It will take place within the framework of the second edition of the Program of Initiatives for Territorial Economic Development
The Office of Planning and Budget (OPP) will provide a total of 13 million pesos to 17 municipalities and 7 quartermasters within the framework of agreements for the development of their projects; The objective of the initiative is economic development in regions throughout the world. Uruguay.
The signing of the pact took place in the hall of the Congress of Mayors of the Montevideo Municipality. There, the director and deputy director of the OPP, Fernando Blanco and Benjamín Irazábal, respectively; the general coordinator of the Decentralization and Social Cohesion Area, Maria de Limaas well as mayors and mayors.
“The mission of the aforementioned area is to contribute to the departmental and municipal administrations tools for coordinated management between the three levels of government, in order to achieve efficient investment plans that contribute to optimizing resources,” states the government statement. With this objective, the Program of Initiatives for Territorial Economic Development to promote projects that promote interaction between the public and private sectors.
In total, there were 17 municipalities that subscribed to the program. Among the departments is Paysandú, Artigas, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Río Negro, Colonia, Florida, Rocha, Maldonado and Leap. For their part, 7 departmental governments also signed: Río Negro, Flores, Maldonado, Rivera, Paysandú, Montevideo and Rocha. The OPP’s total investment for the selected projects is 13 million pesos.
There will be more participation than the previous year
The director of the OPP He assured that the objective of this program also includes optimizing the resources managed by the organism and generate social politics and added that in 2024, the OPP will allocate 45% more compared to the previous year.
On the other hand, Blanco highlighted the importance of national and departmental decentralization, In addition to supporting the production and value chains and insisted on focusing resources according to people’s needs and considered that employment is the best social policy. “In this program, what ends up being left for the different places are jobs for the people, which dignify and strengthen society,” he said.
Meanwhile, the general coordinator of the Decentralization and Social Cohesion Area He stressed that this initiative seeks to strengthen “the economic network with the private and public areas in harmony, to develop impact projects in the regions.” Furthermore, he assured that this project covers the entire value chain and includes the sectors fruit and vegetable, tourism, beekeeping and rancher, among others. “The project strengthens both the municipalities As the mayors”, De Lima assured.
Source: Ambito
