The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, the director general of the Autonomous Community Work, Fernando José Vélez Álvarez, Mayor of Alhama de Murcia, Juan Canovas, president of the Union of Worker Cooperatives in the Region of Murcia, (UCOMUR), Juan Antonio Pedroza, and more municipal authorities and municipal enterprise, inaugurated the new center of expertise to cooperators in Totana.
This office will advise, inform and train entrepreneurs and citizens of the towns of under-Alhama Guadalentín, Librilla, Aledo-on opportunities to promote business cooperative entrepreneurial activities among entrepreneurs in the area.
The new location UCOMUR, located on Avenida de Lorca, providing advice to young entrepreneurs, citizens in terms of employability, active job search and information free of the advantages of partnerships, such as democratic governance and tax benefits.
The Director General of Labour, Fernando José Vélez Álvarez, has said during the inauguration of the premises from the Ministry of Education and Employment has worked for the insurance value bet, in other periods of economic boom, have emerged as strong values of the economy, business cooperatives.
In this sense, Velez Álvarez, stressed that the autonomous region is one that, in the whole country, most has focused on the social economy and that during 2009 it will increase by more than 30 percent investment .
For his part, Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, stressed that the opening of this center in the municipality is based on a series of measures proposed in place since the City Council in April 2008, within of a draft economic activation of the municipality.
Martínez Andreo has indicated that one of the priority measures, at the moment, is to contain the number of unemployed, but with a clear end goal, the creation of new jobs.
Thus, according to the mayor, this is a strong bet to generate employment in the area Guadalentín.
The cooperative movement, represented in Murcia for UCOMUR, according to the mayor, "has become an alternative employment generating stable and quality both regionally and nationally and with whom we maintain a close relationship in terms of training, prevention occupational risks, business advice, among other things. "
In addition, UCOMUR president, Juan Antonio Pedroza, explained that with the launch of this office is to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of future employers Guadalentín area given the current economic situation caused by the effects of crisis.
Pedroza has stated that although the reference point will be Totana, also will launch a series of training activities in municipalities annexed to offer advice and training.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com