The Instituto de Fomento Region de Murcia (Info) developed a program to promote entrepreneurship and industrial activity in the town of Lorca, including awareness raising, training, counseling, promotion of technological modernization, attracting investments or support internationalization.
The director of Info, Javier Celdrán, this morning this package of measures accompanied by the mayor of the municipality, Francisco Jodar, and in the presence of representatives of the most important business associations in the area, as Ceclor, Chamber of Commerce of Lorca or Embark Guadalentín.
"Regional development born of local development, and so we turn the Info with municipalities, such as Lorca, to support the business sector as a generator of wealth and employment and as an element of attracting new investments and opportunities" Celdrán Javier said.
Within the field of entrepreneurship, this program sets out four lines of action aimed at raising awareness, training and mentoring, incubation and accommodation and support in financing.
Regarding awareness, the director of Info recalled that have already launched programs Entrepreneurship in my school (EME) and European (HUB) Young Enterprise, where 275 students from eight schools and colleges of the municipality involved.
The program 'Objective: To create my company' moves this entrepreneurial culture to 75 students in vocational education in the town.
In this area it falls, on Thursday January 28, holding Cane Entrepreneurship, an initiative that is a meeting point between all those involved in the development, creation and consolidation of business projects.
This event, to be held in the tavern El Camino, will focus on the 're-entrepreneurship' and will be attended by the CEO of the company Lorca Alpha Spirit, José Luis Torregrosa, who has just received the Entrepreneur XXI prize of La Caixa;
the lawyer and university professor Jaime Sanchez Vizcaino;
Ricardo Fernandez journalist and expert in 'coaching' Welcome Morote.
In addition, experts will be available info attendees to explain the services and assistance of the agency.
In terms of training and advice, the program offers tools like entrepreneurs Point Advice and processing (PASP), which allows the creation of a company in 24 hours and will start telematically from the offices of the City;
specific actions within the integrated training platform or Formacarm action program 'co-working' advice and acceleration of companies that will develop in the second half of 2016 in collaboration with Guadalentín undertaken.
The most immediate action in this area will be the visit, on 3 February, the Infomóvil, an information service and management designed to give value near the Decentralization Plan of Information Services in the municipalities and will be available to entrepreneurs , businessmen and the general public in the Plaza Calderon.
Throughout the year, in addition, other visits are planned this service to other parts of town as the industrial Saprelorca.
Murcia aid program Industry 4.0
In the third line the existing business incubators in the municipality as well as its collaboration with other municipalities will be promoted.
The fourth and last line refers to the financing support of entrepreneurs.
In this regard, said the director of Info line InfoEmprende funding, a specific line for entrepreneurs Lorca and other alternative sources of financing such as financing Enisa line, designed for innovation projects.
In the second focus of this program, boosting industrial activity, is the first line of work boost to technological modernization strategy through Murcia Industry 4.0.
In this regard, on 12 February, an information day will be held in the city to report on the aid program that has opened today the Institute of Development.
"This line of aid it intended for entrepreneurs who want to incorporate their enterprises technological innovation projects framed within what is called the fourth industrial revolution and we have to stop considering as something for the future because it is something that is part of our current time, such as augmented reality, 3D, connectivity machines, Big Data and the Internet of Things, "said the director of Info.
It also will launch specific actions within the plan of attracting investments, including a boost to the industrial estate Saprelorca, "one of the best equipped in the region and with enormous potential for growth in the short term enclaves" said Javier Celdrán.
In terms of internationalization, the director of Info recalled the collaboration between the agency and the Chamber of Commerce of the town through the Promotion Plan, a collaboration that allowed a total of 55 companies in the area last year meet new international markets and enhance their export capabilities through its presence in international fairs or participation in trade missions.
Source: CARM