The entity has commissioned the Carles Pi i Sunyer Foundation for Autonomous and Local Studies to carry out analytical work and functional and institutional studies. The aim is to evaluate, with technical and legal rigor, the possibilities for developing a future metropolitan framework for Camp de Tarragona.
The ultimate goal of this future metropolitan law is to achieve institutional recognition of Camp de Tarragona as an existing metropolitan reality. This reality is built upon daily mobility, economic relationships, shared services, strategic infrastructure, and the common needs of the territory's municipalities.
This recognition should also provide the involved town councils and administrations with greater legal guarantees for pooling services, promoting joint projects, and cooperating stably. The intention is not to create new structures, but to have a clear and useful framework to improve service provision, prioritizing citizen benefit.
The Association emphasizes that this is just the beginning of a long and complex process. Developing a metropolitan law will require years of work, institutional consensus, and dialogue with municipalities to define the territory's real needs.
The Carles Pi i Sunyer Foundation, specializing in local government and institutional autonomy, will bring an academic and technical perspective to the process, ensuring legal viability and practical utility for municipalities and citizens.
The initial work will include organizing existing documentation, analyzing the regulatory framework, identifying stakeholders and competencies, studying institutional relationships, and detecting improvements in coordination. The vision of institutional leaders and key territorial actors will also be gathered.
We are initiating the first serious work to understand what Camp de Tarragona needs
The president of the Association, Roc Muñoz, highlighted that this commission is an important step to work rigorously on an issue that could be decisive for the territory's future. He stressed that the aim is to start serious work to determine Camp de Tarragona's needs, its potential legal fit, and the most suitable governance model.
Muñoz stated that Camp de Tarragona needs its own model, conceived from and for the territory, not a mere copy of other experiences. The goal is a useful, lightweight, flexible tool with legal certainty.
The president reiterated that the law must institutionally recognize the existing metropolitan reality and provide legal guarantees for municipal cooperation, always with citizens at the core, to improve services and public resources.
The Association believes that Camp de Tarragona already functions as a metropolitan area in many aspects, such as mobility, economic activity, infrastructure, and public services, which often exceed the strictly municipal scale.
Therefore, the goal is to study institutional instruments that can enhance coordination, prevent duplication, strengthen planning capacity, and facilitate the shared management of services to address the territory's common challenges.
