Fundación Ciedes

What Fundación Ciedes does

Fundación Ciedes (legal name: Fundación Centro de Investigación y de Desarrollo Económico y Social) is a private non-profit foundation established in 1990 and headquartered at Calle Dos Aceras 23 in Málaga, Spain. It is dedicated to strategic urban planning for the city of Málaga and its metropolitan area, coordinating strategic plans (Málaga 2020 and Málaga 2030), Agenda Urbana localization, and metropolitan governance across 38 municipalities representing more than 90% of the provincial population. Governance is multi-institutional: a patronato chaired by the Mayor of Málaga with the Málaga City Council, Diputación Provincial de Málaga, Junta de Andalucía, Cámara de Comercio de Málaga, Fundación Unicaja, and CEM as patrons.

The foundation's core products include the Observatorio de Datos (an open-access platform publishing official-sourced indicators on demographics, employment, environment, and urban quality of life), the Plan Estratégico de Málaga 2030 framework (17 strategic objectives, 16 flagship projects, 82 key actions), and the Málaga Metrópolis Global metropolitan coordination initiative. Technology platforms developed through European project participation include ReTo (an AI-assisted hate speech monitoring platform for Andalusian digital media using NLP combined with human expert validation), ReMED (a climate risk decision-support platform), and the RNTool-MED/RBTool-MED building- and neighborhood-scale climate resilience assessment tools. Other platforms include the Observatorio de Datos for urban indicators.

Revenue is generated through two principal streams: (1) recurring patron membership contributions from the Málaga City Council, provincial government, regional government, and private patrons, and (2) professional services fees from co-funded European project participation (Interreg Euro-MED, URBACT IV, CERV). CIEDES does not publish commercial pricing and operates with a 9-person staff executing more than 500 activities in 2025 and reporting a positive economic balance.

Name

Fundación Ciedes

Legal name

Fundación Centro de Investigación y de Desarrollo Económico y Social

Website

https://ciedes.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Ciedes is a Málaga-based non-profit foundation that develops strategic urban plans, metropolitan governance frameworks, and data/AI platforms for Andalusian municipalities, funded by public-sector patrons and European project grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Environment, Climate & Sustainable Development IGOs (BPADAAAI), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Strategic urban planning
• Metropolitan governance coordination
• Climate resilience consulting
• Urban data observatory
• European project coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Málaga

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patron Membership Contributions: As a private non-profit foundation, Fundación Ciedes is funded through contributions from its patron members including the Málaga City Council, Provincial Government (Diputación), regional government, and private entities like Cámara de Comercio and Fundación Unicaja.
2. European Project Funding: Co-funded participation in European programs including Interreg Euro-MED projects (ReMED, CirHive), URBACT networks (CO-PLACE, Cities After Dark), and CERV initiatives (ReTo), providing project-based funding for urban resilience and social cohesion activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fundación Ciedes is a private non-profit foundation that develops and coordinates strategic urban planning for the city of Málaga and its 38-municipality metropolitan area. It produces multi-year strategic plans (Plan Estratégico Málaga 2030), maintains an open-access urban Data Observatory, delivers metropolitan coordination services (Málaga Metrópolis Global), and operates specialized technology platforms for climate resilience (ReMED, RNTool-MED, RBTool-MED) and hate-speech monitoring (ReTo), alongside European project management and Agenda Urbana reformulation.

