Our history
Launched in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) in 2014, the Time Use Initiative (TUI) is a leading international organisation dedicated to promoting the right to time and advocating time policies for a healthier, more egalitarian, efficient, and sustainable society.
In 2019, TUI went global, attracting over 100 major stakeholders spanning governments, unions, business organisations, research institutions, and more. These stakeholders have endorsed the Barcelona Declaration on Time Policies, a commitment to promote time-related initiatives worldwide.
- Since 2020, TUI has organised Time Use Week, the foremost global gathering on time policies.
- In 2021, TUI was elected secretariat for the Local and Regional Governments Time Network, the main local network comprising over 50 partners actively implementing time policies.
- In 2023, TUI drafted the first legislative project for a holistic law on time use for the Spanish government and is assessing its implementation today.
- TUI works with a global set of experts, mainly from the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, as part of their International Expert Lab
- In 2022 and 2023, TUI organised the main event on time policies in Latin America, generating awareness for public servants, researchers and civil society.
- In 2024, TUI was awarded with the Edge of Government Award in the World Governement Summit
