BARCELONA, Spain , March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At MWC Barcelona 2025, the Barcelona City Council and Huawei Spain announced, within the framework of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), a collaboration agreement for the development of innovation and training activities in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The alliance will promote the construction of Barcelona smart city project, especially in key areas such as the City Command Center, Smart Buildings, Connectivity, Green Energy, and ICT Talent Development.
This alliance reinforces the commitment of both entities to the digitization of society and lays the foundations to promote joint smart city project in key areas such as the City Command Center, Smart Buildings, Connectivity, Green Energy, and ICT Talent Development.
In terms of ICT Talent Development, the initiatives will have the support of the Huawei Spain Academy, the first training institution of this type in Europe recently created to enhance talent and digital skills in Spain and will be developed within the framework of the IT Academy, the advanced technological training center of Barcelona Activa, which has experience in training students in programming and big data.
The signing and presentation of the agreement ceremony was attended by prominent personalities from both entities.Representing the Barcelona City Council were the mayor of the city, Jaume Collboni; the deputy mayor for Economy, Finance, Economic Promotion and Tourism, Jordi Valls; the municipal manager, Laia Claverol; the manager of the Economy and Economic Promotion Area, Antoni Fern