The Council for Attracting Foreign Investment of Castilla-La Mancha is born

A new participation body

It arises with a vocation for joint commitment between institutions to make visible the industrial capacity of the municipalities and attract wealth.

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El Cristina García Rodero Museum of Puertollano has been the place chosen to celebrate the first Investment Capture Council of Castilla-La Mancha, which was chaired by the Minister of Economy, Business and Employment, Patricia Franco.

 

 

This new advisory body, created by Decree 50/2021, of May 4, was created with the objective of promoting public-private collaboration, creating synergies that allow the attraction of a greater number of investments to the region.

 

In addition to the counselor, the first Plenary Session was made up of the General Director of Companies, Javier Rosell; the mayor of Puertollano, Isabel Rodríguez; Carmen Olmedo, delegate of the Board in Ciudad Real; the director of IPEX, Luis Noah; Francisco Valera, Gonzalo Redondo, Elena Carrasco, Susana Alcalde and Fernando Muñoz, representing respectively the Provincial Councils of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo; Miguel Ángel González Lajas representing the Institute of Finance of Castilla-La Mancha; Juan Martínez Moraga, of the Regional Council of Chambers of Commerce; Carlos Marín, from CECAM; Javier Pasamontes, representative of the FEMP; and Marian Scheifler, from the consulting firm Sifdi.

 

During your speech, Patricia Franco has explained that the new participation body “converts Castilla la Mancha in the first Autonomous Community to add the commitment of all public institutions and private initiative in attracting investments”, and highlighted that Castilla-La Mancha is the region in which foreign investment in immobilized stock has grown the most throughout the country, a fact that reinforces the confidence that investors have been showing in our region. The counselor has highlighted the importance and specific weight that foreign investment has in our region, “where it represents 13 percent of the total turnover of our companies, 6 percent of employment and 32 percent of our exports. ", which is why he valued the creation of the new Council "to continue working together to improve these indicators and continue positioning Castilla-La Mancha as the country's industrial epicenter."

 

The event served as a stage to present the new Strategic Investment Attraction Plan of Castilla-La Mancha for the period 2021-2025

 

For its part, Javier Rosell has explained the functions and objectives of the Council, trusting that this body will help strengthen the business fabric of Castilla-La Mancha, while the mayor wanted to thank the regional government for its commitment to supporting Puertollano as a priority element in its economic promotion strategy.

 

Luis Noé has presented the new Strategic Plan for Attracting Investments of the region for the period 2021-2025, which has set four priority objectives: “maintain the positioning of the region as an attractive and differentiated investment destination, attract the implementation of sustainable investments in Castilla-La Mancha, maintain and expand the existing investments through permanent communication with already established projects and enrich the investment climate of our region.”

 

The Council will be traveling in nature, with the aim of giving visibility to all the industrial areas of the region, with the next one scheduled to take place in the province of Albacete.