MAYOR DE BARCELONA, Y CON ESTE MOTIVO ME ES MUY GRATO REUNIRME UNA VEZ MáS CON USTEDES. ESTA ES UNA OCASIóN QUE QUIERO CONSIDERAR COMO REUNIóN DE AMIGOS QUE CELEBRAN LA FIESTA DE SU CIUDAD. PERO TAMBIÉN DEBO TENER PRESENTE NUESTRA COMIIN CONDICIóN DE SERVIDORES PGBLICOS. Y POR ESO, AUNQUE LA OCASIóN SEA FESTIVA, VOY A DEDICAR UNOS MOMENTOS A RECORDARLES ALGUNOS PUNTOS DE REFLEXIóN POLÍTICA, EN LOS QUE COINCIDIMOS NO S5L0 LOS PARTIDOS DEL EQUIPO DE GOBIERNO SINO TAMBIÉN LA OPOSICIóN. HABRÁN VISTO QUE UNA DE LAS POLÍTICAS DE ESTE AYUNTAMIENTO SE DIRIGE A CONSEGUIR QUE SE RECONOZCA A BARCELONA SU CONDICIÓN DE CAPITAL DE ESPAÑA QUE DE HECHO ES, ADEMAS DE LA OFICIAL, Y SU DIMENSIÓN DE CAPITAL EUROPEA. �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació BARCELONA QUIERE TAMBIÉN SER UNA METRÓPOLI MODERNA Y EFICIENTE QUE TENGA UN PESO ESPECÍFICO EN LA REGIÓN TRANSPIRENAICA Y EN TODO EL MEDITERRáNEO. BARCELONA TIENE' TAMBIÉN UNA CLARA VOCACIÓN LATINOAMERICANA. QUIERE SER LA PUERTA DE EUROPA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y LA PUERTA DE AMÉRICA LATINA EN EUROPA. BARCELONA ES CONSCIENTE DE LA TRASCENDENCIA ECONÓMICA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES, DE LA NECESIDAD DE REVITALIZAR SU PUERTO, SU AEROPUERTO, ESPECIALMENTE EN LA PERSPECTIVA DE LA AMPLIACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA. BARCELONA, EN FIN, QUJIERE MANTENERSE A LA ALTURA DE SU CONDICIÓN DE CAPITAL DE UNA CATALUÑA QUE, PESE A TODAS LAS DIFICULTADES, DISFRUTA DE SUS INSTITUCIONES DE AUTOGOBIERNO, RECUPERADAS TRAS MUCHOS AÑOS DE OBSCURIDAD. TODO ELLO HACE QUE, SI ME PERMITEN QUE EN ESTE AMBIENTE DE CONFIANZA Y AMISTAD DEJE DE SER �1 Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació "DIPLOMáTICO", EL PAPEL DE UN CóNSUL EN BARCELONA SEA MUCHO MáS SIGNIFICATIVO DE LO QUE SERÍA EN OTRA CIUDAD DE DIMENSI6N PARECIDA A LA DE BARCELONA. BARCELONA, ADEMáS, HA ESCOGIDO, COMO AGLUTINADOR DE NUESTROS ESFUERZOS PARA LOGRAR LOS DESEOS QUE HE EXPUESTO, UN PROYECTO CAPAZ DE MOVILIZAR E ILUSIONAR LOS ESFUERZOS DE TODOS: LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS DE 1992. LA CANDIDATURA OLÍMPICA HA CONTRIBUIDO A AUMENTAR LA PRESENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE BARCELONA. ESTO HA SIDO AúN MáS PATENTE A MEDIDA QUE SE ACERCA EL DIA DE LA DECISI6N DEL COMITÉ OLÍMPICO INTERNACIONAL. TENEMOS LA VOLUNTAD DE QUE ESTA PRESENCIA INTERNACIONAL AUMENTE AUN MáS, TANTO SI OBTENEMOS LA ORGANIZACIóN DE LOS JJ.00 COMO SI NO, Y ESTOY SEGURO QUE PARA ELLO SEGUIRÉ CONTANDO CON LA INESTIMABLE AYUDA DE TODOS USTEDES. YO ESPERO, QUERIDOS AMIGOS, QUE USTEDES SE LLEGUEN A SENTIR DEL TODO BARCELONESES. Y QUE DESDE ESTE -4Ref.: �Auntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació SENTIMIENTO APOYARAN NUESTROS DESEOS ALLá DONDE SUS CARRERAS LES LLEVEN EN EL FUTURO. EL AYUNTAMIENTO QUE PRESIDO QUIERE HACER LO POSIBLE PARA QUE ESTO SEA ASÍ. HOY, HONORABLES SEÑORES, QUERIDOS AMIGOS, ESTAMOS REUNIDOS PERSONAS DE LAS MS DIVERSAS PROCEDENCIAS. PERO TODOS TENEMOS UNA COSA EN COMEN: EL DESEO DE FRATERNIDAD, DE AMISTAD DE ARMONÍA ENTRE LOS PUEBLOS. MI DESEO ES QUE BARCELONA SEA UN SÍMBOLO DE ESTE DESEO PARA TODA LA HUMANIDAD. POR ESO ALZO MI COPA Y BRINDO POR TODOS USTEDES, POR LOS PAÍSES QUE REPRESENTAN Y POR BARCELONA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3956 Title A name given to the resource Palabras del Excm. sr. Alcalde, Pasqual Maragall, en la comida ofrecida al Cuerpo Consular Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Language A language of the resource Castellà Subject The topic of the resource Autonomia Jocs Olímpics (25ns : 1992 : Barcelona, Catalunya) Competitivitat Barcelona Relacions Internacionals Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-09-23 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1051/19861017d_00165.pdf 2dae40e075aaea353d77150ded8d99da PDF Text Text ó Departament de Premsa codi: jolct J Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Pea. S. Jaume, s/n 08002 Barcelona Telèfon: (93) 302 15 78 30145 34 Tèlex: 54519 Laye E LA PRIMERA VICTòRIA Estareu llegint aquestes ratlles mentre jo em trobo a Lausanne, a la seu del Comité Olímpic Internacional, tot esperant la decisió d'aquest organisme sobre la ciutat que ha d'organitzar els Jocs de 1992. Ahir vàrem presentar la proposta de Barcelona, i ara hi ha les deliberacions que se celebren a porta tancada. Ja fa ben bé cinc anys que avançàrem la sol.licitud de Barcelona, i tenim raons fonamentades per suposar que la nostra ciutat té grans possibilitats d'esdevenir seu olímpica. Una trajectòria constant d'il.lusió, de rigor i esperances. Avui, a unes hores escasses de la resolució final, podem recordar amb nitidesa els principis bàsics que ens impulsaren a demanar els Jocs i que, sobretot, ens han mogut a seguir-hi treballant intensament. Per que, doncs, hem presentat la Candidatura de Barcelona ? En quatre paraules, perque estem convençuts que és bo per a Barcelona i per a Catalunya, també per a tot Espanya. Els Jocs Olímpics, d'acord amb el projecte que hem anat polint al llarg d'aquests cinc anys, poden ser extraordinàriament beneficiosos per a tothom. Les ciutats que no son capitals d'un estat, com Barcelona, a vegades han de créixer a embats, obeïnt a esdeveniments puntuals -86 - IMPPEM1A MUNICIPAL �Ajuntament Departament de Premsa de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Pla. S. Jaume, s/n 08002 Barcelona Telèfon: (93) 302 15 78 301 45 34 Tèlex: 54519 Laye E que revigoritzen el teixit urbá, econòmic i social. Les grans fites de les Exposicions Universals de 1888 i 1929 marcaren la culminació de la Barcelona industrial. En l'actualitat, la nova Barcelona requereix alguna altra fita que consagri el dinamisme que ja s'insinua tot acostant-nos a l'any 2000. - La postulació olímpica ha servit per a encarrilar i accelerar una remodelaciq urbanística que la ciutat exigia des de feia molts anys. S'ha avançat molt en la remodelació de l'Estadi de Montjuïc i en la construcció del nou Palau d'Esports, que constituïen veritables exigències històriques de tots els ciutadans. Al mateix temps, s'han engegat un conjunt d'actuacions en matèria de planificació tecnològica, de renovació hotelera, o de rellançament econòmic, que progressaran encara que els Jocs no siguien concedits a Barcelona. Aixó contribuirá a construir una ciutat més activa, una ciutat moderna, a l'alçada de qualsevol capital occidental. Vull insistir molt especialment en el fet que totes aquestes operacions, acoblades però no condicionades a la Candidatura Olímpica, actuaran també com a revulsiu per a tot Catalunya. L'energia que irradia Barcelona, la seva capacitat receptora i alhora creativa, són elements que ajuden a fer de Catalunya, precisament, un país innovador i cosmopolita. - 86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �Departament de Premsa n+. Ajuntament ^ de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Pça. S. Jaume, s/n 08002 Barcelona Telèfon: (93) 302 15 78 301 45 34 Tèlex: 54519 Laye E A part, és evident que la possibilitat de celebrar uns Jocs Olímpics a casa nostra representan una ocasió inigu alable per a donar a conéixer_la nostra llengua, la nostra cultura, la nostra mentalitat, en resum, la nostra identitat, tal com és, arreu del món. Resulta realment difícil trobar cap altra celebració puntual que desperti tal capacitat de projecció i difusió d'imatge. No cal dir que la catalanitat dels Jocs, l'any 1992, serà un dels factors distintius en relació a altres edicions olímpiques. I ho serà molt més que, per exemple, arran de les Exposicions Universals de 1888 i de 1929. Al llarg dels anys, el que perdura és la feina feta. El que es preveu per als Jocs Olímpics, el que s'ha emprès ja en etapa de Candidatura, quedarà com a patrimoni de tots els ciutadans. Voldria ressaltar, finalment, la significació que poden adquirir els Jocs, també per Espanya, en una societat que, decididament, ha pres el camí de la concòrdia i de la modernització. Les llibertats democràtiques, el procés autonòmic, la plena integració a Europa, han creat les condicions òptimes per a celebrar un esdeveniment de les" característiques d'uns Jocs Olímpics, que fomentin la convivència i el sentiment universal a través de l'esport. El foment de l'esport, indissociable del fet olímpic, permet que un -86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �~kv +IIIII Departament de Premsa n+ i• Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Pça. S. Jaume, s/n 08002 Barcelona Telèfon: (93) 302 15 78 301 45 34 Tèlex: 54519 Laye E esdeveniment organitzat a una ciutat es faci extensiu a tot un Estat. I la unanimitat no sols a Catalunya sino, que s'ha respirat a la resta d'Espanya, en relació amb la proposta barcelonina, és potser el màxim exponent d'aquest fenomen. Així, de fet, feia temps que no s'advertia un entusiasme, a tot l'Estat, per projectes nascuts a Catalunya. Aquell lema promocional, "Barcelona '92, un objectiu de tothom", ha esdevingut una realitat ben palpable. La gent que ha donat el seu suport a la Candidatura, des dels 70.000 voluntaris de totes les edats i condicions, fins al. Rei Joan Carles I -primer entusiasta del projecte olímpic-, s'han mobilitzat com un sol home per a reclzar les aspiracions de Barcelona. No hi ha dubte que la nostra capacitat de convocatòria i el nostre prestigi com a ciutat va en augment. La Candidatura de Barcelona, per tant, ja ha donat el seu rendiment. S'ha procurat tirar endavant tots els projectes d'interés general associats als Jocs. S'ha treballat amb tenacitat i amb encert. S'ha aconseguit desvetllar el fervor de' tota la ciutadania. S'ha fet, en definitiva, tot el que ha estat necessari i encara més. Aquesta ha estat la nostra primera victòria. Avui pot ser un gran dia. Podem trobar satisfacció a les esperances que hem anat alimentant durant molt de temps. També podria -86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �^ , .. Ajuntament Departament de Premsa de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Pça. S. Jaume, s/n 08002 Barcelona Telèfon: (93) 302 15 78 301 45 34 Tèlex: 54519 Laye E passar, és clar, que Barcelona no fos nominada. Però independentment que la nostra ciutat sigui escollida o no, estic segur que, col.lectivament, ja hem escollit la millor via: la via del progrés, de l'optimisme, dels ideals constructius. Barcelona, abans de l'elecció, ha guanyat. Ara només ens manca el reconeixement. Pasqual Maragall Alcalde de Barcelona -86 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL �aTrrx .