In a context where there are more and more bankrupt companiesare created fewer companies and there are more signatures than They leave Navarre to other territories with a lower tax burdenthe president of the Government of Navarre, Maria Chivite ensures that the Foral Community is faced with a “new industrial revolution” that, “like any profound change, it requires courage, effort and knowing how to balance present needs with a more strategic vision and future planning”.
The meeting of this body, created in 2023 as a novelty in this legislature, had the main objective of addressing the draft regional law for the development of industry and businesses, The Government of Navarra informs in a press release.
In his speech, Chivite emphasized that the industry is not only “a fundamental support for our GDP and employment in Navarre”, but that it must also be “a element that contributes to prosperity, to progress and quality of life.
In this sense, he indicated that we are experiencing “a key moment in the industry”, which implies meet challenges such as industrial transformationTHE identification of opportunity niches and talent, a quality jobTHE salary gapTHE accident rate and the security wave work balance.
Chivite advanced some of the issues that will be covered by the new regulations. Thus, he commented, he will endeavor to define “the very concept of industrial ecosystem“, and which will include measures of promotion of the digital transitionsustainably and a system of governance with agents involved in Navarrese industry.
Likewise, the regulations will establish different tools to promote the industrial sectoras an industrial one-stop shop, a website specific to aid, subsidies and resources or a training catalog.
It is also important to launch a professional filean instrument similar to the health record, which will allow personalize procedures businesses with the administration.
He also highlighted the creation of a new legal figure, that of “Strategic Projects of Navarra», which will “complement the already known declarations of regional interest”. On the other hand, Navarre will be promoted “as a region where innovation is tested and where regulatory “sandboxes” are implemented to develop new technologies. »
Finally, he highlighted the new law’s commitment to entrepreneurship through technology-based start-upspaying particular attention to “priority groups such as women, young people or those living in rural areas”.
THE Industry is a strategic sector within the community economy.. This thus represents a GDP slightly above 30%, one of the highest percentages in the entire Spanish state, and also well above the national and even European average.
In terms of employment, employs around 72,000 people distributed among some 3,300 companies.
