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SEVILLA, YOUR PLACE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. Contents A Challenging Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Value of Location: Sevilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Decision Making in the Capital of Andalusia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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An Urban Economy Open to the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Support for Businesses and Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Local Context for Innovation and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sevilla: Synonymous to Quality Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
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Contacts, Sevilla Investment Service (SIS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Letter from the Mayor of Sevilla As the Mayor of the city of Sevilla, it is my pleasure to present this hand book, “SEVILLA, YOUR PLACE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD” Sevilla and its metropolitan area are ideal for the location of business activities. Our city has enjoying flourishing times based on a balanced understanding of economic development and the quality living of its citizens. This community firmly believes in its possibilities; that is why we are disseminating these advantages and facilities for work and investment in our city and its metropolitan area. The government of the city, through its Urban Agency for Economic Development –Sevilla Global– has elaborated this presentation and information publication. Herein, we strive to show Sevilla as the ideal location for investment, from standpoints that are adapted to the demands of the new century. Sevilla and its metropolitan area play an important role in the economy of the country, as it is the capital of Andalusia and one of the most important urban centers of the entire Southern half of the Peninsula. To express just how ideal Sevilla is for a business environment, this hand book provides organized information about the elements that confirm this fact: high-quality infrastructures, young and qualified population, the availability of industrial ground and the incentives for investment, unsurpassable quality of living, and its rich, cultural heritage. All that remains is to invite you to come and re-discover Sevilla and its metropolitan area where you will find an open society with an urban economy that is integrated in the world. The city is a place with guarantees of success for investments and for the development of business projects. This has already been the case and will continue to be so in the future; many professionals and companies have set up in Sevilla in recent years with full guarantees. The time has come to lay your stakes on Sevilla.
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín Mayor of Sevilla
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A Challenging Presentation. Sevilla is an ancient European city. Three words, when pronounced one after another, evoke a world of ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL references that describe the city. In the 16th century, Sevilla was already, one of the largest cities of the continent. It was also a city, through which, by way of its port on the Guadalquivir, the riches from the Americas came and went. Undoubtedly, the city of Sevilla was at the hub of the economic world as well as for commercial traffic—overlooking the passing of time, Sevilla was a GLOBAL city. Nevertheless, prior to that grand moment, Sevilla had already entered European history by means of Roman Andalusia or the splendorous culture of Al-Andalus.
‌a complex, wealthy and dynamic urban locality that is full of unique features and characteristics. 9
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That long urban history, full of dramatic events has molded and changed the city into what it is today—a complex, wealthy and dynamic urban locality that is full of unique features and characteristics. Sevilla is also a modern city. It is a city that is proud to offer various types of modern infrastructures, not only in terms of accessibility and connectivity but also in its young and qualified population; in its open and cosmopolitan personality along with its distinctive quality of life and above all in its continuous efforts to make its daily management more and more professional. A city that offers an advanced, fully equipped and totally satisfactory business environment with very competitive investment costs, to all those who want it, not only to invest in the city itself, but also to live and enjoy that investment with an unequalled quality of life.
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The Value of Location: Sevilla. If throughout history Sevilla has maintained an outstanding position within the European context, it has been due to several elemental geographical considerations. Sevilla enjoys a privileged position for a variety of opportunities for relationships and exchanges that may arise from its position on the world map.
‌the crossroads between north and south and the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
On the one hand, Sevilla is situated on the intersection between two seas: the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It is an Atlantic City thanks to its port that opens onto the ocean and for its American tradition. It is also a site for the arrival and departure for transoceanic communication with the Spanishspeaking world. However, the city is Mediterranean due to its cultural association with the ancient classic worlds of Greece and Rome and for its direct participation in a wealth of events of Mediterranean history.