á#z:^,ya„ w^{..x. ak i _ a^eF--i. +nYFP, td:. Estimats conciutadans, Quan llegiu aquestes ratlles, em trobaré a Lausanne esperant el resultat d'una votació. Sé les esperances que heu depositat en el resultat de la votació d'avui. Sé, conec, la vostra il.lusió per assolir la seu dels Jocs del 1992, però, ara, abans de conéixer aquest resultat, voldria fer-vos arribar les meves esperances i les meves il.lusions. Quan ens Tarem decidir a presentar la Candidatura, ara farà ja cinc anys, ens van inspirar tres motius bffisics. *Motius urbanístics. La meva Ciutat, la nostra, de feia masses anys, estava poc menys que oblidada des del punt de vista de les grans actuacions urbanístiques. Actuacions que no pot afrontar l'Ajuntament com a tal. A la nostra Ciutat i arreu del món, les obres dels cinturons, les obres d'etz, etz, les afronten les administracions centrals. En el nostre cas, el Govern de Madrid i la Generalitat són els responsables d'endegar aquest tipus d'actuacions. I vull recordar aquí el Segon Cinturó, el Tunel de Vallvidrera i com no, la desviació del Poble Nou de les vies del tren per tal de poder-hi construir la Vila Olímpica. I si em permeteu sobre aquest tema voldria encara afegir-hi alguna cosa. De vegades un es para i es diu: "senyor Alcade, quina diferencia hi ha entre el túnel del Sr. Porcioles i el túnel del Sr. Maragall?" o "quina diferencia hi ha entre el Plà de la Rivera i el Pla de la Façana Marítima?". Ai,b , evidentment, s' em diu com un retret i se m' esta acusant de fer "porciolisme". És evident que des del punt de vista físic, el Túnel de Vallvidrera és el mateix en un cas que en un altre, i és evident que des d'aquest mateix punt de vista l'espai ocupat pel PI a de la Rivera i el de la Vila Olímpica és exactament el mateix. Ara bé, hi ha un diferència fonamental. I la diferència fonamental consisteix en que nosaltres controlem l'urbanisme de l'altra banda del Tunel de Vallvidrera i que nosaltres controlem i controlarem l'urbanisme de la Zona de la Vila Olímpica. Aquesta és la diferencia fonamental, no ,evidentment, en l'espai físic en el qual es vol construir tant en un cas com en l'altre. Fixeu-vos que historicament això ha succeït a Barcelona, com tants rebulsius urbanístics es varen donar amb motiu de 1' exposició del 88 i després a 1' exposició del 29; buscavem un tercer rebulsiu urbanístic que permetes.remodelar en una part important zones decisives de la nostra Ciutat. Un segon motiu que ens va portar a tirar endavant amb la Candidatura va ser que consideravem que la meva Ciutat, la nostra, necessitava una injecció d'optimisme econòmic. Les �empreses o no s' en creaven o com a mínim no invertien, els grans empresaris quan es plantejaven una inversió important o la instal.lació d'una nova indústria, dubtaven poc en escollir entre Madrid i Barcelona. En tercer lloc, des del punt de vista turístic i de capacitat receptora, ens trobavem amb una ciutat amb manca de places hoteleres, una manca important, hi ha moments de l'any en qu'e és absolutament impossible trobar una plaça hotelera i que es necessitava un motiu, una ocasió per tal de qu'e la iniciativa privada prengués la seva responsabilitat i posés en marxa la construcció de nous hotels. Una altra de les preocupacions importants de l'equip que en aquell moment va decidir d'endegar la Candidatura va ser la problem atica de la juventut i de la pfactica esportiva. Créiem, creiem, que la practica generalitzada de l'esport és un bé per sí mateixa i pel qu'e significa d'ocupació del temps de lleure. Criem, creiem que la celebració d'uns Jocs Olímpics de la nostra Ciutat afavorirà d'' una manera important, d'una manera decisiva la qualitat i la quantitat de la pfactica esportiva. Finalment, veiem, veiem que la meva Ciutat, que la nostra ciutat, que Barcelona de feia uns anys estava com triste; realment li faltava una dosi d'optimisme que únicament es podia aconseguir cercant un objectiu comú, un objectiu que fós atractiu per joves i grans, un objectiu que pugués ser compartit per conservadors i progressistes, per dretes i esquerres, per homes i dones, en una paraula per tota la societat. Aquest objectiu va cristalitzar amb els Jocs Olímpics. I avui, després d' aquests anys, sis anys, us vull dir ciutadans de Barcelona que des del meu punt de vista no ens varem equivocar. Quan aquestes ratlles apareixin impreses, no coneixerém encara la decisió del C.O.I. Tindrem els collons per corbatí . Però, alguns dels objectius que ens varem proposar en el moment de plantejar la Candidatura s'hauran assolit. Haurem conseguit que l'estat de les obres sigui irreversible, haurem assolit el disposar d'un estadi d'atletisme en condicions. Era realment vergonyós l'estat en que es trobava l'Estadi de Montjuïc. Cada vegada que venia un foraster, i em refereixo a un foraster per qu'e els de casa estavem o i estem tan acostumats que no en feiem ni cas, i passavem pel davant de l'Estadi de Montjuïc, havíem de desviar la mirada cap una altra banda perqúe no el veiés. I això sense comptar el perill que comportava. Haurem assolit disposar d'un Palau d'Esports gran, modern, bonic, tecnicament perfecte, com el que ara es mereix una ciutat i una conurbació com la de la Corporació Metropolitana de Barcelona; haurem assolit desfer el dogall que significaven �les vies del tren i conseguir que la Ciutat arribi al mar; haurem aconseguit que en una part important gracies a l'impuls que ha generat els Jocs Olímpics; haurem assolit signar pel Ministeri d'Obres Públiques totes les obres necess'aries per la defensa de la costa del Poble Nou; haurem assolit la signatura dels pactes per acabar el Tunel de Vallvidrera o les obres del Segon Cinturó; haurem assolit preparar un projecte per la Barcelona tecnològica de l'any 2000; haurem assolit que diferents cadenes hoteleres es plantegin instal.lar-se a Barcelona i algunes d'elles ja ho hagin fet; i sobretot, haurem assolit que tu i tu i tu i el de més entra sentiu la Ciutat com a propia, us sentiu com a participants d'un projecte, us sentiu orgullosos davant del món de dir, de proclamar que sou barcelonins. El resultat de la votació és incert encara. Si aquesta no fos positiva per la nostra ciutat tindrieu, tindriem un gran desengany. Pefo us vull dir en aquest moment abans de saber-ho que si aquest projecte no arriba a cuallar una Ciutat que té, que demostra l'entusiasma que ha demostrat a la Ciutat de Barcelona, haufa d'inventar, ens veurem obligats a trobar un altre projecte de característiques similars des del punt de vista participatiu als JJ.00. M'atreveixo a dir-vos que s'ha fet el que humanament s'ha pogut amb errors, evidentment, sempre n'hi ha, però s'ha treballat dur, i s'ha treballat bé . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3957 Title A name given to the resource Hem guanyat els Jocs Olímpics 1992: missatge de Pasqual Maragall Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Lausanne Language A language of the resource Català Subject The topic of the resource Jocs Olímpics (25ns : 1992 : Barcelona, Catalunya) Missatges institucionals Barcelona Nominació Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-17 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1052/19861021d_00161.pdf f4e0e2058d0e2087ec5a6d3f632d7c18 PDF Text Text CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS "BARCELONA SOLIDARIA" PRESENTACION DE LA CONFERENCIA DEL EXCMO. JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ IBARRA, PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA. (21 de octubre de 1986) �EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE; DISTINGUIDAS AUTORIDADES; SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES: PASADO EL VERANO, NUESTRO CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS "BARCELONA SOLIDARIA" DA SUS ULTIMOS PASOS, YA QUE LA PRESENCIA HOY ENTRE NOSOTROS DEL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA, SUPONE LA DECIMOSEXTA INTERVENCIÓN EN ESTE FORO AUTONOMICO. AUNQUE DICHO ORDEN NO ES CORRELATIVO, NI MUCHO MENOS, A LA IMPORTANCIA DE EXTREMADURA EN CATALUNYA Y EN NUESTRA CIUDAD. NACIDO EN MÉRIDA EL 19 DE ENERO DE 1948, EL SR. JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ IBARRA, ES PROFESOR DE E.G.B. Y LICENCIADO EN FILOLOGÍA MODERNA. PRESIDENTE, PRIMERO, DE LA JUNTA REGIONAL DE EXTREMADURA DESDE EL 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1982, EL SR. RODRIGUEZ IBARRA, FU É ELEGIDO, CON POSTERIORIDAD, PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA EL 8 DE JUNIO DE 1983. QUEREMOS QUE SEPA, SR. PRESIDENTE, QUE ESTE CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS ESTÁ SIRVIENDO PARA SUBRAYAR EL CARÁCTER ABIERTO DE BARCELONA, Y POR EXTENSIÚN DE CATALUNYA, �2. ASI COMO NUESTRA CURIOSIDAD Y DESEO SINCERO DE CONOCER LA REALIDAD ACTUAL Y PROBLEMAS A LOS QUE SE ENFRENTAN LOS GOBIERNOS DE LAS COMUNIDADES AUTONÓMICAS QUE CONFORMAN EL MAPA K)LITICO ESPAÑOL. Y EN ESTE CASO, ES EVIDENTE QUE QUEREMOS CONOCER, A TRAVÉS DE SUS PALABRAS, LA REALIDAD Y VISICITUDES POR LAS QUE ATRAVIESA EXTREMADURA, TODO ELLO EN BASE A LA SOLIDARIDAD QUE DA TITULO Y CONTENIDO A ESTE CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS, Y AL HECHO INCUESTIONABLE DE QUE NOS UNEN LOS, APROXIMADAMENTE, 100.000 EXTREMEÑOS BARCELONESES QUE VIVEN EN LA ACTUALIDAD EN EL AMITO METROPOLITANO DE BARCELONA. COMO HEMOS HECHO EN OCASIONES ANTERIORES, ME PERMITIRÁ, SR. PRESIDENTE, QUE CONTEXTUE MINIMAMENTE SU CONFERENCIA CON UNOS DATOS BÁSICOS CUYA FUENTE, UNA VEZ MÁS, ES LA PUBLICACIÓN DEL BANCO DE BILBAO, "RENTA NACIONAL EN ESPAÑA 1983 Y SU DISTRIBUCIÓN PROVINCIAL". CON UNA EXTENSI6N DE UNOS 41.500 KM2., EXTREMADURA TIENE EN LA ACTUALIDAD UNA POBLACION DE ALGO MAS DE 1.050.000 PERSONAS. SU RENTA PER CAPITA NO LLEGA A LAS 300.000 PESETAS, LO CUAL LA SITUA EN dLTIMO LUGAR EN EL RANKING DE RENTAS AUTONOMICAS. DETRÁS DE LAS CIFRAS QUE ACABO DE MENCIONAR, SE ESCONDE �3. UNA ESTRUCTURA