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COSTA CALIDA EDITION
January 2015
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Issue 148
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45 million for Mar Menor THE COMMUNITY will invest 45 million euros to revitalize the Mar Menor with a “satrategic and comprehensive plan that makes this area a reference project point”. by Keith Nicol
MURCIA WAS one of three areas selected by the European Commission to develop a regionalised project to improve opportunities for lagoon communities. The Chief Executive stressed that the achievement of Murcia has been one of the three Spanish communities has ensured that the European Commission approved the development of “a specific project” which will build on the creation of regionalised Investment Instrument (ITI) of the European Union. Pedro Antonio Sánchez, president of the Community, made some remarks before starting the political meeting in a Governing Council deliberative held in San Pedro del Pinatar, where he was treated “with monographic”, the project of the Mar Menor and the European funding that will be received up to 2020 and can be increased in the coming years to develop “integrated
action regeneration, economic revitalization and environmental protection in this environment.” “We have a unique place and a unique destination in Europe with extraordinary features and with a growth potential of sports and tourist activities supported by this ecosystem, which will translate into jobs and economic opportunities,” said the president of the Community. “The Mar Menor is a clear example of the need for integrated management and mainstreaming policies carried out for improvement, conservation and growth opportunities,” said the president, adding that it will be “a strategic project for this term.” Pedro Antonio Sánchez noted that any action to be developed, either private or public initiative “has to have a multiplier effect.”
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