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Sevilla, as we know it today, is still making the most of the advantages and opportunities offered by this privileged position. The city has become a meeting point and crossroads for two of the basic Axis for the development of the European Union: the Mediterranean Axis, which extends along the coast through such cities as Valencia, Barcelona, Marseilles and Milan; and the Atlantic Axis, a prolonged maritime wall of ports and cities from Lisbon to Glasgow.
On the other hand, Sevilla plays an essential role in the relations with the Maghreb, as a link between two continents: Europe and Africa. Sevilla is the essential link in the North-South technology transfer network and in the cultural and economic cooperation with North African countries.
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Network of Cities (NÂź of Inhabitants) More Than 2,500,000 From 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 From 700,000 to 1,000,000 From 500,000 to 700,000 From 250,000 to 500,000 From 100,000 to 250,000 From 50,000 to 100,000
Atlantic Arch Mediterranean Arc Continental Diagonal Rest of the European Union Axis
Axis for European development. Confluence of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Axis.
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A basic link in the System of European cities
Sevilla and its metropolitan area boast an important position within the hierarchy of European cities. Comparatively, it can be placed in the same range of economic weight and size as such cities as Geneva, Florence or Bologna, Marseilles or Toulouse, Glasgow or Edinburgh, Cologne or D端sseldorf or even Lisbon.
These cities offer a clear alternative to the ever-increasing problems of living within the big continental metropolis.
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Cities (NÂź of Inhabitants)
More Than 2,500,000
From 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 From 500,000 to 1,000,000 From 250,000 to 500,000 From 100,000 to 250,000 Less Than 100,000
European cities, urban fabric (Atlas)
Spanish Urban fabric (Atlas)
Network of Cities (NÂź of Inhabitants)
More Than 1,000,000
From 700,000 to 1,000,000
From 500,000 to 700,000 From 250,000 to 500,000 From 100,000 to 250,000 From 25,000 to 100,000
Highway Network Expressways or Highways Other Roads of the Basic Highway Network
Railway Network High Speed Train Rest of the Railway Network
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Moreover, in the urban hierarchy of Spain, Sevilla has a major importance from both the demographic and functional standpoint, only to be surpassed by such political and economic capitals as Madrid and Barcelona.
…among urban cities, Sevilla is a one of major demographic and functional importance.
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Sevilla, the capital of Andalusia
Sevilla is the historical capital of Andalusia; still today, it is the main urban reference for this region, which is one of the most extensive and most populated on the Iberian Peninsula. With approximately 90,000 kilometers square and more than 7 million inhabitants it is comparable to such European countries as Portugal, Belgium, Holland or Austria.
…as the capital of Andalusia, the city is a reference for the region, one of the largest of the EU and most densely populated of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Zoom Andalusia
Network of Cities (NÂź of Inhabitants)
More Than 1,000,000
From 700,000 to 1,000,000
From 500,000 to 700,000
From 250,000 to 500,000 From 100,000 to 250,000 From 25,000 to 100,000
Highway Network Expressways or Highways Other Roads of the Basic Highway Network
Railway Network
Andalusia hosts a rich and diverse system composed of new urban areas with between 200,000 and more than one million inhabitants each. Malaga, the capital of the Costa del Sol, is a particularly dynamic center due to its role within the Sun Belt as well as its emerging presence as an economic sector linked to new technologies. The Bay of Cadiz-Jerez, a complex urban area with various functions, combines its traditional agribusiness sector with the introduction of the most complex modern industrial activities. Almeria, in the southeast of the peninsula is a region which is experiencing enormous growth linked to the productivity of its new intensive farming. Finally, two petrochemical centers, based in Huelva and the Bay of Algeciras, shape a dense network of industrial districts based in medium-sized cities, which make up the essential parts of the regional economic geography.
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High Speed Train Rest of the Railway Network
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The nucleus of an extensive urban region Within this regional city system, Sevilla has established a special relationship with the urban areas of the Bay of Cadiz and Jerez and Huelva. These three make up an urban, industrial and harbor triangle with a complete set of inter-related and complementary features within which is also the impressive natural reserve of Doñana.
…together with Huelva, the Bay of Cadiz and Jerez make up an urban, industrial and harbor triangle with a complete set of inter-related and complementary features
The Atlantic ports of Huelva, Sevilla and Cadiz, together with the world renowned port of Algeciras and the free trade zone of Cadiz –the only one in the south of the peninsular– constitute one of the most powerful arms available for the economic prosperity of this extensive urban area. There are more than two million inhabitants and important products in sectors such as petrochemical, transportation material and agribusiness.
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Graphical scheme. ZOOM over the Sevilla-Cadiz-Huelva triangle
Towns (NÂź of Inhabitants
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From 100,000 to 200,000
From 50,000 to 100,000
From 20,000 to 50,000 From 10,000 to 20,000 From 5,000 to 10,000 From 1,000 to 5,000 Less Than 1,000
Highway Network Expressways or Highways Other Roads in the Basic and Rural Road Network Secondary Network Railway Network
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Sevilla and its Metropolitan Area
Today, the metropolitan area of Sevilla encompasses more than 20 municipalities which form a local work force of 1,100,000 people (1,350,000 people are within 15-20 minutes of the center), 700,000 of these are within the city center itself. An emerging area of high quality housing along with new economic activities is the Western area –Aljarafe–. The industrial areas of the East –Alcala– and the south –Dos Hermanas– are in a phase of rapid functional development.
…Sevilla must be understood within its metropolitan context; with enormous productive, cultural and landscape diversity. The Vega area in the north has specialized in logistics and a new aeronautic area. It is in these areas surrounding Sevilla, that 65% of the city’s metropolitan managerial network is found and their economic vitality and productivity is reflected in others from this very diverse industrial sector. At present, 70,000 business establishments employ 250,000 people from Sevilla.
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Metropolitan Area and its natural surroundings (Area Directives, POTAU, Atlas)
HIGHWAY NETWORK Protected Nature Park Areas Other Nature-Related Areas of Interest Green Routes
Expressways or Highways Other Roads in the Basic Highway Network Rural Road Network Secondary Road Network
Towns Industrial Zone
RAILWAY NETWORK High Speed Train Line Standard Railway Line
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An important characteristic of Sevilla’s metropolitan area is the diversity of the geography and landscape where the city is located. From the banks of the Guadalquivir River–natural vertebrate axis of the entire metropolitan area– the city continues through fertile plains; even today, the signs of irrigation systems can still be seen. The city fans out toward small escarpments and elevations that offer wide scenic views, toward the nearby countryside, toward the marshlands of the Lower Guadalquivir and up
…with a population in the metropolitan area of 1,350,000 people who are young with a high level of qualifications. against the foothills of Sierra Morena. Also, at a distance of only about 70 kilometers, is the Doñana National Park and about one hour’s journey by road are the coastal beaches of Huelva and Cadiz, which have the highest hours of sun per year throughout the whole of Europe. This harmony between the countryside and the city, combined with the singular advantages offered by the lowland villages in the open countryside of Alcores and Aljarafe, provide large areas of very high quality housing all within a metropolitan context.
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Close to the city center and within its metropolitan area are the zones of Aljarafe to the east, Dos Hermanas to the south, Alcala to the west and Vega to the north. Aljarafe is an area with its own unique cultural landscape that is covered with olive groves and a network of small towns. Due to its environmental quality, the area has become an important residential area within the metropolitan area. On the other hand, the
Sevilla-Alcala and Sevilla-Dos Hermanas axis have grown thanks to the continual renewal of industrial development. Lastly, the North sector is composed of a highly productive farming area that is linked to the city through a large residential area, the Alamillo Metropolitan Park located on Isla de la Cartuja and the industrial impulse of sectors such as aeronautics and its growing logistical base.