ECONÓMICA BASADA SOBRETODO EN LA AGRICULTURA, Y UNA DOLOROSA FAMILIARIDAD DE LA POBLACION NO DE LA EMIGRACION. EMIGRACIÓN, EXTREMEÑA CON EL FENÓME QUE DE UNA MANERA SIMILAR A LO OCURRIDO CON OTRAS AUTONOMIAS, SE DE') CON MAYOR INTENSIDAD A LO LARGO DE LOS AÑOS 60, SIENDO SU DESTINO, TAMBIEN COMO DATO COMUN, MADRID, BARCELONA Y EL PAIS VASCO. EN EL MARCO SOLEMNE DE ESTE SALÓN DE CIENTO, QUEREMOS TAMBIEN MANIFESTARLE, SR. PRESIDENTE, QUE ESTA CIUDAD, COMO CAPITAL DE CATALUNYA, ESTA EMPEÑADA EN CONSTRUIR CON TODOS SUS CIUDADANOS, CON INDEPENDENCIA DE SU LUGAR DE NACIMIENTO, UN FUTURO EN EL QUE REINE EL ENTENDIMIENTO MUTUO, A PARTIR DE UNA CULTURA ENRIQUECIDA POR LAS APORTACIONES DE TODOS. EN DEFINITIVA, ESTAMOS TRABAJANDO POR UN PAIS ABIERTO, CRISOL Y SOLIDARIO. DESDE ESA SOLIDARIDAD, Y DESDE LA FRATERNIDAD QUE UNE A EXTREMADURA Y A CATALUNYA A TRAVÉS DE TODOS NUESTROS CIUDADANOS QUE HAN NACIDO EN SU REGIÓN, EXCMO. SR. JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ IBARRA, PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA, TIENE D. LA PALABRA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3958 Title A name given to the resource Presentació del conferenciant Sr. J.C. Rodríguez Ibarra, President de la Junta d'Extremadura Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Saló de Cent Language A language of the resource Castellà Subject The topic of the resource Espanya plural Territoris Extremadura Rodríguez Ibarra, Juan Carlos, 1948- Catalunya Type The nature or genre of the resource Conferència Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-21 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1053/19861021d_00166.pdf 392b092a077094269440dbb92583335a PDF Text Text 21 d'octubre de 1986 PARAULES DE L'EXCM. SENYOR ALCALDE A LA INAUGURACIb DEL PARC PEGASO. �Q_ i-; � DE = AIiCELaNA El Parc Pegaso reuneix una càrrega simbòlica especialment imp ortant. L'empresa que ocupava aquests terrenys ha estat molt lligada a la vida d'aquest barri i a la història de la industrialització i del moviment obrer de Barcelona. Per això hem volgut conservar alguns dels elements dels antics edificis. El Parc Pegaso també és un recordatori del paper q ue van tenir les accions veinals per defensar la ciutat deis interessos especulatius. Amb tota satisfacci6, doncs, felicito els veïns del districte de Sant Andreu i tots els Barcelonins poder comptar amb aquest magnífic nou Parc. Pascual r aragall u e r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3959 Title A name given to the resource Paraules de l'Excm. Senyor Alcalde a la inauguració del Parc Pegaso Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Language A language of the resource Català Subject The topic of the resource Història Urbanisme Barcelona Barris Acció política Sant Andreu Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-21 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1054/19861028d_00162.pdf 151eca9dd6df74a8dadab77a8f82d8c9 PDF Text Text CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS "BARCELONA SOLIDARIA" y PRESENTACION DE LA CONFERENCIA DEL EXCMO. SR. GERARDO FERNÁNDEZ ALBOR, PRESIDENTE DE LA XUNTA GALEGA. (28 octubre de 1986) �EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE, DISTINGUIDAS AUTORIDADES; SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES: CON LA PRESENCIA HOY ENTRE NOSOTROS, DEL PRESIDENTE DE LA XUNTA DE GALICIA, EXCMO. Sr. GERARDO FERNÁNDEZ ALBOR, CULMINA EL CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS "BARCELONA SOLIDARIA". DE ESTA MANERA, PODEMOS AFIRMAR, CON HONDA Y SENTIDA SATISFACCION ,, QUE ESTE SALÓN DE CIENTO, SEMANA TRAS SEMANA, HA SERVIDO COMO FORO EN EL QUE, TODOS Y i CADA UNO DE LOS PRESIDENTES DE LAS DIFERENTES AUTONOMIAS QUE CONFORMAN EL MAPA POLITICO ESPAÑOL, HAN TENIDO OCASION DE HABLARNOS DE LA REALIDAD DE SUS TIERRAS y DE SUS PROBLEMAS, REALIDAD QUE CON LA INTERVENCIÓN, ESTA TARDE, DEL SR. FERNANDEZ ALBOR, SE HABRÁ CONVERTIDO EN UN CUADRO COMPLETO EN EL QUE DESTACAN LA DIFERENCIA DE LOS PROBLEMAS ) Y EL TONO QUE ES COMÚN EN CUANTO A LA ILUSIÓN Y ESPERANZA POR RESOLVERLOS. SR. FERNANDEZ ALBOR, NACIÓ EN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA r EN 1917. DOCTOR EN MEDICINA Y CIRUGÍA POR LA UNIVERSIEI. �2. DAD COMPOSTELANA. REALIZÓ ESTUDIOS DE ESPECIALIZACIÓN EN VIENA, LONDRES, MADRID Y BARCELONA. EN LA ACTUALIDAD ES TITULAR DE LA XUNTA GALEGA DESDE ENERO DE 1982. NOS PERMITIMOS REITERAR, SR. PRESIDENTE, AQUELLO QUE TODOS Y CADA UNO DE LOS PRESIDENTES AUTONÓMICOS QUE HAN PASADO POR ESTE SALÓN DE CIENTO, HAN TENIDO OCASIÓN DE COMPROBAR: BARCELONA, Y A TRAVES DE ELLA CATALUNYA, TIENE INTERES POR CONOCER LOS PROBLEMAS Y REALIDAD ACTUAL DE GALICIA, EN BASE, TANTO A LOS HIJOS Y NIETOS NACIDOS YA AQUI, DE AQUELLOS GALLEGOS QUE EMIGRARON A ESTA CIUDAD HACE YA MUCHOS AÑOS, COMO A LOS 75.000 CIUDADANOS BARCELONESES NACIDOS EN GALICIA QUE, EN LA ACTUALIDAD, HABITAN EN EL ÁMBITO DE NUESTRA ÁREA METROPOLITANA. QUEREMOS TAMBIEN QUE SEPA, SR. PRESIDENTE, QUE ESTAMOS EMPEÑADOS EN UN PROYECTO DE FUTURO PARA BARCELONA, Y POR EXTENSIÓN PARA CATALUNYA, CONSTRUIDO POR TODOS NUESTROS CONCIUDADANOS, CON INDEPENDENCIA DE SU LUGAR DE NACIMIENTO / SOBRE UNOS PILARES DE ENTENDIMIENTO MUTUO Y DE UNA CULTURA ENRIQUECIDA CON LAS APORTACIONES DE TODOS. EN DEFINITIVA, ESTAMOS TRABAJANDO POR UN PAÍS ABIERTO, CRISOL Y SOLIDARIO. �3. TAMBIEN COMO EN OCASIONES ANTERIORES, ME PERMITIRÁd, PRESIDENTE, QUE CONTEXTUE MÍNIMAMENTE SU CONFERENCIA CON UNA SERIE DE DATOS BÁSICOS CONTENIDOS EN LA PUBLICACION DEL BANCO DE BILBAO, "RENTA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA 1983 Y SU DISTRIBUCIÓN PROVINCIAL". CON UNA EXTENSIÓN LEVEMENTE INFERIOR A LOS 30.000 KM2 . , LA POBLACIÓN QUE RESIDE EN LA ACTUALIDAD EN GALICIA SE CIFRA EN UNOS 2.844.000 HABITANTES. SU RENTA PER CAPITA DE APROXIMADAMENTE UNAS 405.000 PESETAS EN 1983, SITUAN A GALICIA EN DECIMOTERCER LUGAR EN EL RANKING DE RENTAS AUTONOMICAS POR HABITANTE. EN BASE A LA SOLIDARIDAD QUE DA NOMBRE Y CONTENIDO A ESTE CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS, Y CON LA FRATERNIDAD QUE UNE A GALICIA. CON CATALUNYA, A TRAVES DE TODOS NUESTROS CONCIUDADANOS QUE HAN NACIDO EN SU AUTONOMIA, EXCMO. SR. GERARDO FERNÁNDEZ ALBOR, PRESIDENTE DE LA XUNTA DE GALICIA, TIENE VD. LA PALABRA. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3960 Title A name given to the resource Presentació del conferenciant Sr. Gerardo Fernández Albor, President de la Xunta Galega Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Saló de Cent Language A language of the resource Castellà Subject The topic of the resource Espanya plural Territoris Galícia Fernández Albor, Gerardo Type The nature or genre of the resource Conferència Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-28 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1055/19861030d_00163.pdf bcfccf13cdac7c0c8545a99d55907991 PDF Text Text E ME Ajuntament de Barcelona 1) )4' cm45 D7 I y 31 Paraules de l'Excm. Sr. Alca de a l'acte de lliurament deis orernis d'Honor "Jaume I" Saló de Cent, 30 d'octubre 1986 �Ajuntament de Barcelona Ref.: Gabinet de Comunicació REVERENDISSIM PARE ABAT, SENYORES, ENYORS: PRIMER DE TOT VULL FELICI`I AR ELS GUARDONATS D'AQUESTA EDICI6 DELS PREMIS DE LA FUNDACI6 JAUME I. AI`1B AQUEST ACTE RENOVO UNA TRADICIó QUE L'ANY PASSAT NO VAIG PODER SEGUIR, PERÇ Uè ERA DE VIATGE A LENINGRAD, COM RECORDAREU. TAMBÉ RECORDAREU QUE L' úLTII-.A VEGADA QUE VAIG PRESIDIR EL LLIURAMENT DELS PREMI ç D'HONOR I D' ACCIó CÍVICA VAIG FER AL.LUSI6 ALS MOMENTS CRISPATS QUE EN AQUELL MOMENT, HAIG DE 1984, PASSAVA LA SOCIETAT CATALANA. AVUI ENS HEM DE FELICITAR DE ÇUE L'AMBIENT ÉS MOLT DIFERENT. TOT JUST ACABEN DE VIURE L' EXPLOS Ió D'ALEGRIA DE TOT UN POBLE, DE BARCELONA, DE CATALUNYA, D'ESPANYA, DESPRÉS D'ACONSEGUIR y 9 2,\ plv■ ^ p rs "A Fr'77\ D: t`^.t^ +rt ' t IN ^ u--LA, r ^J l. l fJ j0 A - %. Cl^.,' AL 1 t 2 Qv ^ ^ t. ,I v ks S V IC O C>) bAn.1: -Y\J �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació FEIA TEMPS QUE NO S'HAVIA VIST UNA MOVILITZACIó COL.LECTIVA TAN UNANIM DARRERA D'UN OBJECTIU COMi. FEIA TEMPS QUE NO VEIEM TANT DE JOVENT IL.LUSIONAT PER UN PROJECTE AMB CONSENS GENERAL. AIXÒ EM FA PENSAR QUE ESTEM RECOBRANT L'ESPERIT DE FRATERNITAT QUE VEIA EN PERILL FA DCS ANYS. FRATERNITAT AME ELS POBLES GERMANS AMB ELS QUALS HEM COMPARTIT, DE MÉS O MENYS BON GRAT, SEGLES D'HIST RIA. PERo, SOBRE TOT, FRATERNITAT ENTRE NOSALTRES MATEIXOS, SENSE LA QUAL QUALSEVOL ALTRA ES INVIABLE. HEU HONORAT AVUI UNA PERSONA I UNA ENTITAT QUE SON A LA VEGADA HISTÒRIA I JOVENTUT EN A TIU. AVEL.Lí ARTíS I GENER, "TÍSNER", UN EXEMPLE VIU EL QUE HA ESTAT LA HISTÒRIA D'AQUEST PAIS EN MIG SE LE. EN TISNER HA CONEGUT LA CREATIVITAT DE LA GENERAL TAT REPUBLICANA, LA CRUELTAT DE LA GUERRA, LES MISPRIES DE L'EXIL, LA GENEROSITAT LLATINOAMERICANA, LES ACABALLES DEL FRANQUISME I LA RECUPERACIó DE LES NOSTRES INSTITUCIONS. I ENCARA ENS DóNA EXEMPLE A TOTS DE CURIOSITAT PER �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació LA NOVETAT, DE DINAMISME, D'INOUIIITUD, DE LLIURAMENT A UNS IDEALS. ENS DóNA EXEMPLE DE JOVENTUT. L'ESCOLANIA DE MONTSERRAT, VIV ER DE JOVES MGSICS CIUTADANS EXEMPLARS, INTIMAMENT LL1CADA A UN MONESTIR I A UNA MUNTANYA QUE SóN SiMBOLS DE CATALUNYA. LA. SÍNTESI ENTRE EL NOSTRE RESPECTE A LES TRADICIONS 1 LA FE EN EL FUTUR. DES D'AQUEST SALó DE CENT QUE TAMBn PORTA UNA GRAN C3RREGA SIMB6LICA PER AL NOSTRE PAIS, US FELICITO VIVAMENT UN ALTRE COP, COM TMIBn FELICITO ELS PREMIATS PER LA SEVA ACTUACIó CÍVICA. TOTS ELLS HAN SABUT PROMOURE, CADA UN A LA SEVA ACTIVITPT, L'INTERèS PER LES NOSTRES COSES 1 L'ESPERIT DE CONTROVèRSIA PROPI D'UNA SOCIETAT DIN7.1MICA. A TOTS ELLS LA MEVA ENHORABdNA I LA DE TOT EL CONSISTORI. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3961 Title A name given to the resource Acte de lliurament dels Premis d'Honor Jaume I Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Saló de Cent Language A language of the resource Català Subject The topic of the resource Premis i reconeixements Cooperativisme Catalanisme Model social Fundació Jaume I Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-10-30 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1056/19861105d_00168.pdf fd4cf0fe998d175878ac14b4ca98b7db PDF Text Text Bienvenida del.. Excmo: Barcelona , Pasqual Maragall Internacional sobre la al Alcalde 3er :,Congreso' preparación y los Socorros en. casos de catástrofe_ e noviembre 1986 Exp. 705/84 - IMPREMTA MUNICIPAL • �? Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Ref.: MOLT HONORABLE PRES_IDENT, SE ÑORES SECRETARIOS GENERALES,' DIGNíSIMAS AUTOnIDADES,.. SE ÑORAS, SEÑORES:" COMO ALCALDE D; BARCELONA ME CORRESPONDE DAR LA BIENVENIDA A NUESTRA CItIDAD A TODOS "VDS., PARTICIPAiNTES EN ESTE 3ER CONGRESO DE EMERGENCIA 86. ESTA CIUDAD FUE DE-LAS PRIMERAS DE ESPAÑA EN CONTAR CON UN CUERPO DF BOMBEROS PROPIO, Y LA PRIi~1ERA EN ORGANIZAR UN SERVICIO DE VOLUNTARIOS DE PROTECCIóN NUESTRA SENSIBILIDAD ANTE-:L-OS PELIGROS DE CATáSTROFE.ESTá PUES-ACREDITADA ESTE CONGRESO SE CELEBRA, ADEMáS, CUANDO ES AUN MUY " RECIENTE EL- NOMBRAMIENTO DE - BARCELONA - COï l o S EDE DE LOS.. JJ.00. DE 1:992.. COMO VDS. MUY BIEN 5-.13EN, .UNA DE LAS PREOCUP ACIONES DE LA F1"iILIA OLíi-IPICA ES LA CAPACIDAD DE -LA-- CIUDAD ORGANIZADORA-. DE LOS JUEGO S PA_RA AFRONTAR' SITUACIOï,ES DE _i'I?SGO EM UN ACOiNTECIï;I 'O" DE MASAS TAN • �Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació. IMPORTANTE. SI LA'CANDIDATURA DE BARCELONA PROSPERE FUE EN PARTE. GRACIAS A QUE HA PODIDO DEMOSTRAR_. ESTA CAPACIDAD.- NO OBSTANTE. NO NOS DAMOS POR SATISFECHOS. QUEREMOS PERFECCIONAR NUESTRAS TÉCNICAS, MANTENER LA EXCELENTE PREPARACIóN DE NUESTRO PERSONAL Y AVANZAR CADA DIA MAS. POR ESO _-ACOGEMOS COM- MUCHO AGRADO ESTRE CONGRESO,: CON LA SEGURIDAD- DE QUE EL INTERCAMBIO DE IDEAS EN QUE ÉL SE PRODUZCA SERASUP-IAï1ENTE PROVECHOSO. -ESTA CIUDAD, COMO - - PUERTO DE .- ESPECIALi1ENTE INTERESADA . —POR 'EL MAR QUE ES, TEMA G 1'?ERAL SUS PELIGROS- DE ESTE 3ER:CONGRESO. -EL AGUA Y F `' ADEHáS LáS IMPORTANTE DE TODA UNA RE GIóN, ESTA• LA CIUDAD EL t EDITERRANEO ESPAÑOL, CAP_ACTERI7ADO POR EL RÉGIP-TE_J IRREGULAP.- . DE SUS RiOS , OUE SE TRADUCE ^N FR E CUENTES IïJUi' i^\CIONES. LA PROPIA CIUDAD, POR SU COí"":JFIGU T.'.-`>CIóN °F íSICA, -NO ESTá EXENTA DE ESE PELIGRO. r, D ^'. ^ OS LO S SEGUIREMOS _. ^ SEGUIR CO -_P ±?: ïD^,..a^ ^ D S . C0_. CUANTO IPJT,^: i- n' *^-n ^ e 1 ^ ,\T �—4— Ajuntament de Barcelona Gabinet de Comunicació Ref.: TRABAJOS DEL CONGRESO. EN FL , EJFRÇ IC IO DE - SALVAMENTO QUE TENDRá LUGAR A LA. CLAUSURA . PODRáN COMPROBAR VDS. EL GRADO DE PREPARACIóN DE NUESTROS.SERVICIOS. UNOS SERVICIOS QUE, COMO TANTOS RELACIONADOS CON LA SEGURIDAD Y LA DEFENSA, TIENEN COMO PRINCIPAL DESEO QUE - NUNCA TENGAN QUE LLEGAR A INTERVENIR._ POR ELLO SU TRABAJO ., EL TRABAJO DE TODOS TANTO MáS MERITORIO., Y MERECE TODO NUESTRO APOYO, SOLIDARIDAD, RESPETO Y ADIj'IRACI6It. SEÑORAS', SFï.?9RES., EN NOMBRE ' DE . LA CIUDAD DE BARCELONA Y EN '^L MIO PROPIO, 'LES- OFRECEMOS NUESTRA HOSPITALIDAD Y LES DESEAMOS . UNA F ELIZ F.STANCIA' ENTRE 'NOSOTROS. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3962 Title A name given to the resource 3er Congrés Internacional sobre "La preparación y los socorros en casos de catástrofe" Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Palau de Congressos Language A language of the resource Castellà Subject The topic of the resource Seguretat ciutadana Congressos i conferències Gestió pública Infraestructures Barcelona Model social Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-11-05 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1057/19861113d_00169.pdf bb07ad2e9b4902254590844be7e62863 PDF Text Text Intervenció de l'Excm. Sr. Alcalde, Pasqual Maraqall, a la presentació econòmica de Barcelona Chicago, 13 de novembre 1986 �THANK YOU MR. MOELLER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN CHICAGO TODAY. BOTH CHICAGO AND BARCELONA SHARE THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT MIES VAN DER ROHE WHOSE CENTENNIAL YEAR IS ENDING NOW. THE BARCELONA PAVILION AND THE BARCELONA CHAIR WERE HIS FIRST WORLD WIDE KNOWN WORKS, AND IT WAS IN CHICAGO WHEN HE GAVE THE BEST OF HIS CREATIVE MATURITY. I WOULD NOT BE FAIR HAD I NOT RECALLED HIM IN MY FIRST VISIT TO CHICAGO. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TELL SOME WORDS ABOUT BARCELONA'S PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE GOALS. I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU WILL BE HEARING HERE TODAY WILL BE OF RELEVANCE TO YOUR INVESTMENT LOCATION DECISION -MAKING PROCESS. TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK IT IS WORTH BRIEFLY MENTIONING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRESENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION OF SPAIN, AS A WHOLE, TO SET THE CONTEXT OF THE DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT FACING BARCELONA. SPAIN HAS EUROPE'S FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY, WITH A DOMESTIC MARKET OF ALMOST 39 MILION NATIVE CONSUMERS �-3TOGETHER WITH 43 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR WHO SPEND IN EXCESS OF 7 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. THE COUNTRY'S GDP IN 1985 WAS APPROXIMATELY 190 BILLON U.S. DOLLARS. ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF 2% PER ANNUM, AND INFLATION IS RUNNING AT 8%. BOTH OF THESE MEASURES BEING EXPECTED TO SHOW FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY, THAT OF CATALONIA HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN SUPERIOR TO HER 16% SHARE OF THE COUNTRY'S ACTIVE POPULATION AND 6% SHARE OF TERRITORIAL AREA. CATALONIA ACTUALLY REPRESENTS 20% OF THE TOTAL SPANISH GDP, AND ITS ECONOMIC SECTOR DISTRIBUTION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL POWER SUCH AS GERMANY. IN TURN, BARCELONA'S SHARE OF CATALONIA'S INDUSTRY IS VERY SIGNIFICANT WITH SOME 80% OF INDUSTRIAL GROSS VALUE ADDED AND INDUSTRIAL JOBS IN CATALONIA CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA OF BARCELONA. IN OTHER WORDS, BARCELONA IS SPAIN'S ECONOMIC CENTRE. THIS SITUATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE ENHANCED BY SPAIN'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE EEC, AS THE COUNTRY FURTHER �-4° STRENGTHENS ITS ECONOMIC TIES WITH ITS NORTHERN PARTNERS, GIVEN BARCELONA'S LOCATION IN THE NORTH EASTERN CORNER OF SPAIN ON THE BORDER WITH FRANCE. CATALONIA'S EXPORTS BEFORE JOINING THE EEC WERE ALREADY ORIENTED TOWARDS THE REST OF EUROPE. 55% OF ITS EXPORTS WENT TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE REMAINDER BEING EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN AFRICA, ASIA AND THE AMERICAS. FROM A POLITICAL VIEWPOINT, SPAIN HAS NOW EXPERIENCED ALMOST TEN YEARS OF DEMOCRACY. SINCE THE DEATH OF GENERAL FRANCO IN 1975, THE COUNTRY HAS HAD FOUR GENERAL ELECTIONS, THE LAST HELD ON JUNE 22ND OF THIS YEAR. DURING THESE TEN YEARS, SPAIN'S CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY HAS BEEN FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, AS HAS ITS COMMITMENT TO WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION AND NORTH ATALANTIC DEFENCE. CATALONIA, LIKE 16 OTHER REGIONS IN SPAIN, HAS WITH THE ADVENT OF DEMOCRACY ACHIEVED AN IMPORTANT DEGREE OF AUTONOMY, WITH SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND CIVIL LAW BEING DEVOLVED TO THE CATALAN GOVERNMENT OR GENERALITAT. �-5THE CITY OF BARCELONA IS THE CENTRE OF AN URBAN METROPOLITAN AREA MADE UP OF 27 MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WITH A COMMON URBAN AUTHORITY: THE METROPOLITAN CORPORATION OF BARCELONA. THE CITY CENTRE HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 1,7 MILION INHABITANTS, WHICH HAS BEEN STABLE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. THE METROPOLITAN AREA, AS A WHOLE, HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 3,1 MILION, WHICH REPRESENTS 52 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CATALAN POPULATION. THE INFLUENCE OF BARCELONA AS A LABOUR MARKET, HOWEVER, EXCEEDS THE STRICT METROPOLITAN AREA TERRITORY AND COVERS UP TO 50 MUNICIPALITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 4,2 MILION PEOPLE. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROLE PLAYED BY BARCELONA'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING INVESTMENT. THE ECONOMIC CRISIS OF THE LAST DECADE HAS BADLY AFFECTED BARCELONA'S METROPOLITAN AREA. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TODAY IS AROUND 20% IN THE CITY CENTRE AND 28% IN THE REST OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. INDUSTRIAL ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ON A MASSIVE SCALE AS PART OF THE ACCELERATED DOWN-SIDE OF AN "ECONOMIC LIFE-CYCLE PROCESS ". �-6- HOWEVER, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, EVEN IN LARGE CITIES, SUCH AS BARCELONA, DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS DO TO ATTEMPT TO OFF-SET EXTREME ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. NEVERTHELESS, IN MY OPINION, THE UNITED ACTION OF SPANISH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS CAPABLE OF GENERATING, THROUGH SAVING AND INVESTMENT POLICIES, A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE SHIFT IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC EXPECTATIONS. