Primavera R

Barcelona Resilience Spring Festival: Learn, Share and Network for Adaptive Capacities

The Urban Resilience Lab of Barcelona launches the Primavera Resilience festival, which consists of an intensive in-person Executive Training on Climate Urbanism for consultants and city officials (April 9th to 11th), as well as an Open Day featuring activities, site visits, and a networking event in the streets of Barcelona to learn more about who is promoting which adaptive and transformative actions in the city.

Primavera R is about building connections; both locally and globally. The idea for the festival grew out of the Resilience Brunches, where we realized that while Barcelona is home to many inspiring climate resilience initiatives, they often operate in isolation. There is so much knowledge and experience here, but few opportunities to share, collaborate, and grow together.

Dates

9–11 April – Intensive Training on “Climate Urbanism Implementation Strategies”

11 April – Resilience Festival

Location

Various sites across Barcelona

Contact

info@urbanresiliencelab.barcelona

Intensive Training on Climate Urbanism Implementation Strategies

Most of the work is done in silos. Most of the training courses are either too long or too technical. There is little opportunity to network with the highest-profile international scholars and professionals who teach climate change implementation strategies and link spatial justice with climate change adaptation and mitigation. We got them in person in Barcelona for 3 days for a unique event, mixing in-depth classes with time for networking and tutorship, while also meeting Barcelona’s city officials, and visiting the city’s latest initiatives.

Date: 9-11 April

Location: Barcelona

Contact: info@urbanresiliencelab.barcelona

In the framework of the Barcelona Resilience festival “Primavera R” (Friday, April 11th), where many resilience initiatives will open their doors to the public for a day, this intensive training will allow you to link the theory of climate urbanism with spatial justice, to navigate theories and implementation mechanisms avoiding greenwashing and green/climate gentrification before enjoying the festival.

Agenda:

Meet our global keynote speakers all in person:

Participants

The training is ideal for mid- and senior-career urban practitioners, city officials, consultants, researchers and policymakers involved in climate adaptation and urban resilience, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in practice. The event will be especially valuable for those looking to bridge the gap between theory and practical implementation aligning justice, carbon neutrality and resilience. More and foremost, it will also offer a unique opportunity for networking with well-established international scholars and practitioners.

Don’t lose this unique opportunity: places are limited!

For more info register here

Prices

In-Person (Classes, Networking Coffee & Lunches, Site Visit of the GreenBlocks and Avenues with their designer, Municipalities Practitioners, Course Materials):

  • Consultants & Companies for Profit (€1400 → €840 with early-bird discount)
  • Cities Practitioners, Universities & Non-Profit Org. (€1100 → €660 with early-bird discount)

Early-bird (Until 15th of March): 40% Reduction

Open Resilience Barcelona

Primavera R Barcelona Resilience Festival is an open-house event dedicated to highlighting the people and projects shaping Barcelona’s climate adaptation and urban transformation. From cooperative housing and nature-based solutions to research initiatives and public infrastructure, the festival offers a platform to share and open to public innovative approaches to building a more resilient future.
The Festival has 2 parts: Friday 11th April in the afternoon join the #OpenResilience, where you can visit different spaces and sign up for tours showing how adaptations happen in the city. When the site visits end, join us for the Primavera R Networking and Music event for short talks and have some fun together.

Date: 11 April 2025

Location: Various places in Barcelona, check below the programme

Contact: info@urbanresiliencelab.barcelona

Site visits

The following initiatives and organisations are opening their doors for one day to showcase their projects. Make sure to register to the different events, there are limited spaces available.

Primavera R networking

Primavera R is about building connections; both locally and globally. The idea for the festival grew out of the Resilience Brunches, where we realized that while Barcelona is home to many inspiring climate resilience initiatives, they often operate in isolation. There is so much knowledge and experience here, but few opportunities to share, collaborate, and grow together. Join us and meet with other professionals shaping resilience in Barcelona! We’re bringing together changemakers for a night of connection, short talks, and live music at La Vaca.

Date: 11 April, 2025, 19:00-23:00
Location: La Vaca Coworking Carrer de la Creu dels Molers, 19, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona
Contact: info@urbanresiliencelab.barcelona

The programme of the evening

19:00 Arrival & Networking & Pica Pica (Pica pica included and drinks can be purchased at La Vaca bar)

20:00 Short talks introducing who is who in the Barcelona Resilience Ecosystem

Music: Funkool Vinylset from Urban Climate Change Research Network Europe (UCCRN EU)

21:30 Resilience Music – Concert from the City Resilience Officer Band “Niño Pajaro” 

23:00 Closing of the event

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