Session -- Who’s the Boss?: A Discussion of the Benefits and Challenges of Public vs. Private Market Management Jordi Torrades is General Manager of Institut Municipal de Mercats de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

1. JORDI TORRADES
Who’s the Boss?: A Discussion of
the Benefits and Challenges of
Public vs. Private Market
Management
General Manager
Institut Municipal de Mercats de
Barcelona

3. WHO IS THE BOSS?
THE BARCELONA MODEL
JORDI
TORRADES

4. The markets of Barcelona nowadays

5. The Municipal Institute of Markets of
Barcelona
Created
in
1991
by
the
City
Council
of
Barcelona
• 72
workers
• 13
MM
Euros/year.
• Investment
2014:
32.5
million
Euros
• Legal
responsibility:
statutes

6. The daily management

7. The daily management

8. The daily management

9. Public Private Partnership

10. Keys of the succes
Ø Traders
share
responsabili7es
Ø The
network
makes
them
strong
Ø We
build
the
city

11. Barcelona Institute
of Markets
Av. Icària 145-147 – 4th Floor
Barcelona 08005
Telephone: (+34) 934 132 890
mercatsbcn@mercatsbcn.cat
www.bcn.cat/mercats