Historically Barcelona assumed a leadership role in the creativity sector in Catalonia as well as in a broader area of influence such as the Mediterranean region. Nowadays Barcelona offers great opportunities for implementation of supporting policies for CI through a different range of programmes. Some of the work lines that take place are:
- Creation of environments linked to the creative industries.
- Support and partnership with the existing initiatives in the creativity field and the richness that it generates.
- Support to entrepreneurs and sharing projects in the creative industries field.
- Support of the internationalization and network creation.
- Creation of clusters with both public and private presence.
Barcelona’s creative scene is full of projects and programmes in various fields. CREAMEDIA PROGRAM (BARCELONA ACTIVA) offers learning courses on business plans and management, as well as personal tutorship, BARCELONA/CATALUNYA FILM COMMISION helps to coordinate film shoots in Barcelona's city and in all over Catalonia, CREATION FACTORIES (INSTITUTE OF CULTURE OF BARCELONA) create a network of areas for the artistic activity and ensures that it is distributed along all the districts of the city, FAD INCUBATOR offers scholarships for young professionals in the design, architecture, arts and graphic communication fields in order to facilitate their beginning in the professional life, public-private initiative focused on media sector BARCELONA MEDIA PARK offers technical spaces and offices as far as spaces dedicated to the research and the continuous occupational training, BARCELONA DESIGN INNOVATION CLUSTER (BDIC), launched by BCD Barcelona Centre de Disseny and 22@Barcelona, pools innovative companies seeking or offering design services, as well as supports organizations and public bodies in order to increase competitiveness in sectors where design is a strategic element and a driver for innovation.