Last Friday, the abertis foundation announced that it will take part in the cleaning and regeneration of the Foix Natural Park (Alt Penedès, Barcelona) forest area that was affected by fire on the 12th of June.

Today, abertis held a conference on corporate social responsibility companies at Castellet Castle, the headquarters of the abertis foundation.

On occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, abertis foundation, the Catalan Regional Government’s Department of Culture and MACBA Foundation have organised a Seminar entitled Cultural Sponsorship and Patronage: Visions and Innovation in Castellet castle (Barcelona), the abertis foundation headquarters.

The 3rd Foix Studies Conference was held at Castellet Castle on 31 May. The conference is held every four years, and offer the opportunity to present any studies or research work carried out in the intervening four year period on subjects such as fauna, flora, archaeology, geography etc. The conference is organised by Barcelona City Council and the Foix Park Consortium, an organisation of which the abertis foundation is an active member.

Autoroute Académie is a kind of virtual driving school for motorway driving. The initiative is aimed at drivers aged between 18 and 25, which is why the content of the www.autorouteacademie.com website has all the ingredients needed to ensure that it is attractive to a young audience: short videos, social networks, participation, recommendations, etc. In its second year of operation, new content has been added that is aimed specifically at young motorcyclists who, despite accounting for only 0.5% of traffic on sanef toll roads, are involved in 12% of fatal accidents.

The first abertis Award for Transport Infrastructure Management, awarded by the abertis chair in France, was won by Guillaume Costeseque in the Masters category, while Judith F. Princeton and Bassem Besbes were joint winners in the Doctoral Thesis category.