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A youthful metropolitan area with inmense potential for growth Besides, Sevilla is a youthful metropolitan area Firstly, the population is predominantly made up of young people. The largest of these is the 20 to 30 year old age group. This generation has already benefited from the important innovations introduced in the educational system in 80’s Spain and includes a high percentage of university graduates.
+ 85 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 - 74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 45 - 49 40 - 44 35 - 39 30 - 34 25 - 29 20 - 24 15 - 19 10 - 14 5-9 0-4 70.000 60.000 50.000 40.000 30.000 20.000 10.000
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Sevilla is also young in terms of its degree of urban maturity. Far from the regressive processes that can be seen in the life cycles of many other European and world metropolitan areas, Sevilla is still undergoing a consolidation process. This can be observed in the behavior of factors such as housing and commercial or productive zones. Interestingly, and contrary to what has happened in most classic metropolitan growth processes, characterized by an “escape� toward the surrounding areas, with the consequent depopulation and inactivity in the central nucleus, things are very different in Sevilla. The center of this metropolitan area continues to have an important, specific commercial and industrial weight. Today, 62% of the total population lives in the center of Sevilla and 63% of the productive activity is concentrated in the downtown area.
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Decision Making in the Capital of Andalusia. The metropolitan area of Sevilla is home to the largest volume of financial and advanced service activities and companies of anywhere in southern Spain. In turn, the industrial sector in the metropolitan area has enjoyed high diversification and relatively high cost-effectiveness while undergoing a process of modernization.
‌capital of a regional system of dense and balanced cities, where there are ten towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Of the top one hundred ranked Andalusian companies, thirty-six are located in the city of Sevilla or in its metropolitan area. When considering the top one thousand companies, 288 firms are based in the metropolitan area. This clearly shows the level of concentration of the economic activity in Sevilla.
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The economic role of Sevilla is reinforced when its leadership in a particularly powerful and diversified system of regional cities, including such significant ones as the Malaga-Costa del Sol conurbation or the urbanized area of the Bay of Cadiz-Jerez, is taken into consideration. This, for example, allows the metropolitan area to be the place of choice for numerous national and international companies, when locating logistic activities for the commercial distribution of their products.
‌concentrates a major amount of businesses and companies in the advanced service and financial sector of southern Spain, with significant presence of international companies. In keeping with this central function, Sevilla is host to the head offices of the main regional Public Institutes and Companies linked to economic promotion and management, whether global or sectorial. Among these last are the Instituto Nacional de Empleo (National Employment Office), the Agencia Tributaria (Inland Revenue Services) and the TesorerĂa General de la Seguridad Social (Social Security General Office), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientĂficas (High Council for Scientific Research), etc.
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Sevilla: A Political and Administrative Capital As the administrative and political capital of Andalusia, Sevilla concentrates the largest number of the Autonomous Administrative offices, including the regional Government and Parliament. In turn the Delegation of the Government in Andalusia and the main territorial departments of National Public Administration can also be found here. Likewise, Sevilla is home to major Andalusian public services, the decision-making center for the organization of these services at the regional level, (more than 7 million inhabitants) and the place where the main and most important urban equipment (hospitals, universities, etc.) can be found. These, in turn, have a positive effect on complementary private activities.
…together with a large number of Autonomous Administrations, seat of the Government and the Regional Parliament.
From this characteristic as a regional capital, the city has begun to play an important role in initiatives at both the continental and intercontinental level. Sevilla is home to community offices or institutions, for example, the Instituto de Prospectiva Tecnológica de Sevilla (Institute for Technological Prospective of Sevilla). It has also hosted numerous events of an international nature, for example, it was proud enough to host the Universal Exposition of 1992 and is a candidate for hosting the Olympic Games in 2012.
