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The General Secretariat of MedCities is based in Barcelona and it counts on a team of professionals that come from different disciplines and backgrounds which complement each other to offer the best follow-up and results in our projects and activities.

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Josep Canals Molina Secretary General

Secretary General of MedCities since June 2019. He is an ecologist with long-standing expertise on urban issues.
Graduated in biology, he holds a postgraduate degree in land and landscape management and a master’s degree in territorial and urban studies.

Elected Mayor of Corbera de Llobregat (municipality of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)) from 2009 to 2011 and metropolitan councillor of the AMB 2007-2009

Professionally, he has been advisor on environmental and urbanistic policies of the AMB and the Parliament of Catalonia between 2003 and 2007. Advisor on public space and waste management of the Mayor of Bogota 2012-2015 and advisor on public space of the Sabadell City Council (Catalonia) 2017-2019. He is an independent advisor of the InterAmerican Development Bank, the Sustainability UNESCO Chair and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Research of the German government.

  • Josep Canals Molina

    SECRETARY GENERAL

  • Coco González

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Florianne Yvon

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Carolina Pérez

    HEAD OF POLICY

  • Konstantia Nikopoulou

    HEAD OF PROGRAMMES AND NETWORK RELATIONS - MEDCITIES

  • Laia Vinyes

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Gemma Torres

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Noé Viedma

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Alba Guitart

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Julia Pierraccini

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Mireia Baeta

    COMMUNICATION OFFICER

  • Dario Ros

    FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND SECRETARIAT OFFICER

  • Manel Gispert

    ADMINISTRATIVE & ACCOUNTING OFFICER

  • Josep Canals Molina

    SECRETARY GENERAL

  • Coco González

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Florianne Yvon

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Carolina Pérez

    HEAD OF POLICY

  • Konstantia Nikopoulou

    HEAD OF PROGRAMMES AND NETWORK RELATIONS - MEDCITIES

  • Laia Vinyes

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Gemma Torres

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Noé Viedma

    PROJECT OFFICER

  • Alba Guitart

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Julia Pierraccini

    PROJECT ASSISTANT

  • Mireia Baeta

    COMMUNICATION OFFICER

  • Dario Ros

    FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND SECRETARIAT OFFICER

  • Manel Gispert

    ADMINISTRATIVE & ACCOUNTING OFFICER
01

Josep Canals Molina Secretary General

Secretary General of MedCities since June 2019. He is an ecologist with long-standing expertise on urban issues.
Graduated in biology, he holds a postgraduate degree in land and landscape management and a master’s degree in territorial and urban studies.

Elected Mayor of Corbera de Llobregat (municipality of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)) from 2009 to 2011 and metropolitan councillor of the AMB 2007-2009

Professionally, he has been advisor on environmental and urbanistic policies of the AMB and the Parliament of Catalonia between 2003 and 2007. Advisor on public space and waste management of the Mayor of Bogota 2012-2015 and advisor on public space of the Sabadell City Council (Catalonia) 2017-2019. He is an independent advisor of the InterAmerican Development Bank, the Sustainability UNESCO Chair and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Research of the German government.