The Management Board of the Port of Barcelona has validated its Innovation Plan, a document that establishes an innovation model based on the current and future needs of Barcelona’s Port Community.
Barcelona port said that this model focuses on sustainable, collaborative and demand-driven innovation, in line with its strategy.
The ultimate objectives of the plan, which include the proposals set out in the Port of Barcelona Fourth Strategic Plan, are to strengthen the Spanish port’s economic growth, encourage its innovation, promote the digitalisation of the logistics ecosystem and foster synergies with the city.
Moreover, the Innovation Plan is based on an analysis of the port’s current situation in areas such as the use of technology, the innovative culture of the Port Community, as well as the potential of Barcelona’s innovative ecosystem, according to a statement.
It also defines lines of work aimed at developing management structures for the entire Port Community of Barcelona, as well as forging alliances with the city’s innovative environment, while publicising the innovative activity of the port.
To achieve these objectives, the innovation plan envisions launching the Barcelona Port Innovation Foundation, which is expected to make it easier to manage innovative initiatives in the Port Community’s relationship with the innovative ecosystem of the Spanish city.
In addition to promoting alliances with the ensemble of innovation actors in the port and in the city of Barcelona, the plan establishes the need to create spaces where innovation can be developed successfully.
