Discussing the future of archaeological parks and their role as instruments for socio-economic development in a determined territory is the main objective of the 4^th Conference on Sustainable Heritage Management which will take place next Friday, November 12^th at the installations of the Círculo Ecuestre in Barcelona...

The Palau de la Música Catalana hosted the 4th Symposium on Road Anthropology organized by the abertis foundation and directed by Dr. Josep Olives, President of the Catalan Society for Road Anthropology and Dean of the Humanities Studies at the International University of Catalonia. The event was attended by eleven speakers who have agreed on the following conclusions ...

L’Illa Diagonal is, from today and until 20 October, the venue for the exhibition Camins d’Emocions (Roads of Emotions), which contains images of the 2004 Badalona Special Olympics. The exhibition, in which abertis has collaborated with the Games’ Organising Committee, reflects the experiences, emotions and the mission to excel of all the participants in the Special Olympics...

Abertis has joined the selective Down Jones Sustainability Index World, which covers 10% of companies worldwide with the best corporate sustainability criteria, representing 20% of the capitalisation of their sector...

The system consists of an innovative new wheelchair created by the Centro de Investigaciones Mecánicas (CIM, the Mechanical Research Centre) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), with the support of abertis, and which was launched this morning in Barcelona. This new prototype is the result of three years of research by the CIM and its innovation consists in the incorporation of a mechanical gear change system which can be used without affecting required user safety levels...

Joan Clos, Chairman of the Forum 2004 and Mayor of Barcelona, and abertis Chairman Isidre Fainé, together with Forum 2004 Director-General Jordi Oliveras and abertis Managing Director Salvador Alemany, this morning signed the sponsorship agreement making abertis, one of Europe’s leading infrastructure operators, a sponsor of the Universal Forum of the Cultures Barcelona 2004...

How can the exodus of young inhabitants from mountain areas be stopped? Can local development be compatible with a local economic framework? What is the best formula for balancing the environmental impact of the large-scale building of second homes? These are the questions which this research project sets out to answer. Entitled El Món Rural del Segle XXI (the Rural World in the 21st Century), its goal is to provide new arguments for sustainable development in the Pyrenean region...