Publications

DIPLOCAT AGORA 14: Challenges and opportunities of 5G in rural areas. From the European Commission's strategy to regional implementation models.

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT on 2 July 2021.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 13: Challenges for mountain regions in Europe: from depopulation to sustainability.

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT on 6 May 2021.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 12: The management of time as key to a fairer, healthier and more efficient society. 

Publication resulting from contributions and conclusions of three international debates on urban time policy practices, organized by DIPLOCAT and Barcelona Time Use Initiative for a Healthy Society (BTUI), on 20 May 2021, 3 June 2021 and 17 June 2021.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 11: Towards a new paradigm for the tourism sector. The role of local entities.

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT on 16 December 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 10: Beyond traditional business:sustainability as a core strand in the economic recovery required after Covid-19. Green transition and circular economy.

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT and the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS) on 29 June 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 9: The role of Catalonia in the fight against climate change: the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.

Publication resulting from the online workshop The role of Catalonia in the fight against climate change: the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement organized by DIPLOCAT and Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS) on 11 December 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 8: Technology platforms and the fight against fake news. Accountability, offering digital education and doing good journalism are part of the solution to a growing problem.

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT and the Association of European Journalists of Catalonia (APEC) on 2 March 2021.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 7: Coexisting in the Mediterranean: interculturality as a tool for dialogue. 

Publication resulting from the workshop Mediterranean Intercultural Dialogue: recognising ourselves in the culture of others organized on 30 September 2020 by DIPLOCAT and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), together with the Government of Catalonia, in collaboration with Barcelona City Council.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 6: Centralization vs Decentralization against COVID-19.
Which strategy is best to fight against COVID-19?

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized by DIPLOCAT and Catalonia's Center for Contemporary Studies on 25 June 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 5: Public Diplomacy in times of pandemics. How to practise at a distance a direct contact based discipline

Publication resulting from the global debate organised by DIPLOCAT on 2 July 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 4: New productive models against COVID-19. Beyond the choice between saving the economy and saving lives

Publication resulting from the DIPLOCAT DIGITAL TALK organized on 8 September 2020.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 3: Proposals for a more social Europe. Inputs from Catalan social action organisations to the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights.

Publication resulting from the online workshop organized by DIPLOCAT and ECAS on 8 July of 2020, Poverty and Employment: What do Catalan social action organisations want to say to Europe?. The goal of this workshop is to convey Catalonia's priorities and reality to EU social policymakers at a time when the European Commission has opened up a consultation period to work on reinforcing the European Pillar of Social Rights and its implementation through an action plan scheduled for 2021.

Summary
Summary in French

DIPLOCAT AGORA 2: Feeding on future. International Conference on sustainable food Systems.

Publication resulting from the conference organized by DIPLOCAT and CADS on 11 October 2019, Feeding on future.

DIPLOCAT AGORA 1: The role of public diplomacy in the digital age.

Publication resulting from the conference hosted in Barcelona by DIPLOCAT in May 2019. International conference on the role of public diplomacy in the digital age, the various players involved and its consequences in a globalised world.

Social housing: a European perspective. (in Catalan)

Publication resulting from the online conference Social housing: a European perspective organized by DIPLOCAT and the Table of Entities of the Third Social Sector of Catalonia, in partnership with the Pere Tarrés Foundation - University Ramon Llull, on 26 November 2020. The session featured Catalan and European experts and organizations who outlined the main trends on housing policies promoted in Europe and presented cases of good practices.

Study of the footprint and portrayal of Catalonia in the international press (2020) - (in Catalan)

Analysis of the news coverage of Catalonia in the international press. It examines all the information about political, social, economic, cultural and sports issues in 2020 in ten leading newspapers in Europe and America (United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany).

International Image of Catalonia Report. – December 2020 (in Catalan)

This report on the international image, reputation and evaluation of Catalonia among informed European public opinion is based on DIPLOCAT's own survey corroborated by other public surveys (CEO, Real Instituto Elcano) and the aggregate data available (Idescat, INE, Eurostat, OECD, World Bank).

International Image of Catalonia Report. – December 2019 (in Catalan)

This report on the international image, reputation and evaluation of Catalonia among informed European public opinion is based on DIPLOCAT's own survey corroborated by other public surveys (CEO, Real Instituto Elcano) and the aggregate data available (Idescat, INE, Eurostat, OECD, World Bank).

Study of the footprint and portrayal of Catalonia in the international press (2019). – (in Catalan)

Analysis of the news coverage of Catalonia in the international press. It examines all the information about political, social, economic, cultural and sports issues in 2019 in ten leading newspapers in Europe and America (United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany).

Presentation document

Who are we? How are we organised? What do we do? Who are the members?

Strategic plan of DIPLOCAT 2019-2022

Document setting out the organisation's priority objectives and areas for the period 2019 to 2022.

Work plan of DIPLOCAT 2022 (in Catalan)

Document setting out specific measures for 2022 based on the organisation's key action strands and strategic objectives.

Work plan of DIPLOCAT 2021 (in Catalan)

Document setting out specific measures for 2021 based on the organisation's key action strands and strategic objectives.

DIPLOCAT's Activity Report 2020 (in Catalan)

DIPLOCAT's activity report for 2020 which sets out the implementation of the annual work plan along with a number of indicators designed to help evaluate it.

Appendix. Selected press releases

Work plan of DIPLOCAT 2020 (in Catalan)

Document setting out specific measures for 2020 based on the organisation's key action strands and strategic objectives.

Local Government Internationalisation Plan 2020-2022. A common goal anchored in a local standpoint (in Catalan)

Specific document addressed to local government to drive its internationalisation (period 2020-2022).

DIPLOCAT’s Activity Report 2019 (in Catalan)

DIPLOCAT's activity report for 2019 which sets out the implementation of the annual work plan along with a number of indicators designed to help evaluate it.

Appendix. Selected press releases

Work plan of DIPLOCAT 2019 (in Catalan)

Document setting out specific measures for 2019 based on the organisation's key action strands and strategic objectives.