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Other projects for economic and institutional cooperation with the Mediterranean and the North of Africa are also been promoted in Sevilla. These projects deal with cultural relations as well as economic development, on the horizon is the formation of an Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone in 2010. A clear example of this is the existence in the city of the Fundación de las Tres Culturas del Mediterraneo (Foundation for three Mediterranean Cultures). This institute brings together and leads projects shared by the Islamic, Jewish and Christian communities as well as political institutions (Kingdom of Morocco, Israel or Andalusia).
At the same time, the city is constantly developing its role on the Euro-Atlantic front. Proof of this has been the Comisión Económica de la Red de Ciudades del Arco Atlántico (Conference of the Atlantic Cities Economic Comission), whose 2003 General Assembly will be held in Sevilla. Finally, the city’s central position between Europe and Latin-America is well known.
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An Urban Economy Open to the World. Sevilla’s position in the area of international economy has a set of dimensions that reinforce its future potential and makes it an especially attractive enclave for new investments and business locations.
…within the European context, Andalusia, in the last 15 years has experimented spectacular social and economic advances to create, modernize and make the most of its infrastructures and equipment. • A young population with a high level of technical and professional qualifications. The highest percentage of inhabitants between the ages of 20 and 40 consisting of approximately 400,000 people. • A territory, which in the last 15 years has experimented spectacular social and economic advances to create, modernize and make the most of its infrastructures and equipment and adapt them to even the most demanding requirements. • A territory with an important potential for economic growth, especially in those fields that are characterized by technological and business innovation activities. • Highly competitive investment costs for an OCDE-European Union setting within a completely developed area designed for companies and investors. • Excellent conditions for accessibility and connectivity guaranteed by modernized infrastructure systems and by its position on major intercontinental routes. Worthy of mention is the Sevilla-Madrid HighSpeed Train line, the only one existent in Spain today.
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• An urban economy model without the typical congestion problems of large European urban agglomerations. This translates into a perfect combination between quality standards of living and the business environment. • A city with the ability to organize all types of International events, as was the case of the Universal Exposition in 1992, the World Athletics Championship in 1999, the Summit meeting of Heads of State of the European Union in 2002 and its candidature for the 2012 Olympic Games. • An urban economy that is open to the world with international aspirations and a historic universal vocation.
…with optimal conditions for accessibility and connectivity
In terms of productive specialization, within a very diverse industrial sector, Sevilla’s service sector stands out especially in terms of operating as a commercial and business center. In this sense, Sevilla works as the launching platform for an extensive area of the market that covers the entire southwestern area of the peninsula.
…a business environment that is ideal for a wide range of productive activities. An area of more than two million inhabitants, whose total per capita retail expenditure is estimated at more than 2,000 million Euros per year.
Concerning the internationalization of Sevilla’s economy, analyzed from the perspective of foreign trade, in the past few years, the economic volume of these transactions (imports and exports) continues to increase dynamically. More specifically, during the past five years, foreign trade in Sevilla has increased by almost 30%. This positions the total volume at approximately 2,600 million Euros per year. More than half of this amount is from exports. This sheds positive results on the balance of trade.
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In general, specialized exports in the economy of Sevilla are centered on agricultural products and the agribusiness sector. Quality is high and there is an ever-increasing demand on behalf of the international markets. Similarly, exports in the transport material industry must also be pointed out, mainly those from the aeronautical industry, automobile components and the ship industry. European countries are the main destination for exports from Sevilla; among these are France and Portugal, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Exports to American and Asian countries are also on the increase.
Thousands of Euros
Imports Exports in the province of Sevilla 1995-2000 Exports Imports
…a medium sized metropolitan area that lacks the typical congestion problems of large European urban agglomerations
Source: Andalusian Institute of Statistics
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Source: Andalusian Institute of Statistics. Directory of Establishments with economic activities in Andalusia.
In the year 2001, the Gross Domestic Product (about 15,000 million Euros) experienced a 4% growth rate, higher than the Spanish and European average. Besides, the Consumer Price Index is situated at 3%, which is slightly below the Spanish average (3.2%).
