After the change of color in many of the Valencian town councils and the Generalitat, the most important cities in the central area of the Region have joined forces to start a joint project "to face its growth and the joint exit from the crisis"While established as vindictive group to demand services structures and creating higher levels Alliance of Cities of the Valencian Central Districts.
At the meeting, which took place last week in Gandia, brought together the mayors of these cities: Jorge Rodríguez (Ontinyent); Antonio French (Alcoi); Roger Cerdà (Xàtiva); José Chulvi (Xàbia) And the mayor of Gandia, Diana Morant, who acted as hostess with Lorena Milvaques, Deputy Mayor of the city. The Mayor of Dénia, Vicent GrimaltHe could not attend because he was in Valencia.
These six cities total a total of 300.000 inhabitants, "a very large capacity for influence wherever strategic decisions are made that affect them"Said the gandiense munícipe. Therefore, the Alliance will work together to improve matters "capital importance" like the industry, the commerce, the culture, the University, the innovation, the economy and above all the occupation.
Regarding this issue, said Diana Morant "It is the main concern of all governments and a cross-cutting issue of the different sectors on which we are going to work". Morant added that "They are all cities with different characteristics and potentials but that complement each other perfectly, it only takes coordination and teamwork to improve tourism, business and economic offers and thus increase the critical mass".
The mayors expressed their commitment to develop agreements on upcoming meetings, and left on the table some of the claims for which will fight like Denia-Oliva-Gandía train. Also they were established some proposals such as designing a strategic plan for industry and innovation, creating an annual forum of public universities, and the creation of a network of innovation and cooperation for tourism and cultural promotion.
Economic and Social Council of the Valencian Central Districts
One of the short-term objectives set by the alliance is creating a Economic and Social Council of the Valencian Central Districts. To this end, a forum will be held in Ontinyent in October, made up of three working groups. In the first, which will serve as a presentation, the six mayors will participate. The second will set the economic, productivity and business objectives; and the third, chaired by Ximo Puig, will draw the lines to follow in University and Innovation.
This rabbit will bring together the views and experiences of social, economic and corporate actors and participation of universities, business associations, unions, associations and other key actors in the economy and productivity studies.
