La societat catalana ha  demostrat històricament que és imaginativa, creativa i emprenedora. Cal  potenciar aquests trets característics en els propers anys, amb iniciatives que  potenciïn les empreses d’alt valor afegit, la indústria i la tecnologia,  l’economia de serveis, la nostra xarxa educativa i, sobretot, el coneixement  d’idiomes estrangers. 

Education, at all levels, is one of the main tools for social, cultural, and economic progress. FemCAT is committed to higher education and research, which is an aim in itself and at the same time a measure of human development and of the creative ecosystem. FemCAT is involved with the Catalan public university system in various initiatives that have evolved as both parties deemed appropriate.

The Social Council of the Public Universities is the body for society’s participation in the University, and has the role of taking on, integrating, and relating University activity with the public sector, civil society, and the productive sector. FemCAT proposes people from the business world who can represent and help fulfill the aspirations of society with respect to the University world in the best way possible.

The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), founded in January 2015, is an alliance of various public and private agents and six excellent research centers: the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Institute for Photonic Sciences (ICFO), the Catalan Institute for Chemical Research (ICIQ), the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), the Institute for High-Energy Physics (IFAE), and the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB). FemCAT is a founding partner of BIST and, since June 2015, FemCAT’s representative to its Board has been Mr. David Nogareda.

The Barcelona Education in Science and Technology Foundation (BEST) was created in the summer of 2017 to promote excellence in university education – especially collaborations across disciplines and universities –, promote the education of individuals with a high professional and technical qualification, as well as identify, attract and promote student talent with proven intellectual and effort capacities.