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The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, and the President of the Union of Cooperatives of Associated Work of the Region of Murcia, UCOMUR, Juan Antonio Pedreño, have signed this morning a collaboration agreement between both entities that aims to develop and promote of cooperativism and social economy in the municipality of Lorca.

Gil has specified that "under this agreement of collaboration, from the City of Lorca contribute 3,000 euros with the aim of enhancing the cooperative business through an agent of proven efficiency and effectiveness as UCOMUR." The agreement includes the development of measures aimed at disseminating and promoting the social economy and, more specifically, cooperativism, will also promote the implementation of training courses and the implementation of training programs and workshops for Lorca.

The First Edil stressed that "this agreement has a direct and concrete consequence as is the new space open to the cooperativist, or whoever wishes to be, that UCOMUR and the City Council are going to put in. We are aware that cooperativism is a model of employment and development of enormous utility, as well as long influence in our municipality and therefore our collaboration will make it possible for Lorca who want to start up a cooperative can enjoy the advice and help of UCOMUR through this new space.

The Mayor of Lorca has specified that "this space for those who want to start up a cooperative or advise for the best functioning of an existing one will be installed in the Business Initiatives Center located in La Torrecilla. the same facilities converge the warehouses and offices of the nursery of companies destined to new businesses and that counts on 4.200m² distributed in 16 ships, training rooms, meeting rooms and assembly hall, in addition to the headquarters of Guadalentín Emprende or the coworking space , as places for entrepreneurship, adding a resource of such value as the cooperative office, we consolidate this space as a regional reference for economic and business revitalization where Lorca will have at their disposal a range of resources to start or develop their own projects labor. "

"For the City Council, it is a pleasure to collaborate with a prestigious organization such as UCOMUR, which is a benchmark for the start-up and growth of cooperative work." In the Murcia Region there are more than 1,500 cooperatives, the number has doubled In the last 20 years, more than 20,000 people develop their career in a cooperative, a figure that has tripled in this same period of time, which demonstrates the importance of cooperativism in our region, being Lorca an engine in this sector that we want further strengthen through this agreement. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca