Under the name Aragon Solidaritythe DGA and the social agents have presented this Thursday their account number to support the reconstruction of the economic fabric of the Valencian Community: ES5520850103960333179067. This is one of the official channels, beyond the existing ones, with which the administration intends to provide medium and long-term support. It already has one million euros, to which must be added, as the president recalled Jorge Azcón800,000 from the Vamos Valencia project, headed by Fundación Ibercaja, which has been integrated into this item. That is to say, 1.8 million have already been earmarked to cover basic necessities in the affected businesses.
The agreement is signed by the regional Executive, the banking company, CEOE, Cepyme, UGT, CCOOall three Chambers of Commercethe Aragonese Federation of Municipalitiesand Provinces (Famcp) and Red Cross. “After the crisis will come the reconstruction. We were right when this agreement speaks not only of social aid but also of economic aid,” Azcón remarked. It is “the aid of tomorrow“He said, “not only for social entities but also for businesses, the self-employed and workers who have become unemployed”.
For the president, the growth of Aragon this year, which will be around 3.5%, is one of the strong arguments to help the neighboring region. Before the DANA, Valencia moved in similar figures (3.4%), as he explained. The situation is totally different from last Tuesday. María Jesús Lorente (Cepyme) has estimated that more than 54,000 small businessesas well as micro-enterprises and self-employed workers, “have not even been able to assess the damage”. “The most important thing is to restore activity and jobs,” he said. Manuel Pina (CCOO Aragón). For its part, José Juan Arceiz (UGT) has highlighted the “transversal“The initiative also accepts donations from individuals.
During the hearing, both Azcón and the representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and the Famcp emphasized the importance of the proximity of the Community and Valencia, which obliges them to work together “with the maximum speed“. An effort, in the opinion of the Red Cross, that must be prolonged over time, molding the lines and donations to the needs of each moment, since the work will last for weeks or months.
DAMAGE TO SUPPLY LINES
The president of CEOE Aragón, Miguel Marzoreferred to the work being done to re-establish supply chains with Valencian companies after the catastrophe. “They are doing the impossible to begin to develop the activity, it is different to the Covid because a third are affected and some have disappeared directly,” he stressed.
Finally, the vice-president and spokeswoman of the Government, Mar Vaquerosaid that the companies have not stopped delivering means or machinery since last Tuesday. Regarding Aragón’s personnel in Catarrojaand now also Algemesíthe contingent is composed of 285 people. In other words, both human resources and machinery have grown. “It is a good example of crisis management, we have reason to be proud of the disaster relief,” insisted the president.