The head of Government Jorge Macri traveled to Spain to participate in what was the meeting of mayors of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI). From Madrid, the Buenos Aires official announced that the City of Buenos Aires will be the headquarters of the Ibero-American mayors’ summit in 2025.
The City of Buenos Aires will host the summit of Ibero-American mayors
Macri celebrated the election of the argentine capital to host the meeting of Ibero-American mayors for 2025. “After reviewing various management issues with other mayors, The request we made to host the General Assembly was approved next year, in September. “It’s very good news,” he said.
During his speech, the Head of Government referred to the serious flooding in the city of Valencia. “I want to give my condolences to the Spanish people and also to the Argentines who are worried because they do not know about their relatives. All my support for them. What happened makes us understand that climate change is a reality and that we must work with everything we have to do looking forward.”
The Secretary General and International Relations, Fulvio Pompeo, accompanied the top Buenos Aires president on his tour of Madrid. Regarding the election of CABA, the official explained: “This election is a great achievement and recognition of the commitment and leadership of the City of Buenos Aires in the Ibero-American space. “It will be a unique opportunity to strengthen dialogue between Mayors in the face of the main challenges of the urban agenda.”
The 2024 UCCI summit brings together mayors and leaders of the most important cities in Latin America, and seeks to promote cooperation and sustainable development. It is an international network founded in 1982, It brings together 29 cities from 24 Ibero-American countries and represents more than 76 million inhabitants.
Macri’s definitions in Madrid
During the panel where the news of the CABA election as headquarters, the Buenos Aires official was accompanied by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; the mayor of Santo Domingo, Carolina Mejía; the manager of Resource Mobilization and Global Alliances of CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, Ignacio Corlazzoli; and the Director of Finance of BBVA, Javier Flores Moreno.
During his presentation, Macri referred to various topics, from the Argentine situation, public-private coordination and the expansion of artificial intelligence.
“The public-private coordination is essential so that cities have businesses and develop. We have before us the challenge of the artificial intelligence revolution and that raises the need to invest in human capital, which is the most relevant thing that cities have. Articulating the public with the private also implies creating favorable conditions for cities to develop higher value products“said Jorge Macri.
Regarding the situation in the country since the arrival of Javier Milei to Casa Rosada, the head of the Buenos Aires government analyzed: “Argentina has had very good news, the country risk dropped below 1,000 basis points, when we came from 3,000. We were out of the world. The bonds of the City of Buenos Aires are quoted at par, we have no City risk.”
“If there is something that we mayors have, it is solid administrative health, No mayor can spend more money than he earns.. We work in zero deficit and financial balance, we are very responsible in the administration of the resource. We are used to saying no and that is the most difficult thing about management,” contrasted the Head of Government.
At the end of his presentation, Jorge Macri highlighted the value of the main resource that the City has: “We have ahead of us a revolution that we are going to have to face, which is Artificial Intelligence, and where there will be winners and losers. The challenge of cities like Buenos Aires is investing in human capital. The most relevant thing a city has is its people. For example, the lithium of the City of Buenos Aires is its people”.
Source: Ambito
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