who had struggled to find jobs during the previous four years tickets for cultural events; (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2019). The project has provided • The Center for Families with Adolescents offers personalized training, guidance, and work experience for participants. On support and training in positive parenting and family average, this program has helped 48 percent of participants to wellbeing for parents; find a job (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). • 43,923 teenagers received individual help at a primary healthcare center specializing in sexual health; More recently, in 2020, a new agreement between the Regional • 45,760 teenagers took part in school revision activities; Department of Employment, Social Welfare, and Families • 6,784 secondary-level students took part in the In-forma’t and Barcelona Activa, the local development agency, was guidance program, which helps students to make informed reached to enhance and strengthen collaboration in the field choices about their future study and training options. of employment policies in Barcelona (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). This agreement aims to create an integrated service These figures show that, in recent years, there has been model that improves information sharing, access to job offers, considerable progress in guidance, training, skills building, and and preparation for interviews, with a view to increasing the employability for Barcelona’s young people. The big challenge employment level in Barcelona.. remaining is still related to the quality and temporary (short- term contract) nature of jobs. This agreement is a two-year action plan for 2021 to 2022. It will include action on professional orientation, training, and Working on equal access eases social integration both at other initiatives to “put workers and companies at the center school and in the labor market. In Barcelona, the number of public action, adapting all employment policies to their of teenagers and schools involved in participation, equality, needs” (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). Lastly, the second part and diversity activities for young people is growing. This is of the Neighborhood Plan for the 2021-2024 period, which has particularly important, because 42 percent of Barcelona’s young been launched with a budget of over 150 million euros, seeks to people aged between twelve and thirty-five were born abroad consolidate employment-related services across twenty-three (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). Consequently, the city’s social of the city’s neighborhoods (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). cohesiveness and inclusiveness is being nurtured by the fact that, every year, more and more teenagers are participating in 4.2 Access to schools these activities aimed at raising their awareness about their rights as citizens. Moreover, approximately 2,500 youngsters In Barcelona, the Adolescence and Youth Plan (AYP), formulated participate in the BCN Interculturality Program, which in 2017 and 2018, brought together 328 projects providing promotes inclusion and diversity. According to the City Council, benefits to over forty-five thousand young people (Ajuntament “The city’s commitment to the intercultural model is aimed at Barcelona, 2020). The plan focuses on four main pillars: advancing from a multicultural Barcelona to an intercultural “Facilitation of emancipation, contribution towards young Barcelona” (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). The City Council people’s welfare, promotion of their participation in social estimates that around 9 percent of young people aged between transformation and work at a local level in the neighbourhoods” eighteen and thirty-four are members of local associations that (Ajuntament Barcelona, AYP, 2020). Based on the mid-term foster inclusion in Barcelona (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). evaluation of the Adolescence and Youth Plan 2017-2021, the measures have enhanced and promoted access to school for There is an infoJOVE point in each district of Barcelona. These students with a view to reducing inequalities and promoting points offer services for young people who have problems in equality of opportunities. areas such as training, employment, and housing. The points also offer information, activities, exhibitions, computers with Barcelona’s parent-training program aims to improve children’s Internet connections, and counseling services. Additionally, and adolescents’ development by giving parents (or primary infoJOVE has organized many support sessions on sexual and caregivers) knowledge and education about child development, reproductive health (Ajuntament Barcelona, 2020). The infoJOVE as well as by teaching them skills and self-efficacy. Some key network’s popularity is shown by the fact that it has run around achievements of this program are (Ajuntament Barcelona, AYP, forty-four thousands sessions. 2020): •Over thirty-three thousand teenagers were able toFinally, our analysis of this AYP plan for education in Barcelona participate in sport programs; revealed that the idea of tackling global warming and starting •Over eighteen thousand teenagers enjoyed discounts on an ecotransition among teenagers and young people is rapidly 97 Quélin and Smadja | HEC PARIS | SMART CITIES | The sustainable program of six leading cities | 2021