Josep M. Solsona Email & Phone Number

Barcelona

▪Provision of advisory services to private entities and public institutions in tendering procedures to EU funded programmes. ▪Monitoring, quality control and backstopping of international technical assistance projects including:-Support for the implementation of digital TV in Colombia - EuropeAid/136352/DH/SER/CO (3.8 M): organization of 30 training events composed by 150 training sessions for around 900 participants in Colombia and 4 study tours in Europe with particular emphasis on technical assistance and legal training to the stakeholder authorities in charge of the public policies and regulation of the ICT sector-Awareness-raising strategy on citizens’ rights and crimes of violence against women and others in Guatemala – Technical Assistance Support Programme to Security and Justice Sector (SEJUST) Programme - EuropeAid/135330/IH/SER/GT-Program of Human Rights between the European Union and Mexico” EuropeAid/126- 192/C/SER/MX (2008-2012)▪Technical Intervention and quality control of outputs and deliverables on specific assignments in 8 EuropeAid Framework Contracts, working at the moment under SIEA Framework Contract (2018- 2022) ▪Member of IBF Consortium Management Team on FWC Beneficiaries 2013 & 2009 Lot 7: Governance and Home Affairs and technical Quality Manager for all assignments performed by the Consortium in sector A.1 Promotion and protection of human rights including 1. Promotion, protection of fundamental human rights; 2. Social, economic, cultural rights and 3. Political/civil rights.▪Member of IBF Consortium Quality Team on FWC COM 2011 Lot 1: Studies and Technical Assistance in all subsectors for sector 4: Human Rights▪Author in the book: China Cross Border Investment, chapter “Smart Cities: Innovation, Technology and City Management”, total edition 2.000.000 copies.

Barcelona

Areas of practice include legal advice on: Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, Commercial law, publicprivate partnerships (APP) in the field of Smart Cities.Advice and monitoring in the foreign investment processes both in Spain and abroad, the merger and acquisition of companies, contracts on technology, Smarts Cities, support in public and private bidding issues. The firm has a strong implementation in Latin America, having offices in Colombia and Costa Rica. With a clear international vocation, it is a member of Consulegis, an international network of law firms from about 60 countries with common philosophies and characteristics. He is a founding member of CCG, China Collaborative Group, a union of law firms from 15 countries around the world, based in Zurich and Shanghai, which aims to support companies in the development and investment processes in the Asian market and vice versa, particularly in the technological field.Founder of Smarts Cities Law Firms: creation of a network of law firms to provide specialized legal and consultancy services related to Smart Cities: identify new business opportunities in the Smart Cities sector, design of network strategies to add value to the local teams, legal support to public and private institutions in the Smart Cities sector. Provision of legal training and organization of seminars:Smart Cities Law Firms’ Workshop – held in Barcelona on September 21st 2015 in partnership with EADA Business School of Barcelona. This seminar included the following programme: Introductions to Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges; Regulating Open Governance: Open Data and Transparency; Public Sector Contracting; Waste Management; Circular Economy strategy: Ending the Throwaway Society; Environmental law applicable in the City; Finance for new technologies: with special focus on European financing instruments; Smart Cities Legal Governance: Supervision of the Government & Risk prevention.

Barcelona

▪Practice Areas included: Commercial law, Tax law, Public law, Intellectual Property law;▪Human Rights: intervention in all kind of proceedings involving protection of fundamental rights, Constitutional Court appeals and European Court of Human Rights proceedings;▪Legal assessment and drafting of the constitution act for “United Cities and Local Governments”, international organization with the objective of promoting strong and effective democratic local self- government throughout the world, and promoting economic, social, cultural, vocational and environmental development and public service based on the principles of good governance, sustainability and social inclusion.▪Member of Consulegis: international network of independent law firms, in-house lawyers and related professional advisors.

Barcelona

Several activities devoted to Human Rights promotion and protection, including:▪Member of the Board of the Institute (2003-2009)▪Preparation and coordination of HHRR courses ▪Forgotten conflicts programme: aimed at investigate and publicise the situations of war;▪Human Rights annual publications▪Director during the period 1989-2002, including: organization of many courses related to Human Rights, and Civil Rights for lawyers, judges, police and civil servants in Spain and Latin America;▪Collaborated in the organisation of the dialogue “Human Rights, Emerging Necessities and New Compromises”, in the framework of the Universal Forum of Cultures held in Barcelona on September 2004.▪Collaborations with the Scientific Committee in the writing and promotion of the Universal Declaration of Emerging Human Rights (UDEHR).▪Director of the project for the foundation of the Human Rights Institute in Granada University (Nicaragua) and the 1st Course of Human Rights in this University (2000-2001). General Co- ordinator of the creation of a Human Rights Institute in Leon (2000).▪Co-ordinator of the fellowship program with Central America (Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría de los Habitantes de Costa Rica);▪Since 1998, participated in the creation, development and promotion of the European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City, approved in Saint Dennis, France on May 18th 2000, during the 2nd European Conference on Cities for Human Rights. Member of the Scientific Committee (1998-2001);▪Assisted to several annual meetings of Human Rights Institutes at the UNESCO-Paris and at the European Council;▪Co-ordinator and collaborator of the On-line Human Rights Course for the learning in higher education in Managua (Nicaragua) in 1997, organised with the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs;▪Co-ordinator of the course “Cities for Human Rights” in the European Court of Human Rights in 1998.

Barcelona

Lawyer specialised in Human Rights and Civil matters

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Law

Master'S Degree, European Law

Catalan Pro European Patronage and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

Diploma, European Law

Diploma, Comparative Law