Jordi Pardo

Director General of the Fundació Pau Casals. President of the Cercle de Cultura de Barcelona. Cultural manager and archaeologist. Master’s degree in Public Administration (EMPA. ESADE), Bachelor’s degree in Geography and History (Archaeology) UB; Diploma in Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (DEA) UB. Member of the team of independent experts of the European Commission for the selection and evaluation of the Cultural Capitals of Europe (2011-2016). Member of the UNESCO expert group for the Culture, Development and Governance programme of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (2011-2015). International consultant in culture, development and urban regeneration projects. He has directed and advised projects in different cities and territories in Europe, Asia and America. Among others, the new Museu do Imagem e Som (in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Under construction), the promotion of the Museum of Carnival in Montevideo; the cultural plan for the city of Jenin (Palestine), or the “Master Plan” of the Forbidden City of Hué (Vietnam) UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the public sector he has been director-manager of the CCCB, project director of the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, managing director of the Archaeological Park and Museum of