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The mayor of Cartagena, José López, and the rector of the University of Murcia, José Orihuela, Tuesday signed an agreement to carry out studies on the rates of poverty and social exclusion in Cartagena, at which they have also attended The director of the Social Exclusion Observatory of the UMU and promoter of the text, Manuel Hernández, the Councilor for the Quality of Life Area, Francisco Calderón, the Councilor for Social Services, Carmen Martín, and technicians from the areas that participated in the elaboration Of the Convention.
A great day today, in the words of both the rector and the mayor, which implies the agreement signed in which the joint efforts that both institutions are making to find a solution to poverty materialize, starting with the study that the Observatory Of Social Exclusion of the University of Murcia is carrying out in all the scope of the municipality to elaborate a map of houses and obtain reliable data that will serve to the city council to put an end to this scourge.
As pointed out by José López, in this study there will be no hamlet or corner to investigate, since the Observatory, which until now had only focused on small population centers, will extend its research to the entire municipality.
The results of the study, which began in November, will be ready by early May and then, the mayor added, we can already see where we need to focus our efforts to fight against social exclusion and poverty, we now move from concern to We have to look for solutions.
After the signing of the collaboration agreement, the first mayor expressed his gratitude, in addition to the UMU and its Observatory, to the Poverty Reduction Network, a group that works actively with the latter and they are the ones who know the problem first hand.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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