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN PROMOTE INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION, BESIDES ACCOMPLISHING THEIR TRADITIONAL FUNCTIONS. THEY CAN ACT AS UNIFORMITY BREAKERS, THAT IS TO SAY, THEY CAN CHANGE THE UNIFORM POLARIZATION OF PESSIMISTIC EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE BEHIND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. THE CITY OF BARCELONA AND THE METROPOLITAN AREA, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS OF THE AREA, ARE USING ALL THE AVAILABLE MEANS TO DEVELOP A CLIMATE THAT IS APPROPIATE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ENTERPRISES. IN FACT, BARCELONA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ACTING AS AN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR -A SPECIMEN SCHUMPETER DID NOT FORESEE. �-7BARELY FOUR WEEKS AGO BARCELONA WON THE RACE FOR THE 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES. APPART FROM MY IMMENSE PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND THE FORMIDABLE EXPLOTION OF JOY THAT BARCELONA SAW, THAT DAY MARKED THE END OF A STAGE WHERE THE ROLE OF BARCELONA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS UNIFORMITY BREAKER HAS BEEN SHOWN CLEARLY. I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE SOME LINES FROM A REPORT BY THE CATALAN CHAMBER OF PUBLIC WORKS BUILDERS TO ILLUSTRATE MY WORDS. THIS REPORT POINTED A DECREASE IN PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN SPAIN EXCEPT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND CONCLUDED: "DISREGARDING WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN NEXT 17 IN LAUSANNE (THAT WAS THE DAY AND CITY WHERE THE OLYMPIC DECISION HAD TO BE TAKEN), THE MERE FACT OF THE CANDIDATURE HAS GIVEN THREE POSITIVE EFFECTS: 1. IT HAS MEANT A THRUST TO CATALAN ETREPENEURSHIP 2. IT HAS STARTED A SET OF PUBLIC WORKS AND EQUIPEMENT PROJECTS THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED 3. IT HAS MADE PUBLIC OPINION SENSITIVE TO EXISTING LACK OF PUBLIC WORKS AND EQUIPMENT. �-8- IT IS HARDLY POSSIBLE THAT THIS THRUST IS LOST. THE CLIMATE FOR THE RECOVERY OF BUILDING SECTOR IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED ". I THINK THESE LINES ARE EXPRESSIVE ENOUGH. I CAN ONLY UNDERLINE THAT THEY WERE WRITTEN BEFORE BARCELONA GOT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ORGANIZATION. AFTER BARCELONA'S NOMINATION, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, THE CLIMATE IS STILL BETTER. FROM STOCK EXCHANGE TO BUILDING ACTIVITY INDEXES ALL THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS CONFIRM OUR BEST HOPES. THE OLYMPIC BIDDING HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT THE BARCELONA MUNICIPALITY HAS NOT PUT ALL ITS ECONOMIC RECOVERY BET ON IT. IT HAS ALSO ACTED AS AN AGENT CREATING INNOVATIVE INSTITUTIONS. THE CITY FOUNDED LAST YEAR INICIATIVES S.A., A MUNICIPALLY OWNED CORPORATION. AS MR FRANCESC RAVENTOS, �-9MANAGING DIRECTOR, CAN EXPLAIN, ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC INTEREST, IN COOPERATION WITH PRIVATE CAPITAL AND FOLLOWING THE PATTERN OF A VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANY. FOR EACH PROJECT A SPECIFIC COMPANY WILL BE CREATED, WHERE THE MUNICIPAL COMPANY IS TO BE A MINORITY PARTNER. THE FIRST PROJECTS EVALUED INCLUDED A TELECOMUNICATIONS TOWER AND A CABLE TV NETWORK FOR THE WHOLE CITY. WE ARE SPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT, AND OUR JOB IS MADE EASIER BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE SURE THAT OUR LOCATION OFFERS A SERIES OF SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTATGES. THIS L,AST POINT IS AMPLY PROVEN BY THE INCREASING VOLUME OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT ATTRACTED TO SPAIN, AND BY THE QUALITY NAMES THAT HAVE SET UP FACILITIES IN BARCELONA. AMERICAN INVESTORS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN AMONG CATALONIA'S TOP FIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT SOURCES AND THEIR PRESENCE HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. �-10- NOW, MORE THAN EVER, INVESTING IN BARCELONA MAKES SENSE. LOCATING IN BARCELONA DOES NOT ONLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO A LARGE AND RELATIVELY UNTAPPED DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BUT ALSO BENEFITS FROM A LOW -COST PRODUCTION LOCATION FROM WICH TO SUPPLY THE REST OF EUROPE. THE METROPOLITAN AREA IS DEVELOPING A VERY ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL POLICY PROVIDING SUITABLE LAND WITH THE NECESSARY URBAN FACILITIES AND SERVICES. THREE INDUSTRIAL LAND MANAGING BODIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE AROUND BARCELONA AND TWO MORE WILL BE OPERATIVE VERY SOON, INCLUDING A TECHNOLOGICAL PARK. THE PARK IS DESIGNED FOR HIGH-TECH ENTERPRISES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY CONSTITUTE COMPLEMENTARY GROUPS AND ENTERPRISES THAT NEED READY ACCESS TO SUITABLE RESEARCH CENTRES. THE PARK WILL OFFER TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND BUSINESS FACILITIES WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO MEDIUM AND SMALL SIZE BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS THE PROXIMITY OF LOCATION OF MANY �DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND RESEARCH ENTITIES THUS ALLOWING FOR EASIER CROSS-FERTILIZATION AND MUTUAL INTEREST SYNERGIES. OLIVETTI HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED ITS SETTING UP A PERSONAL COMPUTER PRODUCTION PLANT ON THIS SITE. HEWLETT PACKARD WILL BE INVESTING IN A FACILITY OF ITS OWN ON A NEARBY LOCATION. AND SO WILL SIEMENS. A SECOND INITIATIVE IS THE COORDINATING ROLE THAT THE CONSORCIO DE LA ZONA FRANCA DE BARCELONA IS TAKING WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INVESTMENT AND THE CONTINUED UPDATING OF A RECENTLY COMPLETED INVENTORY OF AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL LAND. WHERE SPECIFIC TYPES OF URBANIZED INDUSTRIAL LAND ARE FOUND TO BE LACKING, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THESE ARE DEVELOPED AND MADE AVAILAt3LE. THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAM UNDER WAY IS THE POBLENOU DISTRICT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT. ITS GOAL IS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF A HALF-EMPTY OLD INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE CONNECTION OF CENTRAL BARCELONA WITH ITS WATERFRONT. IN THIS AREA WE INTEND TO BUILD THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. �-12- THE AREA INITIALLY AFFECTED EXTENDS TO 250 ACRES, AND INCLUDES MANY INDUSTRIAL AND VACANT LOTS. THE INDUSTRIES STILL IN OPERATION WHOSE LAND IS AFFECTED, ARE OFFERED ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS OWNED BY THE METROPOLITAN CORPORATION. BEYOND THE URBAN ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT THERE WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SIDE -EFFECTS. THE SCHEME IS EXPECTED TO GIVE A STRONG IMPULSE TO INVESTMENT, WHICH WILL AFFECT NOT ONLY THE CITY CENTER BUT ALSO THE WHOLE AREA AND BEYOND. SO, WHAT ABOUT BARCELONA'S FUTURE? AS A GENERAL COMMENT WE EXPECT TO SEE BARCELONA'S ECONOMY INCREASINGLY LINKED TO THOSE OF THE OTHER ECC COUNTRIES AS MUCH AS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE A MAJOR PORTION OF SPAIN'S DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL REQUERIMENTS. SIMILARLY, AS IN THE PAST, WE EXPECT TO SEE BARCELONA IN THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SPAIN. OUR IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN THIS SENSE IS TO HELP CHANNEL THESE EFFORTS TOWARDS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSE AND BALANCED INDUSTRIAL BASE THAT IS AT THE SAME �-13TIME TECHNICALLY INNOVATIVE, PROVIDES SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT LEVELS, AND IS DIVERSIFIED TO AN EXTEND THAT WILL HELP AMELIORATE THE EFFECTS OF THE MORE EXTREME CYCLICAL ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS. TO CONCLUDE, WE ARE EXTREMELY OPTIMISTIC OF BARCELONA'S FUTURE BOTH WITHIN SPAIN AND EUROPE. WE WOULD LIKE YOU AND OTHER FOREINGN INVESTORS TO HELP DEVELOP AND BENEFIT FROM THIS PROCESS OF CHANGE. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER BARCELONA AS A PRODUCTION LOCATION, AND BENEFIT FROM ITS INHERENT ADVANTAGES. I'HANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3963 Title A name given to the resource Presentació de l’Àrea Econòmica de Barcelona Type The nature or genre of the resource Discurs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Abstract A summary of the resource. Iniciatives SA. Empreses d'alta tecnologia: Olivetti, Hewellet Packard, Siemens. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Chicago Language A language of the resource Anglès Subject The topic of the resource Gestió pública Economia Autonomia Competitivitat Barcelona Model social Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona Territoris Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-11-13 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències https://www.arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1058/19861120d_00171.pdf c683fc1f8f1480c0956beb37963c94bf PDF Text Text Conferencia de l'Excm. Sr. Alcalde, Pasqual Maragall a la Graduate School of Design (Harvard) Cambridge, Massachusetts, 20 de novembre 1986 �IT IS AN HONOUR AND A PLEASURE FOR A CATALAN TO BE IN THIS HOUSE WHERE ANOTHER CATALAN, AND A BARCELONIAN, TOO, JOSEP LLUIS SERT, SPENT SO MANY YEARS OF HIS FRUITFUL CAREER. WHEN I WAS FIRST ASKED TO GIVE THIS LECTURE HERE, I WONDERED WHAT COULD THE MAYOR OF BARCELONA EXPLAIN TO A GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AUDIENCE THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST. I AM AFFRAID I HAVE NOT FOUND A SATISFACTORY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. URBAN POLICY IN BARCELONA BARCELONA HAS A LOT TO OFFER TO YOU, THIS IS SOMETHING I AM SURE OF. SO PERHAPS THE BEST I SHOULD TELL YOU WOULD BE JUST 'COME TO BARCELONA AND DISCOVER HER BY YOURSELVES'. THAT WOULD BE RATHER RUDE, OBVIOUSLY. SO, I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONVEY TO YOU THE PASSION I FEEL FOR MY CITY AS EVERYONE THAT GETS TO KNOW HER DOES. THERE ARE MORE SUITABLE PEOPLE THAN I AM TO SPEAK ABOUT BARCELONA IN ARCHITECTURAL TERMS, SOME OF THEM �_3_ VERY WELL KNOWN IN THIS SCHOOL, AS PROFESSOR RAFAEL MONEO. NEVERTHELESS LET ME EXPLAIN SUMMARILY BARCELONA'S CONTRIBUTION TO URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE AS IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY STATED BY ORIOL BOHIGAS, A PROFESSIONAL YOU KNOW ALSO VERY WELL AND THE PRINCIPAL BRAIN AND EXECUTIVE BEHIND THE URBAN POLICY WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN BARCELONA MUNICIPALITY FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. THESE IDEAS ARE RELATED TO RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN CENTER AND PERIPHERY, TO THE OPPOSITION BETWEEN PLANS AND PROJECTS AND TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FORM IN URBAN POLICY. ORIOL BOHIGAS AN HIS TEAM AT THE CITY HALL CONDUCTED A POLICY BASED ON THE CONVICTION THAT A SET OF PROJECTS IS A BETTER TOOL OF URBAN CONTROL THAN A GENERAL PLAN. THE MODEL WAS ASUMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT MEANT ALSO GIVING UP ZONING AND SEEKING FOR A CITY WHERE ALL ACTIVITIES