Foment de Terrassa SA

Area of Innovation and Strategic and Economic Development
Terrassa
Texmedin
Montserrat Borràs
Foment de Terrassa SA (Municipal Agency for Economic and Social Promotion)
Prato, April 7, 2009
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Industrial crowns
of Barcelona
3 rd CRO W N
2 nd CRO W N
1 st CRO W N
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HISTORY
HISTORIA
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIA(XIX-XX)
(XIX-XX) MODERNISM
MODERNISMO UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSIDAD
Masia Freixa
Castell Cartoixa de Vallparadis (s. XII)
Almacén Joaquim Alegre Chimenea Bóbila Almirall
Salón de la Casa Alegre de Sagrera
Iglesias de Sant Pere (s. V-XII)
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Torre del Palau
Inscripción Romana
Vapor Aymerich,
Aymerich, Amat i Jover
Cuadra de la fábrica Izard
Escuela Industrial
Area of Innovation and Strategic and Economic Development
Industrial inheritance and technologic culture
From the Industrial Revolution to Intelligent urbanism:
Inheritance from:
Productive activity, industrial architecture, institutions,
associationism, university education, knowledge culture
and creativity, ...
Innovation in:
Economic diversification and processes, new urban net,
I&KT, globalisation…
There’s a clear conductor line for innovation, even
also more than this...
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A place to enjoy living and working
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MAIN FACTS
Terrassa (the
(the municipality)
municipality)
Population: 207663 (∆
∆%1.19)
Density: 2962.38 inhab/km2
Activity rates
Active population rate: 77.8%
Commerce
Unemployement rate (reg.): 15.2%
Services for business
Business & Employment 2008:
Companies: 6686
Employees: 62451
Self-employees: 14035
Health Services
Metal Industry (mainly electronics)
Construction
Textiles & Knitting
Main economic sectors
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Taking part of a net of cities in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (RMB)
Central place of the RMB’s 2n crown > a strategic position
Terrassa
The Metropolitan Arch
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Area of Innovation and Strategic and Economic Development
Terrassa on
Euroregion
crossroads
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Territorial scope
Labour markets in the RMB in accordance with residence-work mobility
Te r ras s a
Mercats de treball de la RMB (2001)
Granollers
Mataró
Sabadell
Terrassa
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona
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Industrial land location and traffic intensity in the RMB
Font: Trullén, 2005
Source: Pacte Industrial de la Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona, Atlas industrial de la RMB. Diagnosi Territorial, 2004
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Specialization level in industrial land of RMB’s
municipalities
Terrassa
Source: Pacte Industrial de la Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona, Atlas industrial de la RMB. Diagnosi Territorial, 2004
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Industrial Areas of Terrassa
B-40
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INDUSTRIAL ZONES (2008)
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Name
Area (m )
NORD
CAN PETIT
LA GRÍPIA
EST
SECTOR MONTSERRAT
CAN PALET
CAN FARCAN
SEGLE XX
SANTA MARGARIDA I
SANTA MARGARIDA II
ELS BELLOTS
CAN PARELLADA INDUSTRIAL
COLOM II
CAN GUITARD
208.294,5
332.837,2
84.583,8
272.946,8
324.364,4
200.556,3
62.811,4
361.797,8
614.803,8
405.312,7
207.812,1
590.875,8
238.997,6
165.297,3
Total
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4.071.291,5
3
4
5
6
8
15
16
17
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Name
Area (m )
ELS BELLOTS II
PALAU NORD
PALAU SUD - CAN GUITARD
898.959,6
407.047,9
752.095,8
Total
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PROJECTED INDUSTRIAL LAND
7
11
16
12
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C-58
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BARCELONA
(33 Kms)
2.058.103,3
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C-16
BARCELONA
(27 Kms)
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An University
City
15,000 students
11 Unv. Schools
from 6 Universities
38 research groups
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Paradigms of the Territorial Pact for Employment and Economic Promotion
Competitiveness
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Paradigms of an Innovation District
• Co-operation & Concert with engagement
• Competitiveness through education
• Intelligent urbanism > a comfortable space for living and working
• Social Cohesion > growing into diversity richness
• Sustainable development > eco-innovation platform
• Innovative atmosphere...
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Area of Innovation and Strategic and Economic Development
City Council
Area of Innovation and Strategic and Economic Development
Services in the central structure
International
Relations
City Projection
and Innovation
Tourism
Commerce
& Markets
ACTE
Services in the municipal holding: societies
Foment de Terrassa SA
The Agency of Socio-economic Promotion:
Management of Strategic Planning, Employment
and Enterpreneurship Policies
Promocions Industrials de Terrassa SA
Agency for public-private initiative in industrial and
tertiary land and room creation and management
Campus Professional de Vallparadís
Escola d’Hostaleria “Torre Mossèn Homs”
Vapor Gran Innovative Enterpreneurship Centre
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Foment de Terrassa SA
the Agency for Economic & Social Promotion
Strategic planning in socio-economic
matters > Social Concert
Economic & Social & Sustainability Observatory
market research & diagnosis for sustainable territory
⇒ Labour information and assessment
⇒ Professional education, education for
employment, continous education and training
⇒ Labour insertion through direct mediation with
employers
⇒ Assessment for enterpreneurship and business
creation and consolidation > the incubator & the
advanced business centre
⇒ New strategic projects > clusters policy &
innovation district
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Foment de Terrassa SA
the Agency for Economic & Social Promotion
Market studies & research
Strategic planning board
Basic & specialized
information
Labour assessment
Enterp. assessment
Professional
education &
training
Companies incubator
Educational experimental laboratory
Industrial enterpr. centre
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The City Plan for Innovation:
Innovation: “the big umbrella”
umbrella”
General concert process for City
development partnership
Resources
Strengths
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Experience
Opportunities
Agreement & alliances
on clusters development
Key-organisations
Key-people
Confidence
New textiles
Audio-Visual and Knowledge
Aerospatial industry
Nanotechnology
Food industries
Leisure & videogames
Optics
Eco-technology
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More than wishes, facts!: the main City strategic Projects
The City Plan for Innovation:
Innovation: under “the big umbrella”
umbrella”
The “Vapor Gran”, innovative enterpreneurship axis
> new centrality through business activities in downtown
The Audio-Visual Park of Catalonia PAC (in the former Hospital del Tòrax)
> 45000 sqm av. room + cinema studios & platos
The “Leitat” High Research & Innovation Centre
> mainly research about textiles technologies
The “Nexus III” of the UPC
> spin-offs and enterpreneurship from university projects > 40000 sqm
Campus Professional Vallparadís
> laboratory for integration of professional educational levels
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The “Vapor Gran”, innovative enterpreneurship axis
> new centrality through business activities in downtown
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