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We move people. We are committed to action. We are responsible for social reinvestment.

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These are the 9 Objectives of Sustainable development outlined by the UN that are most aligned with our work.
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We ensure and defend the rights of people who live in socially precarious situations.
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We have developed and run more than 100 programmes and services for the public which address the defense of people’s rights.
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For the world we want.

Since almost 40 years, at ABD Group we have been accompanying people in situations of social fragility at different times in their life paths individually or in groups, and acting through the community.

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During the last year we have continued adding collective efforts to improve attention to people in situations of social fragility. There are more and more needs and, therefore, we work to accompany them more often and in a better way.

In addition, we have our roadmap underway, which has very clear strategic objectives:

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Why do we do what we do?

Find out at the new ABD video. An inspiration and informative decalogue made with the participation of professionals, users and volunteers.

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Fenix Project

Urban agroecology initiative that seeks to improve the social and labor inclusion of people in drug addiction treatment.

Just Energy

Network of volunteers committed to the fight against energy poverty and its effects on the well-being of people in vulnerable situations.

Active Community

Community social inclusion project that combines job placement, social support and accompaniment, and community participation.

Our causes

We believe in a fair society which eradicates inequalities and social exclusion. Where every family and children have the same opportunities, where women and men can live in real equality, and the elderly and dependent people or those with functional diversity may have a dignified life.

We believe in a future in which the young -and the not so young- use drugs in a conscious and critical way, where there are no evictions and the right to housing is respected, but also the right of asylum; we wish to host migrants and refugees so that all of us can live with equal opportunities, regardless of our cultural background.

Entity with international certification of achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The ABD Welfare and Development Association is one of the first entities of the third social sector that has received the certification of achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals granted by the International Federation of Global & Green Information Communication Technology (IFGICT).

We met the 49 goals marked as mandatory, and we also reached 29 non-mandatory goals, so we reached 78 of the 169 goals of the SDGs.

This certification represents a reinforcement of the commitment of the Welfare and Development Association to align with the UN SDGs.

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We guard the quality of people life, equality, and rights… All this for our rights.

2022 Annual Report and Social Balance

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Social Report and Balance 2022

ABD serves 171,822 people during 2022, 10% more than the previous year Since 2019 we have had Special Consultative Status before the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations…

ICLEI visits Barcelona to learn more about Climate Ready – BCN and the use of new technologies to prevent and adapt to Climate Change

Last week we hosted and met with the ICLEI Action Fund representatives to discuss the implementation of the Climate Ready – BCN project. Exchange of experiencies at the Smart City…

The Mums@Work project comes to an end

It closes its trajectory with the celebration of the final event in Barcelona and the last meeting of the Consortium in Perugia Since February 2021, the project Mums at Work…

EU Food Security Hub European meeting takes place in Milan

Food For Thought allowed project partners to exchange knowledge and experiences with experts in the food and agriculture field On the 11th and 12th of July, the European Meeting “Food…

Cooltorise recommends public heat monitoring and mitigation initiatives and their inclusion in health planning

The project, that aims to reduce summer energy poverty incidence among European households, just released its paper on How to address Summer Energy Poverty in public policies Europe should strive…

Cooltorise and amunt! projects join forces to fight summer energy poverty

A heat alert service has been activated to warn groups that may be most affected by high temperatures In recent years, heat waves have become more intense and more frequent,…

Climate-Ready Barcelona sets out to create innovative solutions to help cities to adapt to climate change

The European project Climate-Ready Barcelona set sail on Thursday 6th of July with the kick-off meeting of the partner organizations: ABD, Ecoserveis Association, Barcelona City Council, the International Centre for…

Professionals working with women victims of gender-based violence in Europe are trained with Care4Trauma

5 ABD professionals attend the meeting to share learning and resources with their teams back in Spain During the month of June, the Italian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (SISST)…

ABD takes part in the technical meeting of the European consumer room network in Lisbon

It focuses on designing specific assessment indicators for these services The Deputy Director of the ABD Drugs’ Area, Ester Aranda, took part this Monday in the technical meeting of the…

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