Sant Cugat hires Edgar Jordà as director of the strategic project BIVA

The Sant Cugat del Vallès City Council has hired Edgar Jordà Font as director of the BIVA strategic project, a professional public management position of senior management. The agreement is adopted through the Deputy Mayor’s Decree no. 4193/2026, dated August 28, 2026, and is published in full in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on September 30, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610143264 and a length of nine pages. The hiring is based on the report of the Valuation Commission dated July 28, 2026, and the mayoral provision dated July 31, 2026.

The appointment falls under the modality of a special senior management employment contract regulated by Article 13 of the TRLEBEP, Article 306 of the TRLMRLC, and Royal Decree 1382/1985, modified by Royal Legislative Decree 3/2012. The associated municipal file is 10215/2026 and the internal announcement document is 393809/2026.

The position is structured around the BIVA Action Plan, approved by mayoral decree on February 18, 2026 (DEC682/2026), and the functional Organizational Chart of the City Council approved by deputy mayor’s decree on May 7, 2025 (DEC/2109/2025). The regulatory bases of the provision process were approved by the Local Government Board in the session of March 17, 2026.

A unique position with exclusive dedication

The decree establishes the remuneration and employment conditions for the new director:

• Designation: Management for the “BIVA Action Plan” project.
• Hierarchical dependence: Area management and/or general management.
• Employment status: professional management personnel, according to Article 13 of the TRLEBEP and Article 306 of the LMRLC.
• Access group and subgroup: A1 or equivalent (contractual staff).
• Level: 30, with specific supplement 59.
• Gross annual remuneration: 87,687.99 euros, in accordance with the current remuneration table.
• Working day: special, full-time and with full hourly availability.
• Regime: exclusive dedication and subject to the incompatibility regime for municipal management positions and the transparency regulations of Catalonia.

The expenditure is charged to the 2026 budget applications 12103 92000 1010010 (BIVA project management) and 12103 92000 1602010 (Social Security).

Mission and functions: coordinating the BIVA Alliance

The decree describes the mission of the position and the specific functions that must be assumed:

• Promote sustainable economic development through innovation and business diversification.
• Strengthen the international competitiveness of the local economic fabric and foster the transfer of knowledge and technology between companies, universities, and research centers.
• Attract, develop, and retain talent in high value-added sectors.
• Consolidate Sant Cugat as a European benchmark in innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
• Coordinate and monitor ongoing projects and new projects derived from the BIVA Alliance, and ensure compliance with commitments to alliance members and international partners.
• Facilitate dialogue with companies, universities, technological centers, and public institutions.

The text specifies that the new role does not require the creation of its own technical team: it will work in an integrated manner with the existing human and technical resources of the Business, Innovation, and Internationalization Service, playing a transversal and connecting role between municipal services, participating companies, knowledge centers, and international partners.

Validity, evaluation, and publication

The contract grants Edgar Jordà Font the right to tenure in the position as long as the management evaluations are satisfactory, and to remain there until the mayor who hired him ceases office once the term has ended. The new mayor may discretionarily extend the exercise of the management functions for another term or call for a new selection process.

The relationship may be terminated upon expiration of the term, at own request, due to a negative management evaluation, separation from the service or disciplinary dismissal, or loss of the appointment requirements. In the event of compensation, it shall not exceed seven days per year of service of the annual cash remuneration, with a maximum of six monthly payments. The decree orders the publication of the resolution in the DOGC, the BOPB, the municipal website, and the Transparency Portal, and to report it to the Plenary in the first ordinary session. Against the act, which exhausts the administrative route, a lawsuit may be filed within two months before the Social Section of the Court of First Instance of Barcelona or the Social Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia.

On the same day, the BOPB includes two appointments of technical personnel assigned to the same BIVA Action Plan Project Management: Berta Tortosa Canalis (CVE 202610143262) and Diana Gonzalez Lopez (CVE 202610143263), both as interim civil servants under a temporary program.

The hiring consolidates the management of one of the municipality’s most extensive strategic projects, with an annual cost close to 88,000 euros and a mandate linked to the political cycle. For readers, this means that Sant Cugat is providing a stable command structure for its business innovation and internationalization plan, with the stated objective of maintaining the municipality as a European benchmark in talent, technology, and sustainability.

Fuente: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. of September 30, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-9 (official reference: CVE 202610143264).