It is presented at the annual plenary session of the Xarxa BCN Antirumors held on June 26.
The organisation presents a proposal focused on meaningful participation, impact evaluation and transforming public narratives, in the context of the 15th anniversary of the municipal strategy.
On 26 June, the Palau Alòs Youth Centre became a meeting point to reflect on the present and future of the BCN Anti-Rumour Network. In a session marked by shared experiences and critical thinking, Imma Anegas González and María Aguilera Martín, representing La Fragua Projects, played a key role by presenting their proposal for the development of the new 2027–2031 action plan.
An important step at a key moment: fifteen years after the strategy began, in a context where hate speech is intensifying and taking on new forms.
A proposal to bring anti-racism into real policies
Far from being a purely theoretical document, La Fragua Projects’ proposal is designed as a practical tool for the Network and the city. The goal is clear: to strengthen the Network’s role as a key actor within public policies to combat racism.
As presented, the new plan is an opportunity to consolidate the Network’s capacity to influence, improve its monitoring mechanisms and ensure that its actions have a real impact on people’s lives.
To achieve this, the proposal is built on three key ideas. First, co-creation with organisations, recognising that participation cannot be symbolic but must shape decision-making. Second, a culture of evaluation, capable of measuring not only activities, but real changes in perceptions, narratives and social relations. And finally, operability: turning strategies into concrete and viable actions.
As highlighted during the presentation itself, this is a plan “built with organisations” and designed to be adapted along the way, with a clear objective: to generate impact in everyday life.
A participatory process with a critical perspective
The methodological approach presented by La Fragua Projects structures the plan into several phases: analysis of previous work, consultation with organisations, definition of priorities and final validation.
A central element is the design of more useful and accessible participatory spaces, aimed at enabling genuine involvement from organisations, especially those that have traditionally been underrepresented.
In addition, the plan incorporates an intersectional and intercultural approach, alongside a critical perspective that challenges the structures that sustain inequalities.
A day combining reflection and lived experience
The presentation of the plan was part of at the annual plenary session, where the results of the Network’s participation study were also shared and spaces for dialogue about its future were opened.
Interventions such as that of Richard Sánchez, who stated that “what used to be rumours are now hate speech”, placed the debate within the urgency of the current context.
The interview with Yousra Touri El Mansouri and the screening of the short film “Serem el que sempre hem desitjat” brought in lived experiences, while voices such as Doris Boira Bueso highlighted the importance of creating real spaces for dialogue to confront racism.
A new cycle for the Network
The proposal presented by La Fragua Projects opens a new chapter for the BCN Anti-Rumour Network. A chapter that is not only about planning, but about the ability to transform realities.
As became clear during the session, the key is not only to design a strong plan, but to build it alongside those who sustain the work on the ground and ensure that this effort translates into concrete change: fewer hate narratives, more spaces for dialogue and a more just city for everyone.
Source: La Fragua Projects
Photos: La Fragua Projects