The Minister of Employment and Economy of Castilla-La Mancha said that new entrepreneurs are essential and continued investment in innovation and technology is needed to address the region's economic situation and create jobs. While some sectors are showing signs of recovery, policies aim to strengthen businesses and generate wealth through measures like entrepreneur support programs and international trade initiatives that helped exports reach record levels last year. The Action Plan for Youth Employment was also introduced to improve labor market participation among young people through training and startup assistance.

1. Castilla-La Mancha Needs New Entrepreneurs and Continue to Invest in Innovation and Technology to
Address the Economic Situation and Create Jobs
Ensures that government policies towards entrepreneurship and the promotion of entrepreneurship
"are being used to correct the economic situation"
Spain, February 21, 2013 -- The Minister of Employment and Economy of Castilla-La Mancha, Carmen
Home, said today that the Plan of Action for Youth Employment "will serve to leverage and make
available a list of youth actions that our companies can better resist the powers not only from other
regions, but also from other countries. " Therefore, continued Home, "is essential to new entrepreneurs
and, above all, we must continue to invest in innovation and technology."
During the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Regional Association of Employers of San
Clemente (ACESANC) in Cuenca,-which brings to 213 associates currently in the region and aims to
become a reference point and information from which to develop programs related with
entrepreneurship in a supervised and managed by professionals-, Casero said that "the Government of
Cospedal is aware that we need to continue investing in measures to strengthen corporate muscle of
Castilla-La Mancha and, with it, generate wealth and jobs. "
During his speech, the minister stressed that "we begin to glimpse a slight recovery in some sectors
have already signs that the situation is being corrected, such as increasing the number of corporations,
particularly since the beginning of 4107 the legislature, of which 386 have been developed in the
province of Cuenca.
In this sense also highlighted the 3439 permanent contracts registered in the province of Cuenca since it
came into force labor reform of which 311 are of support for entrepreneurs. Also referred to 50,410
temporary. Also reported the creation of regional permanent contracts 33,328, of whom 2404 are
supporting entrepreneurs, and 512,870 temporary.
Export record
In terms of exports, Home stressed that, "thanks to measures put in place by the Government of
Cospedal, as is our Internationalization Plan of Castile-La Mancha, and the thrust of the initiative of
entrepreneurs, we have made exports register a record. "
Specifically, in the month of December has been a growth of 351 million euros, representing an increase
of 11.2 percent, while nationally was 4.6 percent. The accumulated throughout 2012 has been of 4,356
million euros, with a growth of 4.8 percent, while nationally the figure is 3.8 percent. This means that
Castilla-La Mancha has increased its export base in 2012 at 367 million euros, thanks to items like meat
exports (1,752 million), milk (1.468 million), canned fruit and vegetables (1,402 million), wine (5885000)
or plastics (3601000)

2. Action Plan for Youth Employment
Finally, Casero also assessed actions as the Plan of Action for Youth Employment, recently introduced by
the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, whose goal is "the labor market participation of as many young
people as possible, thanks to the agreement signed with School of Industrial Organization to advise the
entrepreneur on the way from the birth of an idea to start up the business "
It has been worth the "dual commitment to training our youth, access to credit facilities thanks to an
agreement between the government and the eight largest financial institutions in the region to pay the
differential of 5.5 percent of -credits worth 28 million euros available to entrepreneurs, hiring incentives
or incorporation and completion of studies that improve employability ".
The inauguration of the headquarters of the Regional Association of Employers of San Clemente was
also attended by the delegate of the Board in Cuenca, Rogelio Pardo, the president of the Provincial
Cuenca, Benjamin Prieto, the mayor of San Clemente, Vicente Garcia, the Acesanc president, Fernando
Morales and the CEOE Basin, Abraham Carrión.
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