"We are making Catalonia one of the best countries in the world"
Work area: Showcasing Catalonia
“Showcasing Catalonia to the world. We must be capable of crafting a project through our companies and culture, our scientists, sportspeople and social and sporting organisations, our universities (we have two of the best business schools in Europe) and, in short, our people, to project Catalonia abroad. At the same time, it is necessary to step up the process of making our companies global and improve our ability to attract new investment. All of this must represent a greater creation of wealth. “
Every two years since its inception, FemCAT has organized a benchmarking trip aimed at observing first-hand some aspect in which the country being visited is a world leader. Through observation and conversation, it’s possible to extract the most important lessons, which can then be reproduced back home in Catalonia. 8th EDITION (2019): E-STATE AND INNOVATION: ESTONIA AND FINLAND Estonia’s “e-Government” stands out for its technology and digitalisation at every level, including administration, electronic voting, healthcare [...] Read more...
Together with Òmnium Cultural, the Jaume Bofill Foundation, and the Institute for Catalan Studies, FemCAT has comprised the Governing Board of CATESCO, previously known as UNESCO Center for Catalonia, contributing to the definition of priorities and objectives of the association. This association is designed to promote the principles and values of UNESCO in Catalonia, and to make the Catalan language and culture visible in the field of UNESCO, working to become a recognized leader in [...] Read more...
Catalonia’s Public Diplomacy Council, DIPLOCAT, was created in 2012 as a public-private consortium aimed at explaining Catalonia to the world. It also aims to influence international public opinion so as to improve the nation’s image and prestige abroad, creating ties and relationships of trust with foreign citizens and institutions. The Council also encourages Catalan civil society to get involved with and contribute to the principal international challenges and debates, from an understanding that the country’s [...] Read more...
The Annual FemCAT Assembly was held yesterday, on January 22. Approximately 50 members came together in Barcelona to elect new trustees and a new presid...
The employer’s association Foment del Treball published an interesting report last November on the Catalan business structure, placing special emphasi...
From November 7 to 10, 2017, around 20 FemCAT member companies and a delegation of journalists from various media outlets participated in the seventh ed...
We’re joining the call for dialogue and mediation made yesterday by the Parliament of Catalonia. Mediation is the best tool to allay interlocutors tha...
The Lighthouse Manifesto (Manifest del Far) was formulated in May 2014 and signed by the majority of business institutions in Catalonia, including FemCA...
The Lighthouse Manifesto was drawn up in May 2014 and signed by the majority of Catalan business institutions, including FemCAT. In August 2015, the ent...
We act in response to the indispensable commitment of civil society to the economic and social aspirations of the Catalan people. We emphatically reject...
