On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we aim to combat the sexist attitudes and behaviors that affect women in public transportation.

On November 22 at 12:30 p.m., we will hold an awareness-raising event to stand for zero tolerance against any act of gender-based violence.

During the event, a manifesto will be read by the Unitary Platform Against Gender Violence, and there will be several speeches. The event will continue with a performance by singer-songwriter Gemma Humet, who will perform her song "Ales al vent" with piano and voice.

TMB Ten-point list for preventing harassment

1. TMB expresses its firm commitment to real and effective equality between men and women.

2. TMB undertakes to promote respectful and peaceful behaviour on its public transport networks and peaceful coexistence between users, regardless of their sex.

3. TMB undertakes to adopt appropriate measures to avoid any form of discrimination on the grounds of sex against users of its transport networks.

4. TMB declares its complete rejection of any behaviour contrary to the freedom, dignity and physical and mental integrity of its users, and of any other person linked to its public transport networks.

5. TMB confirms its intention to continue carrying out awareness-raising initiatives for combating any offensive expression towards the sex of people during their travel experience.

6. TMB expresses its resounding disapproval of lewd or intimidating gestures, stares and insinuations directed at metro or bus users, irrespective of their physical appearance or clothing.

7. TMB is committed to actively listening to all women who feel harassed sexually or on the grounds of their sex as well as who have witnessed displays of this type of unwanted behaviour.

8. TMB reaffirms its will to continue strengthening preventive actions and addressing sexual and gender-based harassment to protect women users of the metro and bus networks.

9. TMB makes clear its willingness to work together with the agents and competent authorities to draw up an action protocol against sexual and gender-based harassment, in order to ensure that the public transport networks are safe, respectful and comfortable mobility environments for all people.

10. TMB assumes the responsibility of publicizing the content of this document and its purpose in all possible ways.

Street Child Spain Foundation and TMB Foundation present the photography exhibition <em>QUINCE: Through the Eyes of a Generation</em> at Espai Mercè.

This exhibition is a participatory photography project carried out in collaboration with local photographers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Uganda, who led photographic creation workshops with 15-year-olds in these unique and complex corners of the world. From areas of active conflict and refugee camps to remote communities, this exhibition explores what it means to be 15 years old in drastically different contexts.

The origin of this exhibition is based on a successful pilot participatory photography project by the Street Child Foundation in collaboration with Nigerian independent photographer and filmmaker Nelson Apochi Owoicho, aimed at empowering and inspiring girls at risk of dropping out of school in Nigeria. Later, in each of the countries, Street Child worked with local photographers and partners to organize participatory photography workshops with 15-year-olds.

Alongside the foundation's educational programs in these communities, the training provided them with the opportunity to express themselves through creativity.

The added value of this exhibition lies in the opportunity to offer children and young people, who are the driving force of change and the primary reason for Street Child's existence, an expressive tool and a safe space to tell their own stories. At the same time, it emphasizes the importance of their education for their personal development and that of their communities.

With this initiative, TMB Foundation showcases the work of a social entity developing cooperation and development projects, aligning with the TMB Solidarity project, while also focusing on the education of children and adolescents, in line with the TMB Education project.

Until 5 September, the Espai Mercè Sala will be presenting an exhibition organised by the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation, which looks at humankind's relationship with the oceans through a series of photographs.

Promoted by the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation in collaboration with the TMB Foundation, the exhibition shows images that bring to mind questions about the oceans: how we experience them, enjoy them, suffer them and need them.
The 25 photographs offer a reflection on the relationship we have with the sea according to where in the world we were born, from different perspectives, and on the relationship that human beings have with the oceans, from an artistic and creative perspective. The authors are amateur and professional photographers who have shared their unique vision of the sea.

Under the slogan “What would a sea open to everyone be like?,” the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation organised an international photography competition that sought to find the most iconic image of what the sea means for humans. More than 2.500 photographs were received from all over the world. The finalist photographs can be seen at the Espai Mercè Sala exhibition. 

More information about the Espai Mercè Sala.
 

The TMB Foundation, aligned with the values of the America’s Cup

Between 22 August and 27 October, Barcelona will host the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, the oldest sports competition in history, and the most important in the world of sport sailing.

Barcelona Capital Nàutica (FBCN) is a public foundation whose mission is to promote Catalonia and Barcelona as nautical points of reference in the world, through the development of projects in the areas of innovation and sustainability, education, sport, the blue economy and maritime culture. The FBCN played a key role in the logistics organisation of the UN Ocean Decade Conference, and is now scheduled to be the venue for the 37th America’s Cup, which will be held in Barcelona in September and October 2024.   

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) is working to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda’s sustainable development goals and the Catalan Climate Change Office's programme of voluntary agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. All the activities are organised taking social responsibility and sustainability criteria into account. 

On Sunday 29 September, on the occasion of European Mobility Week, the 21st edition of La BaixCicletada will be held.

TMB will participate in this edition by demonstrating the AMBici bike sharing service and giving participants a cotton backpack as a gift.

The BaixCicletada is an event organized by 12 municipalities of the Baix Llobregat and consists of a popular bike ride with several starting points, which ends its route in Torreblanca park, located between Sant Joan Despí and Sant Just Desvern, where they last carry out various activities for families and people who love bicycles.

Once again, TMB collaborates with the 48h Open House Barcelona festival by opening the doors of the ZAL metro garage, offering the public a unique opportunity to discover what we usually don't know about the metro, within installations designed with the highest technology.

At Metro's garages, trains are tuned and the systems that make this mode of transportation possible to operate are monitored every day. Metro professionals take care of the maintenance of trains, tracks and all the remote control and railway safety systems from different specialized centers spread throughout the metropolitan area. The ZAL facilities are the ones that serve the L9 and L10, the newest lines in the network.

48h Open House Barcelona

In 2024, the most important architecture festival in the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona opens the doors of more than 200 buildings to promote a double reflection on what is important in architecture and what gives it value.

As it did last year, the festival now joins the celebration of the 19th edition of Barcelona Design Week and its global initiative to promote SDG goal number 18 which treats design as a key element for to the present and the future of people.

From this 2024, the 48h Open House Barcelona architecture festival is part of Open House Europe, a project co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Commission.