COEXISTED. �-4- THE MOST VISIBLE ASPECT OF BARCELONA URBAN POLICY, HOWEVER, AND THE ONE THAT HAS AROUSED MORE CONTROVERSY, IS THE PRIORITY OF FORM OVER QUANTITATIVE STANDARDS. BOHIGAS HAS PLEADED FOR URBAN POLITICIANS AND TECHNICIANS TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN DEFINING THE PHYSICAL FORM OF THE CITY. HENCE A DARING ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD A SET OF URBAN SPACES -PARKS, PLACES- OF HIGH URBAN AND DESIGN QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST DECAYED AREAS, BOTH IN THE CENTER AND IN THE PERIPHERY. I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT IN THOSE PROJECTS WE HAVE HAD THE CONTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN ARTISTS SUCH AS JOE HELLMAN, ELSWORTH KELLY, BRYAN HUNT AND RICHARD SERRA. THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS, AND HAS SHOWN, IN BOHIGAS'S WORDS, THAT URBAN FORMALIZATION AND "MONUMENTALIZATION" OF DULL PERIPHERIC AND DEGRADED QUARTERS CAUSES SOCIAL AGGLUTINATION AND THE CREATION OF COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION PRIMARY INSTRUMENTS. �-5- BARCELONA, CATALONIA, SPAIN NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY POINT OF VIEW ON WHAT PAPER BARCELONA CAN PLAY IN CATALONIA, IN SPAIN, IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD, AND ALSO A GENERAL REFLECTION ON WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CITIES IN THE WORLD. AS YOU KNOW, BARCELONA IS, HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES, THE CAPITAL CITY OF CATALONIA, AN AUTONOMOUS REGION IN NORTHEAST SPAIN WITH ITS OWN LANGUAGE, CATALAN, DIFFERENT TO SPANISH. THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE AGES, THE COUNTS OF BARCELONA WERE ALSO KINGS OF ARAGON WHO REIGNED OVER A CONFEDERATION OF KINGDOMS INCLUDING MOST OF SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN COAST, THE BALEARIC ISLANDS, PART OF SOUTHERN FRANCE, SOUTH OF ITALY, SICILLY AND SARDINIA. THE HOUSE OF BARCELONA HAD ALSO CONSULATES IN THE MAIN CITIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN THAT ACTED AS AGENTS OF A POWERFUL COMMERCIAL EMPIRE. A:FTER FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, THE CROWNS OF ARAGON AND CASTILE WERE CARRIED BY THE SAME HEADS. THAT ROYAL UNION MARKS THE START OF MODERN AGE IN SPAIN. �-6- THE CATALAN SPLENDOR OF THE MIDDLE AGES WAS FOLLOWED BY A LONG PERIOD OF DECLINE. CATALONIA DID NOT RECOVER IN FACT UNTIL LAST CENTURY. I HAVE INDULGED MYSELF IN THIS RAW APPROACH TO CATALAN HISTORY BECAUSE YOU CAN FOLLOW IT IN THE VERY STREETS OF BARCELONA, IN OUR BUILDINGS, OUR CHURCHES. YOU CAN READ IT EVEN ON A MAP. �-ïTHE DEVELOPMENT OF BARCELONA BARCELONA SAW A FANTASTIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MID XIXth CENTURY. UP TO 1859 BARCELONA WAS CLOSED WITHIN THE WALLS THE PERIMETRE OF WHICH HAD NOT ALTERED FROM THE MIDDLE AGES. IN 1859 WAS APPROVED THE PLAN DEL ENSANCHE, THE "ENLARGEMENT PLAN", DEVELOPED BY ILDEFONSO CERDà. THE WALLS WERE PULLED DOWN AND THE CITY SPREAD OVER THE SURROUNDING PLAIN AND REACHED THE NEARBY VILLAGES: SARRIà, ST GERVASI, GRàCIA, ST MARTí. MY GRANDFATHER, FOR INSTANCE, WAS BORN IN 1860 IN THE VERY HEART OF THE MEDIEVAL CITY. LATER HE WENT OUT THE WALLS, TO THE ENSANCHE AND FINALLY TO ST GERVASI. IN A SENSE HE FOLLOWED THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. IN JUST 50 YEARS HIS GENERATION EXPANDED MORE THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS FOR 10 OR 15 CENTURIES. I RECALL RICARDO'S "LOW PRICE OF CORN ", 1815, WHERE HE SAID THAT INCREASES IN POPULATION WOULD INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF LAND SO THAT RENTS WOULD NOT RISE. IT WAS NOT EXACTLY SO IN BARCELONA. LAND PRICES WENT UP, AND ONLY IN DOWNTOWN, ROUND THE CITY HALL, MODERATLY DOWN. �-8IN 1888 AN UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION WAS HELD ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD CITADEL, OMINOUS SYMBOL OF CENTRALIST OPRESSION, BUILT IN THE XVIIIth CENTURY AFTER THE FIRST BOURBON KING OF SPAIN AND DEMOLISHED SHORTLY AFTER THE WALLS WERE PULLED DOWN. THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION UNDERLINED THE DEFINITIVE ASSERTION OF THE CITY DEVELOPED BY CERDà, AS WELL AS A DEMONSTRATION OF CATALAN BOURGEOSIE'S FAITH ON MODERNITY, PROGRESS AND INDUSTRIALIZATION. CATALONIA WAS OPEN TO THE CULTURAL TRENDS COMING FROM EUROPE AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM A PERSONAL INTERPRETATION. AT THE SAME TIME THAT PARIS, VIENNA, PRAGA, BRUSSELS, GLASGOW AND LONDON KNEW THE ART NOUVEAU, THE SEZESSION OR MODERN STYLE, IN BARCELONA MODERNISME FLOURISHED WITH EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH. MODERN STYLE ARCHITECTURE HAD IN BARCELONA A FIELD TO EXPRESS ITSELF AS NO OTHER CITY OF EUROPE HAD. YOU CAN STILL ADMIRE THE RESULTS WALKING ON THE STREETS OF MY CITY AND LOOKING AT THE INCREDIBLE FAÇADES THAT CATALAN BOURGEOSIE HAD THE COURAGE TO BUILD. THIS CREATIVITY WAS SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BEFORE THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, IN SPITE OF SOCIAL UNREST �-9AND IN SPITE OF PRIMO DE RIVERA DICTATORSHIP. FIRST WORLD WAR BROUGHT TO CATALONIA PICASSO, WHO CAME BACK, PICABIA AMONG OTHERS. BUT IT ALSO BROUGHT MONEY. CATALAN INDUSTRIALITY TOOK ADVANTATGE OF SPAIN'S NEUTRALITY TO MAKE GOOD BUSINESS OUT OF SELLING GOODS TO BOTH ALLIED AND CENTRAL POWERS. THAT COULD EXPLAIN SOME OF THE NEUTRALIST FEELINGS THAT CATALAN BOURGEOISSE STILL IS SHELTERING. THE 1929 UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION GAVE BARCELONA THE MOST IMPORTANT THRUST TO MODERNITY SINCE THE PREVIOUS 1888 EXHIBITION. THE 1929 EXHIBITION WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO HOST AND SHOW TO THE WORLD THE MIES VAN DER ROHE GERMAN PAVILLION, WHICH WE REBUILT LAST WINTER. THE FIRST BARCELONA UNDERGROUND RAIL SYSTEM WAS ALSO BUILT FOR THE 1929 EXHIBITION, AS WELL AS MANY IMPORTANT URBAN PROJECTS. IT WAS IN THIS TIME WHEN ARNOLD SCHONBERG BEGAN MOSES AND ARON IN BARCELONA. HIS DAUGHTER IS NAMED AFTER THE SECOND MOST POPULAR VIRGIN IN CATALONIA AFTER MONTSERRAT: NúRIA. �-10- IN THE REPUBLIC YEARS, THE THIRTIES, ARCHITECTURE WAS AGAIN THE FIELD WHERE CATALAN CAPACITY TO CATCH THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES WAS MORE EVIDENT. RACIONALIST ARCHITECTS FLOURISHED IN CATALONIA. JOSEP LLUIS SERT AND MEMBERS OF GATPAC ARCHITECT GROUP MADE BARCELONA THE CENTRE OF INTEREST OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS. THE GENERALITAT, THE CATALAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT, ENTRUSTED LE CORBUSIER THE DESIGN OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BARCELONA METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SPANISH PAVILION OF 1937 PARIS EXHIBITION, WHERE PICASSO'S GUERNICA WAS FIRST SHOWED, AS WELL AS WORKS BY MIRó, GARCIA AND CALDER, WAS DESIGNED BY JOSEP LLUÍS SERT, AS YOU KNOW. LATER CAME WHAT IT CAME. AND FOR DECADES CATALONIA WAS TO MANY SPANIARDS A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE TO FASCISM, A PLACE WHERE ONE COULD FEEL AN EUROPEAN ATMOSPHERE. AND BARCELONA WAS ITS FOCAL POINT. HOWEVER STRONG THE DICTATORSHIP PRESSURE WAS, CATALAN'S LOVE OF FREEDOM CREATED AND ENVIRONMENT LESS OPRESSIVE THAN IN THE REST OF SPAIN. �WHEN PICASSO, IN SPITE OF HIS GENIUS, WAS LOOKED SUSPICIOUSLY BY FRANCO'S REGIME, WHEN EVEN HIS NAME WAS ALMOST FORBIDDEN IN THE SPANISH PRESS, THE CITY OF BARCELONA OPENED ITS PICASSO MUSEUM. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, BUT I COULD OFFER MANY OTHERS TO YOU. NOW SPAIN IS A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRATIC MONARCHY. SPAIN HAS JOINED THE COMMON MARKET AND DECIDED NOT TO LEAVE NATO. BARCELONA HAS GOT THE 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES ORGANITATION. A GREAT DEAL OF ADJUSTEMENTS AND CHANGES ARE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN SPAIN AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. HOW DOES BARCELONA AND CATALONIA FIT IN THIS SCENE? �-12BARCELONA, CATALONIA, EUROPE AND THE WORLD CATALANS HAVE ALWAYS FELT AT HOME IN EUROPE. AND SO THE PRESIDENT OF CATALANS AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT SAID IN AACHEN, WHERE CHARLEMAGNE IS BURIED: "CATALONIA HAS COME BACK HOME ". AS A CATALAN WRITER, ECONOMIST AND ENGINEER, LUIS RACIONERO, HAS POINTED OUT, BACK IN THE Xth CENTURY ROMANESQUE MONASTERIES IN THE CATALAN PIRENEES WERE AN EUROPEAN CULTURAL ENCLAVE ACTING IN A WAY AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN GREEK HUMANISTIC HERITAGE, ARABIC AND PROVENÇAL CULTURES. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH CATALAN CULTURE, WITH CATALAN NATIONALITY AS SPAIN JOINTS EUROPE? ONE MAY THINK CATALAN NATION AND OTHER NATIONAL MINORITIES WILL EXPAND AS THE STATE-NATION LOSES POWER. OTHERS DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS IDEA. THEY SAY THAT FAR FROM THAT COMMON MARKET TENDS TO ENFORCE THE STATE STRUCTURE OF SPAIN. I THINK BARCELONA HAS A LOT TO OFFER TO EUROPE. LAST SEASON WE SHOWED IN LONDON AN EXHIBITION CALLED "HOMAGE TO BARCELONA". THE GREAT SURPRISE OF THIS EXHIBITION WAS RAMON CASAS'PAINTINGS . WHAT WE WANTED TO �-13DO WITH THE EXHIBITION, AS WE DID IN LAUSANNE WITH THE TREASURES OF BARCELONA SHOWING WHICH IS STILL ON, IS TO EXPLAIN TO THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE AS PICASSO, GAUDí, MIRó, DALÍ OR PAU CASALS ARE NOT ISOLATED PERSONALITIES GROWING SPONTANEOUSLY ON A GREY LANDSCAPE. WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HAD A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS MADE SUCH GENIUSES POSSIBLE. EUROPE HAS SOMETHING TO DISCOVER IN CATALONIA, AND CONVERSELY. