The Director General of Organic Coordination and Strategic Projects, David Pérez-Dionis, presented to the Board of Directors of the Industrial Association of the Canary Islands the details of the Office of Strategic Projects and the first 37 projects declared with the Strategic seal for the Canary Islands.
The Canary Islands Government has unveiled its plan to promote strategic projects in the archipelago to the Industrial Association of the Canary Islands (ASINCA). During a meeting held with the Board of Directors of the employers' association, the Director General of Organic Coordination and Strategic Projects, David Pérez-Dionis, presented the Office of Strategic Projects (OPE) and detailed the advances in the economic diversification policy promoted by the Presidency area of the regional government.
At the meeting, which was attended by the regional president of ASINCA, Jorge Escuder, and a wide representation of the Canary Islands business sector, key issues were addressed such as the development of strategic sectors, the criteria for selecting initiatives, and the declaration of the first 37 projects that already have the Strategic seal for the Canary Islands.
Pérez-Dionis emphasized the benefits that this declaration entails, among which he highlighted the streamlining of procedures at various levels of Administration, with legal coverage in the recently approved Canary Islands Science Law. In addition, he pointed out the support service for seeking and managing funding, primarily with European funds, and the institutional visibility offered to these projects.
The Director General stressed the industrial sectors included in the Smart Specialization Strategy of the Canary Islands (RIS3 expanded), which are part of the sectors considered strategic by the Canary Islands Government. As an example, he highlighted the aerospace sector, an area in which intense work is being carried out due to the islands' differential capabilities.
“We can be very competitive in this sector at an industrial level, considering that currently the conditions for the development of the technology industry are ideal in the Canary Islands,” Pérez-Dionis stated during the meeting. The islands have natural advantages such as weather conditions, geostrategic position, proximity to the equator and Africa, openness to the sea, and sky quality, as well as scientific-academic infrastructures and tax incentives.
The Government is implementing the Canary Islands Aerospace Strategy with the aim of positioning the archipelago as an international benchmark in a sector that already directly or indirectly encompasses around 200 companies, with a turnover of 430 million euros and 4,600 jobs.
The Office of Strategic Projects, integrated into Proexca and coordinated by the General Directorate of Organic Coordination and Strategic Projects, has established itself as a connection point between the Administration, companies, and territorial agents. Its director, Elvira Balguerías, presented the work carried out since its launch in March of this year, focused on identifying key agents, holding working meetings to make their lines of action visible and establish communication channels, and an intensive prospecting effort to attract and accelerate future transformative initiatives for the Canary Islands economy.
The representatives of ASINCA were able to learn firsthand about the Government's initiative and raise queries related to industrial development in the Canary Islands, funding opportunities, the scope of administrative simplification, and the criteria for a project to be declared strategic.
This meeting strengthens public-private collaboration in the archipelago and lays the groundwork for Canary Islands companies to access a support framework that facilitates the execution of key projects for economic diversification and job creation in the islands.
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