"We have witnessed radical changes in the economic and social profile of other cities in Spain after reaching large agreements and designing long-term strategies such as the one we propose, and we want the same for Cartagena," said the spokesman for Citizens Manuel Padín .
Citizens today reminded the municipal government that it has not yet replied to the public request that made the training orange after the last session of the Local Employment Bureau, on the need for this space for participation to draw up a strategic plan for employment and The economic development of Cartagena for the coming years.
Following a first constitutive session, and a second presentation and introduction session at the end of November, this table, which includes the Institute for Development, the Employment and Training Service, employers' organizations, trade unions, universities and political groups, has not Effectively started after more than a year and a half of the legislature.
According to the leader of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "we said it in November and we say it again, Citizens believe that it is imperative that all contributions to this table are included in an ambitious strategic plan that must have The express agreement of all members and that should serve to develop or update the programs to be applied in Cartagena in the coming years, to increase the employability and economic development of the Region, and it is also necessary that these actions are valued And measures with their corresponding economic item, which should be turned over in the next municipal budgets. "
"We have witnessed radical changes in the economic and social profile of other cities in Spain after reaching large agreements and designing long-term strategies like the one we propose, and we want the same for Cartagena," said the spokesman for Citizens Manuel Padín .
"Short-term performances are still necessary, but we must not settle for that, we must look a little further, and ask ourselves how we are going to grow in the next three or four years, and what we have to do to get it."
This strategy must have a very high participation and a sufficient consensus so that it is not affected by possible changes of municipal government, and should be included in a future in another strategic plan that defines which model of city we want for the next ten or fifteen years of the Which would have to comprise the work done by the City Council with the Smart City Master Plan, or the objectives of the government plans in this legislature, and the spaces of participation that already exist.
This vision of what we want to be in the long term should provide an internal analysis, of what we are, and an external one, a critical comparison with the Spanish and international cities with productive, geographical and population characteristics compatible with ours.
What finally proposes Citizens is a broader view of our horizon, that we define our aspirations and desires in a generous calendar to establish today the way to increase employability, make our city more attractive for investors, boost our strategic sectors , And not lose the train of the future, and we believe that the Employment Bureau, which brings together a large part of the socioeconomic groups of Cartagena and its Region is an optimal space for the first steps.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena