Municipalia Registers a high level of satisfaction between expositores

Regarding the expositores, Ros explains that “in general they have manifested high degree of satisfaction since it has registered quite a lot of activity and have had a lot of contacts more forward can translate in commercial transactions”. The mayor also has appreciated “the push of industrial and of administrations that, a year more, have done the effort to participate in Municipalia, in an edition where have showed his products directed to the energetic saving and to the renewable energies and have posed solutions of austerity and of efficiency”. Finally, Àngel Ros pidio´ a wish for the next edition of Municipalia, that will celebrate in the 2013: “have ready the new pavilion, that Fira of Lleida has planned to build próximamente”.

By his part, Joan H. Simó, president of the Camera of Trade and of the Commission delegated of the Foundation The Fira of Lleida, explained to the closing of the contest that “Municipalia has been a good fair, with a very good balance taking into account the situation that live”, remembering that it is the second more important fair of Europe in the field of the equipments and the municipal services and has showed esperanzado in that the Mediterranean rail runner will be a new revulsivo for this fair, when it was a reality in ten years.

Fits to remember that Municipalia 2011 gathered to 325 expositores direct (the same that in the edition of 2009), occupying a net surface of 16.780 square metres/meters and with a wide parallel program with 49 professional activities, between which include 30 technical days and presentations, 15 practical demonstrations and 4 meetings and professional assemblies.

The attendant of clausurar the XVI edition of the living room was Joana Ortega, vice-president of the Government of the Government of Catalonia, the one who praised “the high level of the expositores of the fair” in the transcurso of the closure of the XVI edition of Municipalia. Ortega Affirmed that the contest “is a privileged shop window that helps us to humanizar the city” with the value added to present a full “offer of design, imagination and innovation” in which “they stand out the solutions directed to the saving and the efficiency”. The vice-president of the Catalan Government recalcó in his speech that the business fabric “is one of the active more important of the country”.

Previously to the ceremony of closure of Municipalia, Ortega explained to the media that the Government of Catalonia is working in two lines: in the preparation of a Law of Local Governments and of a Law of Local Finances that define, respectively, which Administrations have to assume each competition and which resources have to assign to each one, and presionando to the central Government to obtain a moratorium in the settlement of the pending games that have the City councils with the Government of Madrid, corresponding to the advances realised/realized by the central Executive in the exercises 2008 and 2009. It fits to remember, concerning this subject, that the State did a forecast of income in concept of collection of upper taxes to the real.

Ortega Expects that the Council of local Governments, that will constitute on 27 October, request to Madrid a postponement of the payment of these negative settlements, that add a total of 790 million euros (215 corresponding to the 2008 and 575 to the 2009). With regard to the debt of the Generalitat with the consistories, has aseverado that “will face up to the same with the maximum possible agility”, and regarding the next Only Plan of Works and Services of Catalonia (PUOSC), has explained that it will be cuatrienal and that “will allocate the maximum possible resources to end to guarantee the needs of the territory”.

Joan Reñé, president of the Deputation of Lleida, took advantage of the occasion to demand also the reference of the debt of the city councils with the State.

Taking advantage of to the act of inauguration of Municipalia by part of the president of the Deputation of Barcelona, Salvador Esteve, of the past 18 October, the local entities demanded a Law of just Local Finance that adapt to the reality so that they can continue offering to the citizens the basic public services with the maximum possible quality. Besides, they have bet for coordinating common projects to avoid duplicate services and achieve a saving in the expense.

Esteve recognised/recognized that “the municipal governments are squaring have them the aim to work to offer the basic public services and keep his quality”. Esteve also explained that “it is necessary to govern in positive, share ideas and projects and work with professionalism and tenacity to go out of the crisis”. And it insisted in the request of a “just local finance in accordance with the reality to keep the important paper that the city councils have in the development of the society”. Salvador Esteve has manifested that “a few months after the celebration of the general elections, the administrations have to review, of sober way, our paper in the society and adapt our functions to what the citizen expects”.

By his part, Ángel Ros, mayor of Lleida and president of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation The Fira of Lleida, manifested that “the city councils need a Law of Local Finance to continue with our contribution to the maintenance of the state of the welfare”. Ros Has been conclusive when affirming that, “in spite of the crisis and the decrease of the income, the city councils have like priority the social attention, although for this have to resort to the indebtedness”.

Recalcó Also that “it is basic the cooperation between all the entes local with the mancomunidad of services and, if necessary, have to reduce administrations and not creating new levels”, adding that “the city councils have to have the capacity to promote the economy and create occupation in the geographic surroundings where work, already was promoting viveros of companies, technological parks or entes tourist”. Ros Has remembered that the edition of this year of Municipalia centres/centers in the application of the new technologies in the equipments and in the municipal services to allow the reduction of costs and achieve the energetic efficiency. Like this, the days that develop turn around the renewable energies, the environmental management, the TIC, the reduction of waste, the efficiency in the lighted up, etc.

By his part, the president of the Deputation of Lleida and vice-president of the Board of Trustees, Joan Reñé, reported that “30% of the expenses that have to face the local administrations correspond to improper services to his competitions”. Reñé Insisted in “the establishment of formulas of cooperation between the entes local to avoid that there are consistories that advance to diverse speeds and with the aim to achieve a greater efficiency and guarantee that they offer to the citizens the most basic services with the minimum possible expense”.

The delegate of the Government of the Generalitat in Lleida, Ramon Farré, likewise, affirmed that it is necessary to be careful and not loading to the administrations the effects of the current economic crisis. Farré Added that “the local administrations and supramunicipales have to give example of cohesion and fortress and struggle beside the citizens to achieve go out of the crisis”. Also it has asked a Law of Local Finance, that establish the responsibilities that each administration has to assume according to his competitions and has demanded a replanteamiento of the Only Plan of Works and Services of Catalonia.