Barcelona has power

A global city is one that has great power or influence on a regional, national, and international scale. Global cities, according to sociologist Saskia Sassen, have more characteristics in common with each other than with other cities in their own country.

This is what happens to Barcelona, which has much more in common with European capitals than with other Spanish cities.

Let's look at the rankings in which the city of Barcelona appears. Barcelona is among the 50 European cities with the largest population and regional GDP. According to the City Talent Index 2023 prepared by NTT Data and Barcelona Global, Barcelona is among the top 12 European cities for attracting and retaining talent, with London, Paris, and Zurich leading the ranking.

According to the Start Up Heatmap Europe Survey, which analyzes the preferences of startup founders, Barcelona continues to hold the third European position thanks to a very strategic ecosystem that includes startup accelerators such as Conector, Wayra, and Seedrocket.

Barcelona is not a megalopolis, nor does it have a large and oversized urban area, nor does it house millions and millions of inhabitants, but it has the capacity to position itself as an attractive city for talent, precisely because of its own unique characteristics.

A global city is one that concentrates power, skills, and resources and is capable of bringing together a series of economic and knowledge sectors. The greater the capacity to concentrate talent, knowledge, innovation, investment, and development, the more powerful the city is, as it influences what happens around it and sets trends.

Barcelona has power when it acts as the global city it already is and focuses on specific knowledge sectors in which it already excels, such as advanced medicine, pharma, photonics, and quantum

Barcelona has power when it acts as the global city it already is and focuses on specific knowledge sectors in which it already excels, such as advanced medicine, pharma, photonics, and quantum. Data, its analysis, exploitation, and interpretation are the gold of the new era; Barcelona is well positioned in this regard, let's use that power!