The Valencian Government of Carlos Mazon His project to reindustrialize the Valencian economy is already ready. A goal that all the presidents who have passed through the Generalitat Valenciana in recent decades have set themselves with a goal repeated for years, which The industry reaches 20% of the total GDP of the Valencian Community.
In fact, it is the same objective that Reindustrialization Strategy of the Valencian Community 2024-2028 presented today by Carlos Mazón himself in front of representatives of social agents and businessmen from Valencia. The Valencian president stressed that the aim of this initiative “is to increase the weight of industry in our gross domestic product from 14.8% to 20%.”
For this, Mazón affirmed that the Generalitat Valenciana will allocate 2 billion euros over the next four years to this Strategy to promote a “modern, competitive and innovative” industrial fabric.
The expectations of the Valencian Government are that thanks to the 250 initiatives included in this plan, “an induced private investment of more than 10,000 million euros“.
The main points
Mazón announced the creation of the Industrial land revitalization center which will be part of the plan to increase “up to 10 million square meters industrial land in the next six years”, as well as the modernization and improvement of existing areas. This Hub, which will have specialized staff and a specific budget, will work closely with the Valencian Investment Office to facilitate “investment attraction”.
Mazón revealed that in the coming days “we will grant 48.5 million euros to 787 industrial SMEs so that they invest in tangible and intangible assets and modernize their production chains. » Aid which will boost a total business investment of 166.5 million euros and will promote “the maintenance of more than 22,000 jobs”.
Another of the axes of this strategy is the development of strategic infrastructure to improve industrial areas. Thus, he referred to the Ceramic Axis of Castellón, the Vega Baja highway or the intermodal station of Sagunto, while calling on the central government to “play its role in the Mediterranean corridor, the expansion of the port of Valencia and Alicante airports. -Elche and Manises”.
Another action will consist of improving cooperation between clusters and business groups in strategic sectors for which mechanisms will be “arbitrated to facilitate collaboration between SMEs, research centers and universities”. In this way, the new local innovation agents which will be responsible for facilitating the transfer and exploitation of knowledge from R&D entities to companies.
In this sense, the president underlined the commitment to strengthen the training offer for “increase skilled jobs in the industrial sector by 10% which promotes the acquisition and retention of talent and human capital”.
Mazón also highlighted the Consell’s commitment to “generating a positive impact on the regional economy and helping SMEs develop technology.” This will launch the CPI Turnkey project in which the Generalitat will act as the first buyer of innovative solutions, to support companies from the initial idea to the financing of a real prototype.
Energy sovereignty
On the other hand, the president explained that the Strategy envisages measures to “achieve energy sovereignty in our territory.” This is how it will be presented Comprehensive energy master plan of the Valencian Community which will integrate under a single coordination all the action plans to achieve this objective, paying particular attention to green hydrogen, biogas and solar and wind energy. In this way, the head of the Consell has set himself as his first objectives “obtaining the 6,000 megawatts of photovoltaic energy and 4,000 megawatts of wind energy“.
In terms of internationalization, the reindustrialization plan envisages the implementation of more than 250 actions over the next four years that will benefit more than 8,000 companies to increase their presence in global markets, add new exporting companies and position the Valencian Community as a destination for productive investment.
To this end, we will continue to advance administrative simplification with the commitment to “remove bureaucratic procedures for industrial projects by 20%”.
