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The Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, presented the budgets of the Economic Strategy Area for the 2017 financial year, which shows a 13% increase over last year.

Thus, from 1,978,004 euros in 2016, the budget for the Area that runs Castejón reaches this year the figure of 2,234,459 euros and includes among its novelties a microcredit program for entrepreneurs.

During the presentation, in which she was accompanied by the Councilor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez;

And the manager of the Agency for Local Development and Employment (ADLE), Manuel Mora, lamented that "when we arrived at the Government, we found a municipality with many shortcomings and in which it was necessary to put order", while ensuring that This order and strategy "can be seen in the budget," while pointing out that "the first was to rationalize expenditures, among other measures, dissolving IMSEL."

In this way, the Municipal Institute of Coastal Services has passed, with all its structure, the Area of ​​Decentralization.

Once this body was dissolved, recalled the Vice Mayor of Cartagena, the Consistory has focused on enhancing the productive economy, and for that reason, in all delegations the area has occurred "a rise well above the budget, which demonstrates the Firm commitment of this team for the real economy, "since" we could not announce that bet if it was not accompanied by a good budget. "

The budget, has ensured that the budget has been developed "taking into account all needs".

With respect to the Agency for Local Development and Employment (ADLE), its budget has increased by 5%, where it expands the offer of programs and projects.

In addition, a Microcredit Program will be implemented, through which the City Council will help entrepreneurs in the municipality who want to start a new business or avoid closing small and medium businesses.

As Ana Belén Castejón has pointed out, this program responds to the requests of merchants of the municipality, who have expressed their desire to be eligible for aid that would allow them to open or prevent business closure.

Thus, for the moment, the Consistory is in negotiations with three banking entities to set the interest rate as low as possible.

In addition, the deputy mayor has shown the commitment of the government team for traditional commerce in the municipality, and has announced a 91% increase in the budget allocated to this area.

In this way, the Department of Commerce has gone from having a budget of 56,000 euros in 2016 to 107,020 euros this year.

In addition, for the first time in this legislature, Commerce will have a budget line designed to start the parking of the Santa Florentina Market or start the rehabilitation work of Gisbert.

"We are going to work side by side with the General Directorates of Commerce of the regional and state Administration, and for this we needed to have this money," said the deputy mayor of Cartagena.

TOURISM

As for Tourism, has highlighted Obdulia Gómez, has increased the heading for Tourism Promotion by almost 14%.

Among the novelties presented in this section, there is an increase of 600,000 euros in the tourism promotion item.

In addition, for the first time the budget includes a budget for the Sierra Minera Foundation, 25,000 euros.

Thus, the Consistory will sign an agreement with the foundation to put in value and thus include it as a definitive tourist product, which will include the White Mine and Matildes Mine, as well as routes along the Sierra Minera.

With this, explained the Councilor for Tourism, it is intended to expand towards the eastern part of the municipality, which includes areas such as El Algar or La Manga, a stable tourism offer.

FARMING

As for agriculture, the budget increases by 31%, and includes a € 10,000 item for the promotion of agricultural cooperatives, and Chapter 6 is to be recovered in order to make investments in the primary sector.

Regarding industry, its budget grows 33% compared to the previous year, with a 25.00 euro item to organize by the Council and participate in fairs linked to the industrial or innovation sector.

ADLE

For his part, Manuel Mora has highlighted the increase in budget for the agency that manages and that will allow them to continue to maintain and strengthen their own projects, "which are carried out with own financing."

Thus, one of the most important actions focuses on the social economy and cooperativism.

In addition, he stressed that, for six months from this year 2017, the ADLE will have a reinforcement in its workforce of five new workers that will be incorporated from a call for local public employment of the Employment and Training Service (SEF ).

The call allows the hiring of 26 workers, of whom a total of five will go to the ADLE to reinforce the different areas that are developed in the agency.

With regard to ADLE's mixed programs, the increase in the budget will allow the provision of 30 to 80 training places.

In this way, these places will be divided between the program 'Tres Tenedores', which includes hostelry, basic kitchen (pinche) and restaurant services, for children under 30;

And the 'Airis' program, for over 25 years, which offers the specialties of gardening, attention to dependence on social institutions and promotion of personal autonomy.

Finally, the deputy clerk recalled that the data of the figures, which may seem "very cold", show "a reality of municipal management", the result of discussions with all sectors of society, and has wished "height of views" to The political groups with representation in the City of Cartagena, who are currently studying the budget, while remembering that the government team is open to amendments and suggestions to improve it.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena