“Madrid offers confidence, it is the reference region for investing”

Miguel Gómez Herrero, mayor of Aranjuez, highlighted the strategic location of the municipality and the Community of Madrid, as well as the work carried out “to make them destinations where people want to go, live and invest, both for employees and SMEs as well as for large companies” and announced projects such as the construction of “more than 100,000 m2 of industrial land”. Judith Piquet, president of the Federation of Municipalities of Madrid, highlighted, for her part, the importance of the contribution of municipalities “in this window open to the world, in a privileged destination for investment and entrepreneurship”, in addition to referring to the importance of the Latin community in the region: “more than 60% of the foreign population.

(José Antonio Sánchez, Miguel Gómez Herrero and Judith Piquet)

Then, the table “Industry, the backbone of the Region’s municipalities” proposed a multi-sectoral approach to regional assets to promote development and therefore encourage investments. Pedro Fuster, director of defense strategy at Indra; Ricardo Olalla, vice president of sales for Bosch Mobility Solutions; Carmen Cruzado, director of Farma Ercros; Ignacio Serra, general director of Tendam and Nicolás Benito, representative of the Agri-Food Cluster of the Community of Madrid participated with their contributions on the present and future of our economy.

The keys to progress

In the case of José Antonio Sánchez, Deputy Minister of Presidency and Local Administration of the Community of Madrid, he highlighted in his speech the work aimed at making the region “a pole of attraction for all ages , for all social sectors, with the keys necessary for competitiveness. An environment in which Sánchez summarized the actions carried out by the regional government, “quite a challenge, quite a responsibility in the face of the gradual increase in population: none of our municipalities have lost population.”

The round table “Madrid, cultural capital and gateway to Latin America” focused on the importance, in various aspects, with the participation of Eduardo Pérez Noyola, director of commercial affairs of the Fundación Casa from México in Spain; Miguel Angel Benzal, general director of Egeda; Javier Ramos, rector of Rey Juan Carlos University; Juan Miguel Sucunza, president of CEAPI and executive vice president of the Eulen Group; Ana Carmen Lavín, National Heritage delegate in Aranjuez.

Mariano de Paco, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Community of Madrid, closed the morning session by referring to what has been achieved and planned in “a global region, with the support of its municipalities, a scenario that generates confidence, with non-confiscatory taxation which represents a saving of 9,000 euros per inhabitant. “An environment favorable to job creation (he concluded), a reference territory of excellence.”

Present and future

In the afternoon, the Conde Duque Contemporary Culture Center (Madrid capital) opened the day with the intervention of Miguel Garrido, president of CEIM, who recalled his intervention on the opening day with the recognition of “a regional government “in which businesses” feel appreciated, cared for, loved, in an environment of richness and diversity.” And it was Miguel López Valverde, advisor for digitalization, who completed the list of nine advisors of the regional government who participated in these three days of meeting with society, insisting (constantly throughout the days) on the essential importance of public-private collaboration and the status of the Community of Madrid “as an international reference in matters of innovation and technology, something that we must disseminate more and more”.

(Miguel Lopez Valverde, Luis Socías and Miguel Garrido)

Then, Luis Socías, general director of Invest in Madrid, presented the first “Report on the Foreign Investment Footprint of the Community of Madrid”, a “robot portrait” of the region’s performance in this area, to present “Madrid” prices. , destination of investments”. The categories and winners were Digitization (Fujitsu), Madrid-Hispano-America Bridge: (Egeda), Impact Trajectory (Siemens), Vision 179 (Bosch), International Projection (Netflix), Public-Private Collaboration (La Chambre-French Chamber in Spain). and Talent (Global). The six participating municipalities (Alcobendas, Leganés, Torrejón de Ardoz, Las Rozas, Aranjuez and Madrid) also received an award for their contribution.

In the final part, Inmaculada Sanz, Vice Mayor of Madrid, highlighted the importance of “having leading companies in all areas and considering them as allies of social development.” And he added the need to “continue betting on a path in which we must overcome the obstacles that arise within the framework of national politics.” A tour whose essence was summarized by Rocío Albert, Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment at the closing, with a concentration of what has been done and planned to consolidate “the best Madrid of the History, a region open to business, to development, supported by security.” legal, tax incentives, deregulation…”

“The Community of Madrid offers confidence, it is the reference region for investing and it is among the 20 best regions in the world for this.” With this message, Albert closed what was transmitted during the three days of the forum organized by Invest in Madrid, with Santander, Oracle, Cámara de Madrid and Ceapi as sponsors, during broadcast days that are already targeting the 2025 edition .