The commitment comes about from the idea of joint responsibility in managing respectful behaviour between administrations, the general public and associations, and goes further than simple compliance with rules. This vision aims to consolidate Barcelona as a common space where the right to the city is firmly linked to everybody’s responsibility to preserve it and respect it.

It is governed by five guiding principles: the right to the city, citizen participation, joint responsibility, proximity and prevention. A total of 33 organisations were involved in formalising the agreement, although it is a living tool open to new neighbourhood collectives and social, cultural, commercial and economic stakeholders.

Areas of action

Based around various areas of action, the idea will be to formally constitute the commitment with other organisations gradually adhering to it, as well as sectors with a key role in public space such as commerce, tourism, leisure and facilities, so that they can all be active stakeholders in the promotion of actions on respectful behaviour in the city’s neighbourhoods.

Education and awareness programmes will also be promoted, adapted to various city uses and improvements in the sphere of good practice in waste management and recycling. At the same time, work will be done to reinforce joint responsibility in the managing spaces with intense use, to make them compatible with their various uses and local people’s well-being and hours of rest.

Main goals

• Guarantee the right to enjoy the city in conditions of respect, freedom and coexistence.
• Foster active participation and joint responsibility among citizens and associations to improve respectful behaviour.
• Give visibility to, recognise and emphasise respectful behaviour in the city.
• Promote a preventive perspective through education, awareness and community mediation.
• Promote a vision of the future that favours respectful habits and conduct with present and future generations.