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The president of the Community states that it will offer all possible priority to cooperatives so they can return lorquina to resume working normally

The head of the visit the exhibition commemorating 25 years of cooperatives in the Region of Murcia

The president of the Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, today showed their solidarity and support for cooperative de Lorca, whose businesses have been affected by the effects of earthquakes in the city last week.

The chief executive, on the occasion of the conclusion of the conference on financial instruments Ucomur, held today in Murcia, said that these companies are "an engine of economic growth and development of the region, as demonstrated in these years of crisis , in which continues to maintain jobs and creating new societies. "

For this reason, he said, "we are willing to help and give all possible priority to cooperatives and social economy enterprises that have been seen Lorca affected his performance with the effects of earthquakes, to resume their work and their production, soon as possible. "

Also, Valcarcel, who was accompanied by Ucomur president, Juan Antonio Pedroza, said that cooperatives are "an example of solidarity and human and democratic values," which "can help a lot in the current situation that exists in Lorca, "he added.

In the regional government, said Valcárcel, "we are convinced that now more than ever, in the circumstances of economic crisis in which we need to foster, support and strengthen such institutions, which not only serve to keep alive the hope that it is possible to create quality jobs, and their values ​​found in the basic principles upon which support action to overcome this situation. "

In the Regional Government, said the president, "we know you are going through difficult situations, and we work to make available all the tools at our disposal, especially for the area of ​​financial instruments to improve liquidity and encourage sales. "

Cooperatives, like other small and medium enterprises in the region have enjoyed a national pioneering instrument: the method-action 'Financiapyme', "which has provided support to our production, our cooperative societies to get ahead, through intensive use of formulas to promote financial viability, "noted the president, who encouraged them to continue to seek formulas that offer all the regional administration, and" there are many ", so that they have liquidity business economic need.

It is essential, he stressed, "that the cooperative venture taps into funding sources to enable it to consolidate through investment in tangible and intangible, to professionalize its management, which has access to loans for liquidity, access to Undemur guarantees, venture capital, loans in the field of innovation. "

He also indicated that another of the key tools for improving the competitiveness of cooperatives is the commitment to internationalization.

"This is a business strategy that has become a key means to stay in the market at this difficult time," he said.

In the region there are more than 2,300 cooperative societies, representing 6.3 percent of the national total, employing about 18,000 people, representing over 6 percent of the Spanish cooperative employment.

After the close of the conference on financial instruments for cooperatives, the president of the community visited the exhibition celebrating 25 years of cooperatives in the Region of Murcia, organized by Ucomur and can be accessed at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia.

Source: CARM