The director of Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM), Marta Labata, and the executive vice-chair of Fundación ONCE, Alberto Durán, today signed the Conveni Inserta, a three-year agreement to promote work contracts with the company for people with disabilities in the spheres of mobility, culture, leisure and the care of public space in Barcelona.
Marta Labata emphasised that “BSM is proud to start this alliance today with Fundación ONCE, an organisation which we share social values and commitment with. Talent is one of the foundations underpinning our company’s progress. I’m convinced that thanks to this project we’ll be able to continue adding value and learning to build a more plural BSM, committed to equal opportunities”.
For his part, Alberto Durán stressed that ONCE and BSM “share common goals, such as improving people’s quality of life, putting them at the centre of our objectives and developing talent, placing a special emphasis on digitalisation and innovation”.
BSM will be using Inserta Empleo, Fundación ONCE's training and employment organisation, to cover new jobs which the company asks for, shortlisting candidates who match the required profile and providing tailored training which enables them to carry out the tasks assigned to them.
The agreement sees BSM become part of the Fòrum Inserta Responsable, a networking and social innovation platform enabling users to share practices, tools and experiences which help towards the efficient development of labour insertion policies for talent with disabilities.
The agreement falls within the Social Inclusion and Social Economy Operating Progamme (POISES) and the Youth Employment Operating Programme (POEJ) being developed by Fundación ONCE through Inserta, jointly funded by the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative, to boost training and employment among people with disabilities.
About BSM
Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM) is one of the main service companies in Barcelona. The aim of the company is to improve people's quality of life by generating positive experiences to build a healthy, cutting-edge Barcelona.
The last few years have seen the company establish itself as a leader in managing urban mobility services and looking after public spaces, becoming an outstanding cultural and leisure operator. The company currently heads projects such as the transformation of the Port Olímpic, the development of the Endolla Barcelona public electromobility network, the largest of its kind in the Spanish state, and the SMOU shared-mobility services app. At the same time, it manages some of the city’s most iconic services and spaces, such as the Bicing public bike-sharing service, 44 car parks, Park Güell, the Olympic Ring, the Parc del Fòrum, Tibidabo Amusement Park, Barcelona Zoo and others. BSM is owned by Barcelona City Council.
Fundación ONCE and the Inserta Empleo programme
Fundación ONCE is a solidarity organisation forming part of the ONCE, created in 1988 to improve the living conditions of other groups with disabilities through training and labour inclusion programmes, as well as promoting the concept of universal accessibility, with the creation of globally accessible environments, products and services.
Inserta Empleo is the human resources entity of the Foundation with expertise in dealing with people with disabilities and which focuses its activity on their training and inclusion in the labour market. It has over 25 years of experience and a team of experts in orientation and intermediation, operating from 47 offices all over Spain. It also helps people with disabilities to find work, trains them if necessary, and offers companies the best candidates for the vacancies they need to fill. There is no charge for all this.
