The Barcelona Observatory is an initiative whose aim and purpose is to provide up to date information on the most relevant aspects of the city of Barcelona from a comparative perspective. It offers references that can be used as a base for decision making by those economic agents who are interesting in setting up businesses or doing business in Barcelona.
The Observatory allows a periodical comparison of the position of Barcelona with respect to other cities of the world for each of the areas analysed: business, knowledge, tourism, culture and quality of life, prices and costs, and labour market and training. It also checks the pulse of the city through a systematicmonitoring ofcertain aspects of its current situation.
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Some characteristics of the Barcelona Observatory are:
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It is built on the basis of a battery of indicators defined at city level, but these can be extended to include other territorial areas.
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The main sample group includes 30 European cities, and in some cases the sample includes as many as 60 cities from around the world.
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The information is fully up to date. Most of the data is for the years 2004 and 2005.
The Barcelona Observatory is a tool at the service of city, prepared with the support and agreement of the main people involved in developing and promoting Barcelona.
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