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Decentralisation
Cabildo in the South
On Wednesday 27 January, the Ten­erife Cabildo presi­dent, Ricardo Melchior, paid his first visit to the offices of the Cabildo’s Special Territorial Delega­tion for South Tenerife.
(L-R) Island president Ricardo Melchior and Felix Sierra, councillor for the south, in the new offices
(L-R) Island president Ricardo Melchior and Felix Sierra, councillor for the south, in the new offices

16.02.2010 - He was hosted by the is­land councillor Felix Sierra, who heads the office and is also the Island’s councillor for municipal cooperation throughout Tenerife  and for tourism in the south.  Sierra showed Ricardo Melchior around the new offices at the Zentral Center in Playa de las Américas and also explained some of the objectives set out for 2010.

This office was set up with the same aim as its northern counterpart – to make the services of the Island Govern­ment more easily accessible to the population as part of a de-centralisation strategy and to try to develop sectors which are not considered primary.  The characteristics of the area (territorial exten­sion, distance from centres of strategic decision making, diversity of economic activity in the different municipalities in the region, etc.) mean that a policy of planned activities needs to be carried out to guarantee and improve the quality of life and support economic activity in this part of the island.  In this way, through its office in South Tenerife, the Cabildo has opted for the drawing up of a Strategic Plan for the South.  In effect this will see a two pronged strategy, whereby the Island authority will have a strategy for action to be implemented by the South office  as well as carrying out planned action to enable the south of Tenerife to diver­sify its economic model and boost other sectors which have great potential such as farming and industry.

For the lifetime of this legislature, the office in South Tenerife has planned a series within the framework of the Competitivity Plan, Training & Education Plan, Courses, Financial Aid & Subsidies and political decentralisation.



This article appears in the print edition 610 of Island Connections

Gallery: Cabildo in the South
(L-R) Island president Ricardo Melchior and Felix Sierra, councillor for the south, in the new offices 
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