President of the Alicante College of Economists, Francisco Menarguesjustified the role these professionals play in the US this Thursday. survival of many companies He made special reference to those working with SMEs, who have been “the foundation of our productive fabric” since the outbreak of the 2008 crisis, and in the wake of the epidemic and war challenges in Ukraine.
A thank you from Menargues in his speech at the meeting The Economists Awards premiere Organized by the Theater Director and the College wishes to pay tribute to the person, institution or person who has contributed the most to the growth and development of the province.
Here, the winners have been announced. Central Rural Fund, With the Business Orbit Award; digital Zone, Received the Innovation Encouragement Award; Riegos de Levante Sustainable Development Award; HE College of Economists of the Region of MurciaKnowledge Incentive Award; Red Cross, Social Responsibility Award; and the president of Airef, Christina HerreroReceived the Economic and Social Compliance award.
This Thursday’s gala was the second gala hosted by the Alicante College of Economists to award these awards. for the first time in 2019but had to suspend as a result of the following pressures Pandemic. As Menargues recalled in his speech, “reality has become dystopian and menacing“, with a succession of epidemics, a war, and an inflation unknown for decades.
As he himself pointed out, the problems added to the problems that the province had dragged on before, and among these, underfunding The Valencian Community is exposed to transfer cutting Delays in launching Tagus Mediterranean corridor or obstacles faced by businessmen, freelancers or professionals.
Yes, as he himself emphasized, Alicante’s “exemplary companies to follow for any other region” or emerging positions in the Spanish digital landscape.
It was at this point that he wanted to justify the role that economists have played in overcoming the successive crises of recent years. In particular, Menargues has emphasized Studies of economists working with SMEs, “the foundation of our productive structure”. “Every time since 2008, when the first great crisis of this century began, especially for almost two decades, fighting on the front lines To ensure the survival, maintenance and development of our companies”.
more education
Along the same lines, he argued, there is a need for more economic education. “One of the lessons we can draw from these recent crises is that a significant lack of economic and financial knowledge in society. It is the deficit that acts as a factor intensifying their negative impact,” he stressed.
Concerning the interventions of the winners, Riegos de Levante underlined the speech of the president, javier berenguerdenounced his speech. The consequences of Tagus’ new ecological flowThis will reduce the contribution of the province by transfer from this river by half.
Intervention of the head of the Independent Financial Responsibility Authority (Airef), Christina Herrero One of the most anticipated after the recent leveling criticism of this establishment pension reform Approved by the government and especially the Minister. Jose Luis Escrivawho presided over this body at the time.
While Herreno did not directly refer to the debate, he stated that the aim of the institution he heads was “to put it on the table”. objective data and rigorous analysis is independent and transparent in its methodologies and brings the tax debate closer to the citizens. “I think it’s important because we are in a time that we have. great difficulties difficulties we will have to face, such as the theme of aging the population, climate change, ecological transition or the appropriate implementation of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan”.
As he argues, some of the difficulties that can be encountered only if rigorous data and analysis are put on the table and ideas are compared have encouraged discussion about them.
Mari Carmen from Spain, member of the Alicante Public Works Council, also attended the gala; Josefina Bueno, Minister of Innovation; and Valentín Pich, chairman of the General Council of Economists.