The vice president of the Republic, Raquel Peña, said that the Government has concentrated important efforts to promote Free zones and the MSMEs, being two engines that are moving the economy of the provinces forward.
Raquel Peña He offered these statements on Friday during his master presentation: “The force of the nearby: communities that drive in the country”, at the Central University of the East (UCE), organized by the Ministry of Women, where he stressed that it is in the vicinity with the people where the locomotive of the heart that mobilizes the government is.
“That force is the one that drives us, as a government, to continue working tirelessly to return to each municipality The dynamism“He said.
The vice president pointed out that in the Free zones thousands of jobs are generated and attract investment, while The MSMEs They reflect the best of Dominican talent.
Raquel Peña explained that, to boost the aforementioned sectors, a development model is being built from the government that involves The work and the active listening of neighboring boards and community centers, unions and associations.
He said that this vision of the future is lived, in San Pedro de Macorísprovince headquarters of the academic event that brought together state, municipal and university authorities, as well as students from different careers.
He stressed that the east region represents 12 % of National Gross Domestic Product and has in operation around 54 companies of Free zones that export to the world, and thanks to them, more than 9,000 people have a direct job, which represents the livelihood of thousands of Dominican families.
In that same sense, he added that most of those jobs is in the hands of women who have a decent incomeThey hold their homes and actively contribute to the development of their communities.
- The vice president invited to continue working so that “knowledge impulse productionwhere talent is left, and where collaboration between government, university and business sector is a model of sustainable development and shared prosperity for all Dominicans. ”
While Women’s Minister Mayra JiménezHe stressed that it is a privilege to present in this encounter a woman committed to the territories, knowledgeable of her needs and realities, and that since her role in the state she works tirelessly for collective well -being.
Public policies
Mayra Jiménez stressed that, since her government management, the vice president of the Republic, Raquel Peña, has contributed to strengthening institutional capacities, to tend bridges between the government and citizenship and to promote public policies With a strategic, inclusive and deeply territorial look, consolidating a close, firm and coherent leadership style, which has been key to the successful government management of President Luis Abinader.
The rector of the East Central UniversityJosé Hazim Torres, said that the force of the close is not just a metaphor; It is a development strategy, a call to build a country from the community, from identity, from solidarity collaboration.
In addition, he added that, in the name of all The UCE familyI reiterate our willingness to continue being strategic allies of the State, of the communities and of all the institutions that bet on a more fair, equitable and developed country.
“The force of the nearby: communities that drive in the country” is an initiative that links university entities, with the support of the Women’s Ministryto generate spaces for reflection on the value of communities in the impulse of the country’s economy and the role of higher education institutions in the formation of youth that will lead inclusive transformations in the provinces.
