Valencian Institute for Business Competition (Ivace) and Valencia Innovation Agency (AVI) has been merged into a single organization, the Valencian Institute for Competitiveness and Innovation (Ivace+I), which will operate under the umbrella of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism and will be coordinated by four general directors. Consell estimates that the department will cut “public expenditure” by close to half a million euros a year; This will mean about two million euros for this four-year legislative period, by giving up the senior officials of these organizations. In this way, the positions held by, among others, deputy general manager Andrés García Reche and general manager Olivia Estrella are eliminated. This union is, as the Generalitat president explained, “an advanced example” of what would be the “strategy of simplification, bureaucratic reduction and elimination of administrative fat” that Consell was undertaking. Carlos Mazónand Minister of Innovation Nuria Montes at the presentation of the new brand this Tuesday.
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In October last year, the department set a deadline of the end of 2023 to complete the restructuring of AVI and Ivace, which eventually resulted in AVI being absorbed by Ivace. According to the Valencia Management, the aim is to prevent duplications between both organizations. AVI was one of the best bets of the past Botanical Government To support innovation throughout the Valencian Community. Now, in the course of the new Government led by Mazón to streamline the Generalitat’s structures, promote administrative simplification and reduce expenditures, the integration of AVI into Ivace is taking place. The restructuring affected both institutions because both parties shared some responsibilities on some issues. innovation.
On the one hand, the union aims to respond to the “complex procedures” faced by companies and make them “more agile, easier and reliable in the pursuit of effective management”, simplifying them around a single organization affiliated with four departments of two regions. Ministry secretariats stated Mountains. The organization will assume the functions of Ivace, AVI and the headquarters of innovation. Thus, with Ivace+i, the previous organizational chart of these two institutions was eliminated and four interconnected areas were created. four general managers From the Ministry: Entrepreneurship and Internationalization, Ester Olivas; that of Industry, Manuel Rosalén; Manuel Argüelles in Energy and Mining and Juan José Cortés in Innovation.
one stop shop
Secondly, a “true” single window model is being created, through which documents will be submitted and information requested, which will solve the administrative “lack of coordination”. Also, given the “lack” economic resources “To increase production and the added value of the business fabric,” Ivace+i will work on raising funds and developing financial instruments that will increase resource availability for companies. Fourth, public-private alliances will be encouraged to attract and retain talent. Finally, Ivace+i companies will research centres, universities and technological institutes thus “innovation is an important lever of sustainable business growth” and is implemented as “concrete solutions” for the economic fabric.