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Those attending the meeting have made ​​a tour of the area most affected by the earthquakes of May 11
The Minister of Universities, Business and Research appreciates the support and solidarity for choosing to host Lorca these meetings
The Minister of Universities, Companies and Research, José Ballesta, opened today in Lorca with the director of the Instituto de Fomento (Info), Juan Hernandez, the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Spanish Association of Regional Development Agencies (RDA), "the reference European and Latin American co-operation between public bodies to promote and support entrepreneurship. "
In addition, during this Assembly has welcomed the 'I Latin American Meeting of Regional Development Agencies'.
In addition, attendees took a tour of the area most affected by the earthquakes of May 11, the 'ground zero', namely the Vine neighborhood, and learn first hand the situation in which Lorca is six months after of earthquakes.
The ADR is composed of autonomous agencies with responsibility for regional development in 17 communities and two autonomous cities, and all of them join this network of cooperation from numerous agencies in Latin America
The Minister said that "the Spanish association of agencies since its inception has had the support of the info and is a permanent forum for the definition and promotion of policies to support small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs."
José Ballesta appreciated the support and solidarity for choosing to host Lorca these meetings and stressed "the importance of public-private collaboration, cooperation and reflection as pillars for regional economic development."
To date ten forums were held in cities such as Valencia, Oviedo, Seville and Valladolid.
The first one took place in Murcia in 2001 and ten years later the Assembly returns to the region, but this time in Lorca.
During this Assembly will sign the accession protocol of cooperation and Latin American agencies to the Spanish Association with the aim of strengthening the already established networks, sponsoring exchange programs, for support of programs for Spanish Agency for International Development ( AECI) and the European Commission.
One strategy of the Spanish Association is the Promotion Plan 2011-2014, which aims to deepen relations between entities, creating online businesses and strengthening of ADR, the consolidation of Ibero-American networks, specialized training and exchange and communication and information.
"The regional development agencies are part of the solution, with excellent professional teams, their knowledge of economic reality of our regions and business resilience," said José Ballesta.
Supporting entrepreneurs
Also, the Minister said that "these exceptional times require creative solutions, effective responses and very down to earth policies in all matters relating to the business world" and insisted that "support the company is supporting the creation and maintenance of employment. "
He also recalled that "from the regional government are intensifying all the shares in favor of entrepreneurs, because they support the company creates jobs," and recalled that "our policies are going in the right direction, and was recognized as the EU that we chose Entrepreneurial Region 2011. "
The owner of Universities thanked the sponsors of the meeting and support their participation as "an example of cooperation between the private and public entities recognition of the Spanish Agency for International Development."
Source: CARM
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