Barcelona City Council
Miquel Rodriguez Planas is an experienced professional in economic development and public-private partnerships, currently serving as the Director of Economic Development at Barcelona City Council since 2019, where responsibilities include managing a budget of approximately 50M€ and overseeing areas such as tourism, retail, and social economy. Rodriguez Planas has held multiple leadership positions in various organizations, including as a founding member of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals and a manager at IESE Business School, focusing on logistics and public-private sector collaboration. Previous roles also include Chief Operating Officer at UManresa-Fundació Universitària del Bages and Public Policies Analyst at the Generalitat de Catalunya. Educational credentials include a Master's Degree in Social Sciences from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and extensive academic qualifications in economics and public administration.
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Barcelona City Council
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Barcelona is governed by a city council formed by 41 city councillors, elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage. As one of the two biggest cities in Spain, Barcelona is subject to a special law articulated through the Carta Municipal (Municipal Law). A first version of this law was passed in 1960 and amended later, but the current version was approved in March 2006. According to this law, Barcelona's city council is organized in two levels: a political one, with elected city councillors, and one executive, which administrates the programs and executes the decisions taken on the political level. This law also gives the local government a special relationship with the Spanish government and it also gives the mayor wider prerogatives by the means of municipal executive commissions. It expands the powers of the city council in areas like telecommunications, city traffic, road safety and public safety. It also gives a special economic regime to the city's treasury and it gives the council a veto in matters that will be decided by the central government, but that will need a favourable report from the council.