The business world entered the election campaign and Seek the support of politicians and the community in general for the design of a strategy that allows the Valencian Community to become a national and European benchmark for entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and research. The initiative came from the Lab Mediterráneo Foundation, an organization supported by the Valencian Businessmen’s Association (AVE), which criticizes the parties’ “short-termness” and failure to address medium and long-term policies. making it possible to cope with this process of transformation, which is considered absolutely essential.
The foundation undertook a visibility and awareness process on the importance of addressing this strategy, which arrived at the Alicante train station this Thursday. on that side A giant ballot box was set up where citizens could make their assessments regarding the 4 articles defended by businessmen.and they also articulate their vision for the future of the Valencian Community.
Diego Lorente, secretary of the Fundación Lab Mediterráneo, This initiative aims to attract the attention of the society.. “We took advantage of the election period to set up these ballot boxes, which symbolize the great challenges we face as a society and as a society, and to allow citizens to vote on what is important in the medium and long term. These four areas, entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and research are the ones that will secure the future for us.”
And in this sense, he was critical of the behavior of politicians. In his words, “unfortunately all year round, but especially now in the campaign, We see too much fighting, too much noise, too much tension, too much short-termism and too much partisan interest.». Lorente adds that business people faced with this are of the opinion that “even if it’s an election campaign, one has to think mid- and long-term.”
When asked if politicians have done their homework on these issues, the secretary of the Lab Mediterráneo Foundation confirms that they are not looking for criminals. “Civil society – he emphasizes – has to mobilize, businessmen and civil society are active in the world’s major companies. Therefore, they are not active, we want to take a step, they have our opinion and they know what we think».
“It is easy to stay hidden, the difficult thing is to take a step and infect the public, and that’s what we want with these kinds of actions. Politicians are at the service of society, not the other way around, and with our initiative we are showing that we want to build a better society,” he stressed.
Both business and civil society representatives attended the Alicante station.. Participants include Zulema Beresaluce from Aceitunas Cazorla; Ignacio Bertolin of Bertolín Group; Ricardo Bono from the same company; Gianni Cecchin of Verne Technology Group; Carlos Baño of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce; and Fede Fuster of the Hosbec Hotels Association. Also at the event, Enrique Soto from the Lab Mediterráneo Foundation; Toni Sánchez of AlicaTEC; María Jesus Pastor of the University of Alicante; José María Gómez Gras of Miguel Hernández University; Ana Ponsoda of Banco Sabadell; and Amparo Vidal of CaixaBank.
This was the giant vase’s second stop after passing through Estación del Norte de València last Wednesday, this Friday it will be located in the Salera shopping center in Castellón. Citizens have been able to physically communicate their ideas using this journey, but will continue to do so through the Fundación Lab website.