Universities propose 12 measures to political representatives in the Calonge declaration

The document, called the Calonge Declaration, was signed by the rectors and presidents of the social councils of the associated universities, including the UAB. The text warns that "a society of progress and a competitive economy in the global context require solid universities that attend, with full responsibility and guarantees, their main functions". It also recalls that higher education institutions have suffered the "strong impact" of the "economic and financial crises of the past fifteen years" and claims that "for every public euro invested in public universities, they return four and a half euros to society".

Thus, the twelve measures proposed by the ACUP include "a basic and recurrent public funding of 1.4 billion euros in 2025" and, at the same time, a commitment to "reach, in 2030, 1% of Catalonia's GDP in public investment in universities". In addition, it proposes the implementation of a "multi-year programme contract with each university that allows to have a unique strategy for each institution," as the UAB has always claimed given its particularity as a campus university. Another point suggests "recovering a university investment plan with 100 million euros per year".

With regard to the university community, there is a proposal to create a salary scholarship programme for students and develop funding plans to develop the Organic Law of the university system in terms of administrative staff and teaching staff, including researchers in training and postdoctoral staff. The declaration also proposes integrating lifelong learning into the system, promoting the participation of universities in strategic challenges in accordance with the SDGs, providing an adequate teaching infrastructure to meet the diversity of the student body and encouraging transfer in terms similar to teaching and research. Finally, in the last point, the declaration refers to the structure of the administration to demand the consolidation of "a department of universities and research within the government" as the one that has been operational during the current legislature.