Abertis, with culture worldwide
23 September 2019
The Abertis Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Plan establishes the involvement of the Group in the communities where it carries out its business.
Who would have thought that this many years later we would still be talking about the pilot experience that started in 2011 in four schools in Sarrià? Talking about the Cooperante Vial (Road Safety Assistant) programme means talking about a success story in Barcelona and Madrid.
This is one of the longest initiatives promoted by the Abertis Foundation, along with the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation and the City Council in Barcelona, and with the City Council and the Down Madrid association in Madrid.
The programme meets two equally important goals: on one hand, to improve road safety at times when children start and leave school, and on the other to incorporate youngsters with Down’s Syndrome or intellectual disabilities into the workplace. After a period of training, youngsters observe the behaviour of students and their companions around the schools: do students riding bikes or scooters respect pedestrians? Are they wearing a helmet if they’re on a motorbike? Do they get out of the car on the pavement side? Do they respect the traffic signals and pedestrian crossings?
The information collected by the road safety volunteers is analysed and given to the Local Police forces in Barcelona and Madrid so that they can take the appropriate measures, such as adapting the subject matters when they give road safety education talks in schools.
At present, the team of road safety assistants is formed by 35 youngsters working in 12 schools in Barcelona and 4 in Madrid. The Down Madrid association has awarded the Abertis Foundation for the fourth consecutive year because of this project that incorporates youngsters with Down Syndrome or intellectual disabilities into the workplace.
23 September 2019
The Abertis Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Plan establishes the involvement of the Group in the communities where it carries out its business.
23 September 2019
The exhibition “Miró: la experiencia de mirar” (Miró: the experience of looking)was held at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 25th November 2017 to 25th February 2018.
23 September 2019
In the previous summary we indicated that the artist Joan Miró maintained a close link with the avant-garde scene in Paris from his youth until a ripe old age. The exhibition sponsored by Abertis at the Grand Palais enabled the Catalan painter to return to the French capital.
23 September 2019
In February 1917, Europe was immersed in the 1st World War. Pablo Picasso was 36 years old then, but was already a great artist who had started the Cubism revolution.
