The role of the professions in building peace

Architect and town planner, ETSAB, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), municipal architect in various town councils in the province of Barcelona (1979-1999), advisor on architecture and town planning for the Port of Barcelona (200-2012), former dean of the Col-legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, former president of the Higher Council of Architects of Spain, former president of Unión Professional de España, former vice president of the European Council of Liberal Professions (CEPLIS) and of the World Union of Professions (UMP). In January 2018, he chaired the First National Congress of Professionals of Spain. Author of the book “A city of professions” Member of Barcelona Global, AAUC, AASAP and ULI.

Lawyer and mediator, member of the International Criminal Justice and Human Rights Commission and of the Historical Memory Commission of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB), director of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation (https://cartadelapau.org/la-fundacio-2/), vice-president of NOVACT-Instituto Internacional por la Noviolencia Activa (https://novact.org/equip/). Award for the Values of Committed Lawyers from the Consell de les Ilustres Col-legis de l’Advocacia de Catalunya (Council of the Bar Associations of Catalonia).

Graduate in Philology, Vice-Dean of the Col-legi Oficial de Doctors i Llicenciats en Filosofia i Lletres i en Ciències de Catalunya (Association of Teachers and Cultural Professionals https://www.cdl.cat/), Vice-President of l’Agrupació Escolar Catalana and member of the Coordinadora Catalana de Fundacions in its Education Commission. Member of the European Forum of Education Administrators (FEAE), he is director of the Escola Betània-Patmos in Barcelona, a Foundation dedicated to education and knowledge.