Product overview

Fundación Ciedes is a private non-profit foundation dedicated to strategic planning for the city of Málaga. Its core offerings include the Data Observatory (Observatorio de Datos) providing open-access urban indicators, the Plan Estratégico 2030 strategic planning framework, and metropolitan coordination through Málaga Metrópolis Global. The foundation also develops specialized platforms including the ReTo hate speech analysis platform and ReMED climate resilience tools (RNTool-MED and RBTool-MED), along with European project management services. These products work together to support evidence-based urban planning, climate adaptation, and metropolitan governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Observatorio de Datos (Data Observatory) Open-access platform that publishes comprehensive and continuously updated indicators on demographics, employment, environment, quality of life, tourism, transportation, education and technology for the city and province of Málaga, all backed by official sources. It is targeted at public administrations, researchers and citizens who need evidence-based urban indicators.
• Plan Estratégico de Málaga 2030 Strategic planning document comprising a Strategy component (development model, vision and 5 strategic lines) and an Action Plan with 17 strategic objectives, 16 flagship projects and 82 key actions for the city of Málaga through 2030. Targeted at public administrations, patron members and metropolitan stakeholders.
• Málaga Metrópolis Global Metropolitan strategic agenda initiative that coordinates 38 municipalities representing more than 90% of Málaga's provincial population to jointly address housing, land, water, energy, mobility and municipal financing through collaborative governance. Targeted at metropolitan-area municipalities and provincial/regional authorities.
• ReTo Hate Speech Analysis Platform Pioneering visualization and analysis platform developed with CIFAL Málaga and project partners to understand how hate speech manifests in the Andalusian digital environment. It combines AI and human supervision to analyze context, intent, intensity and message category across YouTube and X comments. Targeted at Andalusian institutions and European CERV project partners.
• ReMED Platform Web platform developed under the Interreg Euro-MED ReMED project that guides cities through the entire decision-making process for climate risk evaluation and adaptation measures. Targeted at Mediterranean cities and European project partners.
• RNTool-MED Resilience assessment tool at neighborhood scale developed under the ReMED project for evaluating climate risks and designing adaptation measures in buildings and neighborhoods. Targeted at municipalities participating in the ReMED project.
• RBTool-MED First building-scale climate risk assessment tool developed under the ReMED project to help cities evaluate and address climate vulnerabilities at the individual building level and prioritize adaptation investments. Targeted at municipalities and building owners within the ReMED project scope.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ activities conducted in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• CO-PLACE URBACT Transfer NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026URBACT IV transfer network (2025-2028) transferring 'Case di Quartiere' regeneration model from Brindisi, Italy to Vélez-Málaga. Partners include cities from Italy, Romania, Greece, Slovenia, Belgium, North Macedonia, and Bosnia.
• CIFAL MálagacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025CIFAL Málaga (Centro Internacional de Formación de Autoridades y Líderes) coordinates the ReTo project with CIEDES as an associate partner, focusing on hate speech monitoring and tolerance promotion in Andalusia. CIEDES contributes urban digital discourse analysis capabilities to this European CERV initiative.
• ReTo Project Consortium (CERV Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025European CERV project addressing hate speech and hate crimes in Spain, coordinated by CIFAL Málaga with partners including COE, Movimiento contra la Intolerancia, and CPPA. CIEDES contributes platform development for hate speech monitoring.
• Comité Olímpico Español (COE)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025Spanish Olympic Committee partnering in ReTo project for promoting tolerance through sports and cultural events to combat hate speech and discrimination.
• ReMED Project Consortium (Interreg Euro-MED)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024European project co-funded by Interreg Euro-MED with 9 partners from 5 countries, coordinated by University of Malta. CIEDES leads local implementation of climate resilience tools RNTool-MED and RBTool-MED for building and neighborhood risk assessment.
• Fundación UnicajacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatron of the Foundation providing funding support and collaborative research through Analistas Económicos de Andalucía. Co-sponsors publications including Cuaderno Málaga Metrópolis Global and supports Data Observatory development.
• Cámara de Comercio de MálagacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatron of the Foundation representing business sector interests in metropolitan strategic planning, contributing to the Commission Territorial and metropolitan forums on economic development.
• Ayuntamiento de MálagacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary patron and president of the Foundation. Provides core funding and strategic direction for urban planning initiatives, Agenda Urbana reformulation, and metropolitan coordination efforts.
• Diputación Provincial de MálagacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial government patron providing institutional support and hosting Foundation events. Co-organizes metropolitan forums and supports provincial strategic planning coordination.
• CirHive Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean project on nature value recognition and measurement with international partners. CIEDES develops pilot project on renaturalization-temperature interconnection using Invest tool, conducting user surveys on Guadalmedina river restoration.
• Cities After Dark URBACT NetworksecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerURBACT network of 10 cities exploring nighttime economy governance and culture. CIEDES facilitates Málaga participation in discussions on sustainable nighttime economic development.
• Universidad de Málaga (UMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on neighborhood vulnerability index research, urban studies, and scientific jornadas. Provides research institute network (23 research institutes) for urban innovation projects.
• Analistas Económicos de AndalucíacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic research partner collaborating with Fundación Unicaja and CIEDES on metropolitan research publications including Cuaderno on Málaga industry and education/formation studies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• URBACT: European Territorial Cooperation program facilitating knowledge exchange among cities on integrated urban development. Comparable as a European urban planning network that CIEDES participates in through CO-PLACE and Cities After Dark networks.

Broad incumbents

• Barcelona Regional: Urban planning, infrastructure, and environment agency for the Barcelona metropolitan area, with a broader mandate and larger scale than CIEDES. Comparable as a metropolitan-area urban planning and strategic development organization serving multiple municipalities.

Regional players

• Localret: Catalan municipal association providing digital transformation and public innovation services to local governments. Comparable in serving as a multi-municipal support entity for local administrations, though with a Catalonia-specific regional focus and technology-services orientation.

Emerging players

• Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona: Barcelona-based research institute focused on regional and metropolitan studies, urban planning, and public policy analysis. Comparable in producing data-driven urban indicators and metropolitan governance research, though primarily academic in orientation.

Direct peers

• Ebrópolis: Strategic planning foundation for Zaragoza, Spain, operating with a similar multi-stakeholder governance model including municipal and regional patrons. Directly comparable as a Spanish city-level strategic planning foundation developing long-term urban agendas.
• Fundación Metrópoli: Madrid-based foundation focused on strategic urban intelligence, city branding, and innovation in Spanish cities. Comparable as a Spanish non-profit foundation working on strategic urban planning and city-level innovation agendas.
• CIDEU: Centro Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Estratégico Urbano, focused on urban strategic planning methodology across Ibero-American cities. Comparable as an organization developing and disseminating urban strategic planning frameworks to municipal governments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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