The constitution of the governing board of the Consortium International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) was the only missing piece to that institution started working in Cartagena.
This work has culminated today in the Palace Hall, where the council met and Rosario Segado Joaquin Montero, the rector of the UIMP, Salvador Ordóñez, the Vice President for Academic and University Extension, Maria Cruz Diaz and President of the Chamber of Cartagena Trade, Miguel Martinez.
Thus ends a very important step, in the words of Mayor Pilar Barreiro, who has shown that Cartagena is a very attractive city for a type of high quality courses.
The meeting agreed that the governing council president is the president of the UIMP, Salvador Ordóñez, Vice Segado Joaquin, director of UIMP headquarters in Cartagena, Mari Carmen Pastor, who is professor of civil law at the University Politécnica de Cartagena and the manager, the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Ramiro Alonso.
In October 2011, the mayor, the chancellor of the UIMP and President of the Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement to establish permanent headquarters in Cartagena University Menéndez Pelayo.
The courses offered UIMP betting on new technologies, teaching in Spanish and English and, especially, postgraduate courses, masters of known quality by large investigadores.La theme will focus on the sectors that stand out in the city, as are tourism, shipbuilding, plastics and high tech.
UIMP which is set to Cartagena is very important and in this line, the mayor pointed out that the city is also headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes and the last agreement it has signed the City will increase the knowledge that is taken outside City and will be an economy-generating activities important for the municipality.
DEATH OF PÃ ‰ REZ MANUEL DE LEMA
The mayor has expressed his condolences over the death yesterday, at 75 years old, Manuel Perez de Lema, president of the employers COEC and the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena. He was a person who was able to identify the challenges and objectives Region.
Barreiro has recognized that it was a person with great leadership skills to unite the business not only in the region, but throughout the region.
Something that was evident with the phrase, according to the mayor, always said: If the region does well, Cartagena is doing well.
Asked by the journalists, the first municipal authority has made ​​statements about the possible closure of the administrative buildings in August, explaining that one of his responsibilities is to make the most of the taxes paid by the Cartagena for the maintenance of public utilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena