A 31 de marzo de 2016, fecha tope para justificar estas inversiones, se han solicitado ayudas por valor de 56,6 millones de euros mientras el resto se ha llevado a cabo con recursos propios del Consorcio
The works co-financed with Feder Funds corresponding to that period have allowed the Consortium to carry out important projects throughout the province and increase its assets.
La Zona Franca de Cádiz ha cumplido de manera muy positiva con los Fondos Feder y de esta forma, a 31 de marzo de 2016, fecha tope para la justificación de las inversiones ejecutadas con cargo al Marco Operativo Feder 2007-2013, ha realizado una inversión total de 78.328.039,98 euros en actuaciones culminadas a finales de 2015, acogiéndose a lo dispuesto en su condición de Organismo Intermedio.
Of this total volume of investment, which in the last four years has allowed the configuration of an important network of business centers and industrial infrastructure throughout the province, the Consortium has requested aid worth 56,591,900.16 euros for its financing, while the remaining 21,736,139.82 euros correspond to the Free Zone's own resources.
It should also be noted that of the total amount of investment, 75,589,402.53 euros have been managed directly by Zona Franca and 2,738,637.45 euros correspond to projects carried out through collaboration with the Chambers of Commerce of Cádiz and Campo de Gibraltar and the Incyde Foundation, an institution of the Chambers of Commerce themselves, dedicated to the promotion and training of the entrepreneurial spirit, to the improvement of the qualification of entrepreneurs and the creation and consolidation of companies.
The intense work and co-financing of works within the aforementioned Feder Operational Framework has allowed the Free Trade Zone to carry out projects throughout the province with a total investment of more than 145 million euros, creating an important business and industrial infrastructure in different municipalities and developing the largest network of business centers in Andalusia, with more than 70,000 m2 of offices.
In the capital of Cadiz, the Europa Building in the heart of the Interior Campus has obtained a magnificent response from the business community, as has the Business Center of the Cadiz Casino, while in the rest of the province five new business centers are already underway: in Algeciras, the Nexus Building, located next to the Chamber of Commerce, was inaugurated last March; the Arcis Business Center, in Arcos, the Iro Business Center, in Chiclana, and the San Agustín Business Center in Jerez were completed in October; and the Horizonte Business Center in Vejer de la Frontera, also completed. Also in Algeciras, the Free Trade Zone has completed improvement works at the Free Warehouse (DALSE).
At the same time, different industrial infrastructures have been developed that give a good example of the work carried out in this Feder Operational Framework by the Consortium to promote economic activity throughout the province. Thus, the business incubator in Ubrique and the Palmones in Los Barrios have been launched, both in collaboration with the chambers of commerce and the Incyde Foundation, and comprehensive improvements have been carried out in the Polígono La Palmosa, in Alcalá de los Gazules, Polígono Marismas de Palmones, in Los Barrios, and Polígono El Portal, in Jerez.
In the Interior Area of the Cadiz capital, the expansion of Harinera Vilafranquina has been carried out with a new silo warehouse for storage, with an investment of 14 million euros, as well as improvements in the Atlas Building and in the Poniente Business Park.
The good use of the Feder Funds, which has also allowed the acquisition of land for the expansion of the Tax Precinct in Los Barrios and the ground and first floor of the Carranza Stadium in Cádiz, among others, has made it possible for the Cádiz Free Zone to complete an important business and industrial infrastructure, facilitating the establishment of companies and consequently the creation of new jobs, in addition to giving the starting signal and the first steps of the great project of expansion and expansion of the Tax Precinct to the entire area. province of Cadiz.