In a context shaped by our loss of capacity to build our own technology and the difficulty of defending digital rights, Barcelona hosted the first Open Tech Week, bringing together experts, companies and institutions to discuss open technology at the service of citizens.

The Canòdrom was the epicentre for the five-day event, hosting workshops and lectures on digital transparency, security and sovereignty. Coinciding with the meeting was the Decidim Fest, with activists, public institutions, organisations and communities from the technopolitical and digital sovereignty ecosystem, and the Mozilla Festival, which promotes alternative models to the dominant internet.

For its part, Barcelona City Council is working on a city pact for open and democratic technologies, the aim being to move towards a city committed to people, digital rights and public technologies.