Barcelona Institute for Childhood and Adolescence is a public knowledge institute whose mission is to act as a bridge between research and public policy in order to advance the guarantee of children’s rights and to give childhood and adolescence a priority place on the public agenda. It does so on the basis of research, with a cross-cutting approach and a child-centred perspective, contributing to changing society’s view of childhood by focusing on children’s present-day citizenship and on the strategic importance of this life stage, due to its impact on individual life trajectories and on present and future social cohesion.

Its mission is articulated through four lines of work:

Its parent institution is Institut Metròpoli, and its promoting body is Barcelona City Council.