THE INSTITUTE

The Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies (Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona) is a consortium of public right  attached to the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona, which aims to promote research, training and dissemination activities in urban, social, environmental, economic and territorial areas of the area and the metropolitan region of Barcelona.

The IERMB consortium was born in 1984 in the form of an agreement between the Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona (Corporació Metropolitana de Barcelona), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona (Cambra de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona). Over the years, the institutional and territorial base of the Institute has expanded. At present, the Consortium comprises:

Public Administration

• Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona)
• Barcelona City Council (Ajuntament de Barcelona)

Universities

• Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
• University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona)
• Technical University of Catalonia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Institutions of economic development

• Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona (Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona)

All these institutions are integrated within a Governing Council, which is the body in charge of approving the programme of activities and the budget of IERMB.

It should be noted that, although the Institute is a consortium formed by the agreement between different public entities, there is none that is linked to or dependent on the IERMB.