We deem sovereignty as referring to leadership in terms of design and self-sufficient management in the short-, medium- and long-term, staying ahead of forthcoming transformation, of two pillars of the Catalan economy: energy and food. Both pillars have in common the need to become more modern based on the paradigm of sustainability and zero-mile production, and they carry huge scope for the future competitiveness of the Catalan economy.
Catalunya 2022
RESET: Call to reactivate Catalonia
GOAL 6
To achieve food and energy sovereignty
Actions
- 6.1To firmly encourage the creation of zero-mile sustainable energy by fostering a technical study to establish the energy source that is best suited to each sector or local area within six months
- 6.2To set aside public land for local-scale public/private energy plants
- 6.3To offer grants, tax incentives and support to achieve energy sovereignty in family homes
- 6.4"E-car friendly Catalonia": to implement a public/private infrastructure plan for charging points throughout Catalonia to boost the market for electric vehicles
- 6.5To promote responsible public purchasing of local, green produce to strengthen the viability of the Catalan agri-food cooperative and business sector
- 6.6To foster the development of the local Catalan agri-food infrastructure network by encouraging public/private investment
- 6.7To structure comprehensive agricultural rejuvenation programmes adapted to the new economic and social reality of the Catalan countryside
- 6.8To strive for environmental integration of food companies through a public/private cooperation plan to enable this
- 6.9To apply artificial intelligence to the fishing and agricultural product market so it reduces costs, stabilises the market, improves prices and increases competitiveness
- 6.10To set up a public think tank to offer advice on innovative management of fishing, forestry, livestock and agricultural sites