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS, WHICH WAS MY OWN ACADEMIC SUBJECT BEFORE I BECAME A FULL TIME POLITICIAN, BARCELONA HAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF CITIES. BARCELONA IS TO BECOME TE LINK THAT WILL ATTACH THE IBERIAN PENINSULA TO THE URBAN EUROPEAN AXIS THAT GOES FORM LONDON TO MILAN. THERE IS A REGION DEFINED ROUGHLY BY THE AREAS OF BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE AND MILANO WICH HOLDS AN ENORMOUS ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL POTENTIAL. UNTIL SPAIN'S COMING INTO THE EEC THIS REGION HAS BEEN A BORDER REGION, A CUL -DE -SAC. FROM NOW ON IT WILL HAVE AN INCREASING CHARACTER OF PASSAGE. �-14BARCELONA WANTS TO ATTRACT THE GRAVITY CENTRE OF THIS REGION TOWARDS THE CATALAN SYSTEM OF CITIES. AND TO DO SO, BARCELONA HAS TO COMPETE WITH TOULOUSE, WHICH IS A FORMIDABLE CENTRE OF HIGH TECHOLOGY INDUSTRIES, AND MARSEILLES, WHOSE PORT FIGHTS WITH BARCELONA AND GENOA FOR THE FIRST PLACE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. WE HAVE CALLED THIS REGION THE "NORTH OF SOUTH" OF EUROPE. WITHIN THIS REGIONS THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEIR CITIES ARE ALREADY NATURAL. WE HAVE ONLY TO ENHANCE THEM, TO FACILITATE THEM. MONTPELLIER IS THE CITY THAT FIRST MADE A MOVE ON THIS DIRECTION. M. FRECHE, THE MAYOR OF MONTPELLIER, WAS THE FIRST FRENCH POLITICIAN TO WELCOME THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EEC. MONTPELLIER HAS UNDERSTOOD THAT IS EASIER FOR THEM GOING TO BARCELONA THAN TO PARIS. BARCELONA IS THE NEAREST BIG MARKET TO MONTPELLIER, THE NEAREST BIG CITY. BARCELONA CAN BE A CAPITAL OF THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE. THIS AREA HAS AN "ART OF LIVING", SO TO SPEAK, THAT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO THE NORTH: CLIMATE, LANDSCAPE, LEISURE. AT THE SAME TIME TE MAIN CITIES OF THE AREA HAVE AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC CAPACITY. �-15- BARCELONA TOWARDS 1992 BARCELONA, HOWEVER, NEEDS A LARGE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS TO BE READY FOR THE CHALLENGES OF NEXT CENTURY. THE MODERN BARCELONA HAS DEVELOPED BY IMPULSES. THIS HAPPENED IN THE XIXth, WHEN THE WALLS WERE PULLED DOWN, AND IN 1929, WITH THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AS I HAD SAID BEFORE. NOW WE HAVE CHOSEN THE 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES TO GIVE A SIMILAR THRUST. OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENHANCE BARCELONA'S STATUS AS A SECOND CAPITAL OF SPAIN AND A LEADING MEDITERRANEAN METROPOLIS AND TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THIS CITY. THE BIGGEST OPERATIONS WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AFFECT THREE PRINCIPAL AREAS: THE HILLS WHICH FORM THE CITY'S WESTERN, BORDER THE COASTAL AREA TO THE NORTHEAST OF BARCELONA, AND THE OLD CENTRAL CITY. �-16THE SERRA DE COLLSEROLA, A CHAIN OF LOW COASTAL HILLS, HAS BEEN AN OBSTACLE TO BARCELONA'S URBAN GROWTH THROUGHOUT HISTORY. WE INTEND TO TURN THIS AREA INTO METROPOLITAN BARCELONA'S CENTRAL PARK. THE BARRIER THAT IT IS AT PRESENTLY WILL BECOME A PLEASANT LINK BETWEEN THE CENTRAL CITY AND THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TOWNS BEYOND THE HILLS. BARCELONA'S WATERFRONT STRETCHES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LLOBREGAT RIVER, TO THE SOUTHWEST, TO THE MOUTH OF THE BESOS RIVER TO THE NORTHEAST, EXTENDING ALONG APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES OF COASTLINE INCLUDING THE HARBOUR FACILITIES. THE NORTH BANK OF THE LLOBREGAT DELTA HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN IMPORTANT AND MODERN INDUSTRIAL AREA. ON THE SOUTH BANK THERE IS THE BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND A RICH HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL AREA. THE COASTAL AREA NORTHEAST OF THE BARCELONA HARBOUR IS KNOWN AS THE "EASTERN BEACHES" AND EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY FIVE KILOMETERS ALONG THE COAST. THIS STRETCH, ALONG WITH THE INLAND AREA ADJOINING IT, WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS. �-17BARCELONA HAS BEEN LIVING, AS WE CATALANS SAY, "WITH ITS BACK TO THE SEA", WHICH IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION WITH THIS CITY'S BRILLIANT PAST AS THE CENTER OF A COMMERCIAL EMPIRE BASED ON MARITIME TRADE. BUT, INDEED, THE MODERN CITY HAS MANAGED TO ERECT A WALL BETWEEN ITSELF, ITS WAY OF LIFE, AND THE NEIGHBORING SEA. ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONCERNS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO TEAR DON THIS INVIABLE WALL. THE RENOVATION OF THE BOSCH AND ALSINA DOCK AT THE HARBOUR, WHICH WAS FORMERLY USED AS A TIMBER STORAGE AREA, REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS DIRECTION. THAT WAS A RELATIVELY EASY PROJECT TO CARRY OUT BECAUSE IT INVOLVED A LIMITED AREA AND, DUE TO ITS CENTRAL LOCATION, PROVIDED IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUS SOCIAL BENEFITS. BUT THE EASTERN BEACHES INVOLVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS. THE BEACHES THEMSELVES ARE IN VERY BAD CONDITI.ONS BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE AS WELL AS DEBRIS AND GARBAGE WHICH HAS BEEN DUMPED THERE. THE 1,300 ACRE AREA ADJOINING THE WATERFRONT, CALLED POBLE NOU, IS AN OLD INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREA, ENCIRCLED BY RAILWAY TRACKS WHICH ISOLATE IT FROM THE SEA FROM THE REST OF THE CITY. �-18- THE GREAT CHALLENGE WHICH WE AIM TO FACE IS THE RENEWAL OF THIS AREA, INCLUDING RECLAIMING THE WATERFRONT AS A SPORTS AND RECREATION AREA, AND BREAKING THE COLLAR OF RAILWAY LINES ENCIRCLING POBLE NOU, THUS OPENING IT TO THE REST OF THE CITY, AND BARCELONA TO THE SEA. THERE ARE THREE STEPS INVOLVED IN REACHING THIS GOAL: FIRST, THE "SPECIAL PLAN FOR THE EASTERN BEACHES"; SECOND, REMOVING THE RAILWAY TRACKS AND, THIRD, THE EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPORTANT FACILITIES INCLUDING THE "OLYMPIC VILLAGE". THE "SPECIAL PLAN FOR THE EASTERN BEACHES" HAS TO PRINCIPAL AIMS; FIRST, TO CLEAN UP THE WATER IN THE BEACHFRONT AREA THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWER SYSTEM AND SEWAGE RECYCLING PLANTS; AND, SECOND, TO PROTECT THE SHORE FROM EROSION THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIERS. WHEN THE PLAN IS COMPLETED, APPROXIMATELY 400 ACRES OF ADDITIONAL LAND WILL BE OPENED TO THE SEA. ONLY PART OF THIS LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR URBAN USES, THE REST BEING SUBJECTED TO COAST LAW RESTRICTIONS. THIS NEW �-19LAND, THEN, WILL BE USED FOR NEW BEACHES, A GREAT MARITIME PARK, A YATCHING HARBOUR AND OTHER SPORTS AND RECEAT:CONAL AREAS. URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN POBLE NOU HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY THIS RAILWAY NETWORK, SINCE THE WATERFRONT WAS BUILT UP BY INDUSTRIES DEPENDENT UPON THE RAILROAD SYSTEM. THE TRAIN TRACKS RUNNING ALONG THE COAST ARE, TO A GREAT EXTENT, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEPARATION BETWEEN BARCELONA AND ITS WATERFRONT. ALONG A STRETCH OF APPROXIMATELY SEVEN KILOMETERS OF TRACK, THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEDESTRIAN OVERPASSES AND TO GROUND LEVEL CROSSINGS. RAILWAY FACILITIES ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED ACRES OF THE LAND AREA OF POBLE NOU. INDUSTRIAL USE OF THESE RAILWAY LINES HAS DECREASED, HOWEVER, AND SEVERAL STOPS ON THE LINE HICH ARE PRIVATELY OWNED BY LARGE INDUSTRIES, ARE NO LONGER IN USE. THANKS TO THE OLYMPIC DEADLINE THE CITY OF BARCELONA, THE CATALAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIONAL RAILWAY CORPORATION CAME TO AN AGREEMENT LAST WINTER TO CHANGE THE BARCELONA RAILWAY NETWORK, INCLUDING THE RENOVATION OF THE COASTAL TRACKS.. �-20- POBLE NOU IS AN URBAN DISTRICT WITH A VERY DEFINITE CHARACTER OF ITS OWN AND A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THE FACT THAT IT WAS ISOLATED FROM THE CENTER CITY BY RAILWAY TRACKS HAS RESULTED IN A CERTAIN CULTURAL INDEPENDENCE ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE OF POBLE NOU. THIS COMMUNITY BOASTS A LONG TRADITION OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY WHICH IS STILL ALIVE TODAY THROUGH ITS MANY CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SOCIETIES. THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PREDOMINATELY INDUSTRIAL AREA HAVE ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT. IN SHORT, HEAVY.INDUSTRIES, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOW OBSOLETE, LEND AN AURA OF "INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION" TO THE LANDSCAPE. MANY FIRMS, HOWEVER, ARE NOW MOVING THEIR FACTORIES TO NEER FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL AREAS, SUCH AS THE LLOBREGAT DELTA, LEAVING BEHIND A NUMBER OF UNUSED BUILDINGS AND LAND PLOTS. THE BULK OF THE "NATIVE" POPULATION OF POBLE NOU LIVES IN THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT, NEAR THE "RAMBLA", OR PROMENADE. THEIR DWELLINGS, MOST OF WHICH ARE AT LEAST FIFTY TO EIGHTY YEARS OLD, ARE AS DATED AS THE INDUSTRIES SURROUNDING THEM. THERE ARE HUGE HOUSING COMPLEXES ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH �-21WERE BUILT DURING THE SIXTIES, BUT WHICH, IN FACT, ARE PART OF AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE DISTRICT. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OLYMPIC SPORTS FACILITIES IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING A MULTI -PURPOSE SPORTS HALL IN THE OLD FISHMARKET, OLYMPIC AND TRAINING POOLS IN THE MARITIME PARK, A SPORTS PALACE IN THE MARITIME PARK AND ATHLETIC TRACKS IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. AFTER THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THIS AREA WILL BE OVEREQUIPED AND, THUS, WILL BECOME A SUPPLY AREA FOR THE REST OF THE CITY. THE SETTING UP OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE WILL ENTAIL THE LARGEST INVESTMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES. LODGINGS MUST BE PROVIDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 14,000 PEOPLE AND, BECAUSE OF SECURITY REGULATIONS, THE VILLAGE MUST BE A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT. IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IT MUST INCLUDE PUBLIC AREAS AND SERVICES, SUCH AS: RESTAURANTS, MEETING POINTS, A COMMERCIAL CENTER, A RECREATION AND LEISURE CENTER, A POST OFFICE BRANCH, PUBLIC GROUNDS, PARKING LOTS, A BUS TERMINAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES. �-22I'HE OLYMPIC VILLAGE WILL BECOME THE NUCLEUS OF A LARGE-SCALE URBAN RENEWAL SCHEME. THE NEW COMMERCIAL, SPORTS, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WILL SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT REGENERATIVE ELEMENT OF THE NOW-DECAYED URBAN STRUCTURE. THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF POBLE NOU, WILL NOT BE A NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT RATHER A STIMULUS FOR THE REVIVAL AND RENEWAL OF THIS AREA. AFTER THE GAMES, THERE WILL BE LITTLE DIFFICULTY SELLING OR RENTING THE NEW DWELLINGS; SINCE `.THIS IS PUBLICALLY OWNED PROPERTY, BUILDING COSTS WILL BE LOW AND PRICES WILL BE COMPETITIVE. PRIVATE, OR MIXTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO FINANCE, BUILD AND MARKET THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE APARTMENTS FOLLOWING THE GAMES. