The council spokesman and Employment and Social Policy of the Municipality of Lorca, Lali Ibarra, was pleased that the main opposition group is now raising actions had already begun to develop after the announcement about 40 days of a Joint Action Plan with the social partners, and invited the socialist municipal group's spokesman, Leoncio Collado, to assist the government team of Consistory for the national government increase grants to develop projects in Lorca, or run their own initiatives in this direction.
Ibarra and handed out to Collado.
The city spokesman stressed that "a few days ago and also present the agreement to UCOMUR and other training schemes, which are some of the measures we are working since several months ago we realized that the Spanish economy is undergoing a deep crisis" .
Ibarra said that "all the props are few if we consider that this year the National Government has provided less funding for one of our flagship projects, such as Proempleo III."
The government team spokesman recalled that, as already announced, the City Council will direct the Deputy Prime Minister and various ministries demanding solutions to rising unemployment.
As already made public, the council has opted for a "Joint Action Plan" agreed between the Consistory, trade unions, Chamber of Commerce, Young Entrepreneurs Ceclor and is focused on creating new jobs in the term town of Lorca.
Injection of 1,250,000 euros Hall
Ibarra explained that "this project will involve a direct cash injection from the Consistory of 1,250,000 euros.
In addition the Bureau of Local Employment will claim another 2.3 million euros to various authorities to carry out training courses to encourage job creation.
This Plan provides for the setting up of a total of 40 courses for the unemployed who have been selected by the social partners and business in order that the unemployed would find a job performed at the end of their training.
I must add that due to the reduction that the Ministry of Public Administration has imposed on the projects we were developing in the council, which has been 30%, the Consistory, at the specific request of our mayor, will make a major economic effort € 200,000 more to spend all planned courses, a total of 40, can be carried to term.
We expect more than five hundred people unemployed will benefit from these 40 courses, during which they receive a monthly stipend of 300 euros. "
The municipal spokesman stated further that "with these courses already committed, we will demand the implementation of 15 other high employability training activities, which would create a new capital injection of EUR 466,271, and that could benefit 225 more unemployed.
I can also anticipate that we will complain to the Employment and Training Service commissioning of 2 workshops, called "Barrios Altos" and "Cronos", for a total of 1.6 million euros, of which 64 will benefit unemployed , they receive during the conduct of such a monthly salary of more than 1,000 euros (1.5 times the minimum wage).
Another of the measures decided by the Bureau of Local Employment has been the application to the Ministry of Education a total of 8 programs of initial professional qualification which will benefit 120 people, for a total of 300,000 euros. "
Ibarra noted that along with the actions of direct action on training of the City, "we will redouble our efforts to the establishment of new businesses in our municipality, which have brought the announcement of the multinational Noksel to be introduced shortly that, as we all know, will create hundreds of jobs. "
The spokesman stressed that "the Bureau of Local Employment has also decided to write to the owners of the Ministries of Public Administration, Elena Salgado, Economy and Finance, Pedro Solbes, Industry, Tourism and Trade Miguel Sebastian, Fomento, Magdalena Álvarez , Labor, Celestino Corbacho, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, to get them the concern of the municipality by the data that we are coming, the idiosyncrasies of our municipal employment and ask what actions will be implemented to solve the existing problems, because during the past year have been destroyed in Lorca 886 jobs, representing an annual increase of 37.2%. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca