The delegates of the State of Barcelona, Vigo, Cádiz, Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Seville and Santander met yesterday in Madrid to establish the lines of work and continue developing the protocol of intentions signed in Cádiz
The Spanish free zones are designing a strategy to be present jointly in different national and international forums
Each of these institutions will present their characteristics and strengths as drivers of the economy and enclaves for investment and trade in their areas of influence.
Free Zone of Cádiz formalized its accession to the Association of Free Zones of the Americas (AZFA) with the aim of strengthening and consolidating its traditional link with Latin America
The delegates from the free zones of Barcelona, Vigo, Cádiz, Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Seville and Santander met yesterday morning in Madrid to share synergies and promote the joint work space, which carries the Spain and the strengths of each of these institutions to the different national and international forums planned for this year.
During the meeting, held at the headquarters of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce, the representatives of the Spanish consortia presented their experiences and exchanged impressions, while agreeing to set a work schedule that will lead them to meet periodically to continue developing the protocol. of intentions signed in Cádiz two years ago.
That protocol, signed by five free zones and to which the two recently created ones - Seville and Santander - will be added, set the objective of promoting cooperation and the exchange of initiatives and programs between the institutions that, geographically separated, have the same common goal: The economic and business revitalization of its different areas of influence, also offering within its management policy a diverse range of services for companies located in its facilities, each one with its own characteristics.
According to the initialed document, this common work space deals with different issues, around four large thematic areas: Organization and operation; investment actions, investment selection systems (marketing programs); measures to support the establishment of businesses; and services offered to companies. However, it can be extended to other specific actions that arise in work meetings.
The seven special delegates of the State, Jordi Cornet, from Barcelona; Teresa Pedrosa, from Vigo; Alfonso Pozuelo, from Cádiz; Gustavo González, from Tenerife; and Carlos Ester, at the head of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Javier Janda, from Seville; and Fernando Cámara, from Santander; have agreed to strengthen the common space, join forces and set objectives in order to bring their advantages to fairs, congresses, logistics shows and any other national or international forum in which the role they play and the tools they have are presented. to contribute to the promotion of the business fabric and as dynamizers of the economy and enclaves for investment and trade in their areas of influence.
The delegates of the Spanish free zones were summoned yesterday to hold periodic meetings to monitor joint work, with the next meeting scheduled for approximately one month.
Consolidate ties with Latin America
The Cádiz Free Zone took advantage of the meeting in Madrid to formalize its membership in the Association of Free Zones of the Americas (AZFA), before the current vice president of the organization, the delegate of the Tenerife Free Zone, Gustavo González.
The objective of the Cádiz Free Zone by joining the AZFA, which brings together the Ibero-American free zones, is to reinforce and consolidate its traditional role as a protagonist in the link with Latin America, seeking ways of collaboration with free zones on the other side of the Atlantic such as the best way to promote investments and exchanges between Europe and America.
In a favorable context in which the 300 years of the transfer to Cádiz of the Trading House are commemorated, the Free Trade Zone plans to strongly resume the close cooperation with Ibero-American countries and establish a line of work aimed at promoting investments and enhancing economic activity through international trade.
Cádiz, cradle of commerce, has always maintained strong ties with Latin America. We must not forget that the capital of Cadiz was where the VI Latin American Conference of Free Zones was held in October 2002, which brought together more than 300 representatives of companies and entities, being the only time in which this annual meeting took place outside the American continent.