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, ONCE AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OPERATION TO BARCELONA'S FUTURE. POBLE NOU IS BARCELONA'S NATURAL DOOR TO THE SEA. WHEN, IN THE MIDNINETENTH CENTURE, ILDEFONSO CERDà DESIGNED THE "EIXAMPLE", AN URBAN PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF DOWNTOWN BARCELONA, POBLE NOU WAS TO BECOME THE "MARITIME FAÇADE" OF THE CITY. URBAN RENEWAL IN POBLE NOU WILL, AS CERDá ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, FOCUS ATTENTION ON THIS "MARITIME FAÇADE" AND SERVE TO COUNTERBALANCE THE WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE CITY'S CENTER OF GRAVITY. �-23- THE OLD CENTRAL CITY URBAN RENEWAL SCHEME IS NOT SO DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE 1992 DEADLINE. THE OLD CENTRAL CITY IS AN AREA OF 386 Ha, THAT IS, ABOUT 960 ACRES AND A POPULATION OF 116.738. IN THIS AREA ARE THE MAIN BUILDINGS OF BARCELONA HISTORY: THE CITY HALL, THE GENERALITAT OR AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT HALL, THE CATHEDRAL, THE MEDIEVAL EXCHANGE AND MANY OTHER CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS. BUT THERE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT STOCK OF DERELICT HOUSES SHELTERING MARGINAL DWELLERS WITH MANY PROBLEMS OF VICE, CRIME, UNEMPLOYEMENT AND DRUG ADDICTION. BARCELONA HAS, IN A WAY, A DEBT WITH THE OLD CITY. WE COULD NOT BET FOR THE FUTURE IF WE HAD NOT RESPECT THE PAST. AND THE OLD CITY IS OUR PAST. THE PROJECTS CONCERNING THE OLD CITY ARE MUCH SLOWER THAN THE COASTAL ONES. IT IS A LONG PROCESS MEANT TO RECOVER FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USES AN IMPORTANT SET OF DECAYED NOBLE BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC SPACES, RENEW THE PRIVATE DWELLINGS AND ACT OVER THE URBAN TISSUE TO MAKE POPULATION DENSITY DECLINE. �-24- A PLEAD FOR EUROPEAN CITIES I WOULD LIKE NOW TO MAKE A LITTLE DISGRESSION THROUGH SOME IDEAS ON CITIES AND SYSTEMS OF CITIES, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE. FROM THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, THE XVIIIth CENTURY, MANKIND BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN PROGRESS, BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD'S EVILS WOULD FIND SOLUTION WITHIN PROGRESS. PROGRESS WAS SOMEHOW RELATED TO URBANIZATION. CITIES WERE REGARDED AS A SUPPORT TO PROGRESS. THIS BELIEF LASTED UNTIL THE LATE 1960'S, ROUGHLY SPEAKING. MAN BEGUNS TO SEE HIMSELF AS PART OF A MENACED ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS A NEW CONSCIENCE THAT BOTH MAN AND ENVIRONMENT ARE PERISHABLE GOODS. THEY CAN DISAPPEAR BECAUSE OF HUMAN MADE DEVICES - THE BOMB, SO TO SPEAK AND BECAUSE OF DECAY PROCESSES. EVERYTHING THAT FROM THE XVIII WAS LOOKED ON AS SACRED WAS CALLED IN QUESTION, INCLUDING THE CITIES AS A PROGRESS FACTOR. THUS ALAIN TOURAIN CAN SAY THAT THE CITY IS A PLACE OF SIN, POVERTY, CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNHAPPINESS. IT IS BETTER TO BE IN THE SUBURBS OR IN A �-25AGRICULTURAL COMUNE, BUT OUT OF THE CITY, IN ANY CASE. ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TIME IS THE RECURRENCE OF STAGNATION THEORIES. THE SEVENTIES BEGAN WITH THE REAPPARITION OF WHITE -WASHED OLD THEORIES, NAMELY THE THEORY OF LIMITS OF GROWTH SUSTAINED BY THE CLUB OF ROME, FORRESTER, MEADOWS AND THE LIKE. WHAT ONCE HAD BEEN LAND, AS A SCARCE FACTOR, IT WAS NOW ENERGY, OIL. IT IS RELEVANT FOR THE FUTURE OF CITIES THAT ENERGY COSTS GO DOWN. THIS CAN HELP TO HAVE A SOCIETY WHERE THE DIFFERENCES, THE FRONTIER BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTRY WOULD NOT EXIST. THAT IS TO SAY, AN URBANISED COUNTRY, MEANING THAT ONE CAN FIND THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF LIVING WITH DIGNITY, WITH A GOOD LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN RELATION AVALABILITY. ON THE OTHER HAND, CITIES WHERE ITS DWELLERS ARE NOT CAPTIVE OF CONGESTION COSTS. FROM AN EUROPEAN OUTLOOK, HOWEVER, ONE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CITIES WITHOUT A REFERENCE TO PRESENT AGRICULTURE POLICY IN THE ECONOMIC EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE COMMON MARKET. �-26EUROPEAN CITIES HAD TO ESTABLISH A LOBBY TO STOP EUROPE PAYING FOR SUBSIDIZED FARM SURPLUSES. THE INDUSTRIAL AND TERTIARY EUROPEAN WORKER IS FINANCING A VERY EXPENSIVE FOOD POLICY WHICH RESULTS IN DUMPING EXPORTS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT ALFONSIN IN ARGENTINA WHEN SPAIN HAS JUST SIGNED THE AGREEMENT TO ENTER THE COMMON MARKET. PRESIDENT ALFONSIN GREETED ME WITH A GENTLE REBUKE FOR OUR JOINING THE EEC. "YOU HAVE JUST DONE US AN ILL TURN" HE SAID. EUROPE PRODUCES MEAT AT A COST OF 130, SELLS IT AT 90 IN ARGENTINA WHERE WE CAN PRODUCE IT AT 100". THIS IS OF COURSE AN ABSURD SITUATION. WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY OUR OLD CITIES NEED IN FOOD WE DO NOT EAT, BUT USE IT TO HINDER THE EFFORTS OF NATIONS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AGAINST UNDERDEVELOPMENT. IN EUROPE, AND IN ALL THE WORLD I THINK, WE HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM THAT OUTWEIGHS TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATIVITY OVER POPULATION. AS A RESULT, THE LAWS �-27- AND RESOLUTIONS ISSUED BY THESE PARLIAMENTS ARE MORE AGRARIAN ORIENTED AND THEREFORE MORE CONSERVAT.IVE THAN THE WHOLE OF THE POPULATION IS. IN MY OPINION EUROPE HAS TO RECOVER A CERTAIN URBAN MILITANCY. PAYING FOR FOOD SURPLUSES IS EXPENSIVE AND HAS TO BE DONE EVERY YEAR. PAYING FOR THE CITIES IS ALSO EXPENSIVE, BUT CITIES ARE ALREADY THERE, THEY ARE NOT PRODUCED YEARLY. A EUROPE, A WORLD SEEN AS A SET OF NATIONS ARE A EUROPE AND A WORLD SLOWER, WITH MORE CONFRONTED LANGUAGES THAN A EUROPE AND A WORLD SEEN AS A SYSTEM OF CITIES. CITIES HAVE NO FRONTIERS, NO ARMIES, NO CUSTOMS, NO IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. CITIES ARE PLACES FOR INVENTION, FOR CREATIVITY, FOR FREEDOM. KEEPING A SYSTEM OF CITIES RUNNING IS EXPENSIVE, YES IT IS. IT IS NOT EASY, IT IS NOT. BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT. IT IS OUR REACHNESS. �-28BARCELONA AND THE AMERICAS BARCELONA IS ALSO BETTING FOR BEING THE BRIDGE BEWEEN LATIN AMERICA, AND THE WHOLE AMERICAN CONTINENT, AND EUROPE. BARCELONA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SPANISH LANGUAGE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY CENTER IN THE WORLD. BARCELONA IS THE FIRST CITY OF EUROPE IN LATIN AMERICAN RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO CONSOLIDATE OUR POSITION IN THE AMERICAN EXPORT IMPORT TRADE. AND WE WANT TO EXTEND THE INFLUENCE OF OUR PORT BEYOND SPANISH FRONTIERS. AND WE WANT ALSO MANY NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN EXPORTERS THAT NOW OPERATE THOUGH LONDON OR ROTTERDAM TO COME TO BARCELONA. IT IS CHEAPER, AND WE ARE AS EFFICIENT AS THEM. �-29A LOOK AT THE YEAR 2000 LOOKING ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT CENTURY I SEE OUR FUTURE RATHER OPTIMISTICALLY. CATALONIA IS RECOVERING THE POWER OF INVENTION, THE CREATIVITY, THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE THAT MADE HER THE MOST DYNAMIC REGION OF SPAIN. AND SHE IS GOING TO DO IT WITH SPAIN, NOT AGAINST SPAIN. THE 1992 OLYMPICS HAS BEEN A POWERFUL TRIGGER TO START A FORMIDABLE REACTION OF OPTIMISM. THEY ARE A CHALLENGE TO GET OUR CITY READY TO ENTER THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AS A MODERN, EFFICIENT AND AT THE SAME TIME LIVEABLE CITY. WE CATALANS ARE COMING TO TERMS WITH OUR OWN HISTORY. WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR FUTURE IS NARROWLY LINKED TO THE FUTURE OF SPAIN. WE HAVE A PRIVILEGED PART IN THIS FUTURE. CATALONIA HAS TO BE THE LEADER OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF SPAIN. THE LEADER OF THE PROCESS THAT WILL MAKE SPAIN BECOME AN EUROPEAN NATION, THAT WILL MAKE SPAIN CEASE TO BE A KIND OF RESERVATION OF EXOTISM. �-30THE ROLE OF CATALONIA IS CRUCIAL. AND SO IS THE ROLE OF BARCELONA. I AM SPARING NO EFFORT TO KEEP BARCELONA MOVING. AND THE CITY WILL ANSWER, HAS ALREADY ANSWERED TO THE CHALLENGE. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-1997 Description An account of the resource Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona. No tenen tipus Tipo temporal para mapear las fichas sin tipo a la base resource template de Omeka S Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3964 Title A name given to the resource A la Graduate School of Design de la Universitat de Harvard / Conferència. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maragall, Pasqual, 1941- Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual Abstract A summary of the resource. Sumari: - Política urbana de Barcelona. - Barcelona, Catalunya, Espanya. - El desenvolupament de Barcelona. - Barcelona, Catalunya, Europa i el món. - Barcelona cap al 1992. - Ciutats europees. - Barcelona i les Ameriques. - Una mirada al 2000. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Cambridge, MA, EEUU Language A language of the resource Anglès Subject The topic of the resource Urbanisme Història Federalisme Relacions Internacionals Infraestructures Europa Barcelona Model social Ciutats Estats Units Type The nature or genre of the resource Conferència Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-11-20 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona. EAD Archive The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids. Level The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element (may be other level too). Document Discursos i conferències