Local Sustainable Development and Urban Planning

Analyses at different levels and in different thematic areas that allow for the design of recommendations in order to achieve greater social cohesion, a higher quality urban environment and lasting economic development, all within the framework of local sustainability.

Sustainable Tourism

Analysis and development of new criteria, methods and instruments for territorial tourism planning, from a general standpoint, with the purpose of fostering the transversal incorporation of sustainable tourism.

Decentralisation and good governance: Strategic planning and evaluation of local and regional development policies.

A large part of the action of public administrations is carried out in the absence of protocols for the analysis and evaluation of their results. The aim is to improve existing evaluation systems and implement them in policies and programmes with an impact on local and regional development.

International  Cooperation for Development  between countries and institutions. 

Development cooperation is put into practice through technical-professional collaboration models based  on horizontality, transparency and accountability, enabling the forging of alliances on a basis of mutual responsability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Social development from a historical perspective

The complexity of contemporary political and social processes must be explained at their roots, by looking at the origins of current development dynamics and their historical evolution. These processes allow us to learn about reality in a critical way, providing a better democratic culture.