Expertise Offer - Group ABD (Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo), SPAIN

Group ABD brings the essential social and inclusive dimension to ensure that the DUT urban transitions are just, equitable, and leave no one behind. With a strong territorial anchoring in municipalities such as Barcelona and El Prat de Llobregat, we manage over 160 public resources in Spain, allowing us to test and implement urban solutions directly within real communities.

Our expertise aligns with the three Transition Pathways:

• 15-minute City (Neighborhood Inclusion & Accessibility): We ensure that the "15-minute city" model responds to the needs of the most vulnerable and invisible groups (the elderly, GBV survivors, homeless individuals, drug consummers, etc.). Through initiatives such as Comunitat Activa, we foster active community engagement, neighborhood cohesion, and citizen empowerment, ensuring that health, social, and protection services are hyper-locally accessible and co-designed with the community.

• Circular Urban Economies (Circularity with Social Impact): We connect resource circularity with social inclusion. A prime example is our project La Botiga (located in El Prat de Llobregat), which serves as an innovative benchmark for merging the circular economy and food sovereignty with community empowerment and dignified support for vulnerable families. We bring the capacity to link urban sustainability with local social development.

• Positive Energy Districts (Tackling Energy Poverty): We bring direct experience from managing local Energy Advice Points (PAE - Punts d'Assessorament Energètic) and from European projects (such as LETITIA and CoolToRise) focused on alleviating energy poverty in vulnerable households. We guarantee that the creation of positive energy districts includes targeted solutions for families at risk of exclusion, preventing eco-gentrification and ensuring a fair ecological transition.

Cross-cutting expertise we offer to consortia:

• Co-design and Participatory Methodologies: Proven frameworks to include the voices of marginalized populations in urban planning and policy-making.

• Gender and Trauma-Informed Perspective: Systemic integration of a safe, inclusive, and intersectional approach in the design of urban spaces and community services.