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Activities in the Service Sector in Sevilla and its Metropolitan Area
The recent evolution of Sevilla’s economy clearly shows positive indicators in terms of production as well as in generating employment. This shows growth rates that are well above the average indicators for Spain and those of European Union countries.
Number of Establishments
…a central location serving an extensive area that covers the south-west corner of the peninsula.
A Productive Profile Ready to Face the Challenges of the New Economy
Wholesale Commerce
Retail Commerce
Hotel
Logistic Services
Financial Services
Real Estate Services
Other Business Services
Personal Services
Establishments Jobs
…urban and metropolitan economy open to the world
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The positive tendency seen in the economy of Sevilla and its metropolitan area between 1995 and 2000 is due to several major factors: • Diversification of industrial sectors and with extensive potential for growth. • The consolidation and diversification of the city’s role as a major commercial and service center in southern Europe. • The consolidation of the Parque Científico Tecnológico SevillaTecnópolis (Sevilla Scientific Technological Park–Tecnopolis) as an important center for business activity and innovation. • The growth tendency of the tourist sector. • The strong growth seen in the building and public works sector.
…more than 70,000 businesses provide more than 25,000 jobs
The present productive structure of the metropolitan area of Sevilla can be expressed as follows: • The metropolitan area of Sevilla is, above all, a major service center, a sector that generates more than 65% of the Gross Domestic Product. Public services with 20% of the Gross Domestic Product are the reflection of the directional function of the city. Also, the commercial activities (12% of the Gross Domestic Product) that cater to an extensive area of the market, tourism (11% of the GDP), financial services and services to companies (11%) and new technologies (7%), are the most outstanding sectors.
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• In the same manner, the area is a quality industrial center within the context of the southern Spain. The industrial sectors concentrate approximately 27% of the GDP. The building and public works sector alone accounts for 11% of the GDP. Equally, sectors such as the aeronautical, agribusiness, energy, chemical and, basic metal industries as well as the manufacturing of transport materials also play an outstanding role. • The metropolitan area hosts an agricultural sector that, despite its limited relative importance (4.5% of the Gross Domestic Product), serves as a basis for a strong agribusiness industry specialized in high quality Mediterranean productions and in other sectors, for example, the production of beers and soft drinks. • From the business standpoint, the metropolitan area has more than 70,000 establishments that employ more than 250,000 people. Of these businesses, some 70,000 are in the industrial sector while more than 180,000 can be considered service related.
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An important Commercial Focal Point Sevilla and its metropolitan area are configured as a powerful urban center from the scope of commercial activity. The economic focal point of the city is reflected in its capacity of attraction over an extensive area of the market that finds a high degree of diversification, in terms of the offer for general and specialized commercial services. These account for 12% of the Gross Domestic Product of the metropolitan area.
Commercial activities offer a high degree of diversification, highlighting various essential functions:
• The role of the metropolitan area as a specialized urban center in wholesale distribution of intermediate and consumer products. In this sense, Sevilla is an optimum location for the various logistic platforms from which the transportation and distribution a wide variety of products are organized. Accessibility, as well as its position within the hierarchy of Spanish cities, has made Sevilla a vital and functional point within the modern logistical framework. • Likewise, the metropolitan area operates to attract consumers who have access to a powerful commercial offer. The commercial area that
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is directly covered by Sevilla exceeds two million inhabitants. The volume of total, consumer expenditure is estimated at greater than 2,000 million Euros per year. Therefore, the area has an ample business structure. There are around 25,000 commercial establishments. APROCOM is the Federación Provincial de Comerciantes de Sevilla (Provincial Federation of Merchants in Sevilla). This is an independent business organization that groups together the various retail and wholesale sectors and sub sectors of Sevilla and its province. Outstanding among its objectives and efforts is the representation, consultancy, promotion, training, information to and defense of the professional interests of the small and medium sized merchants.
…the various logistic platforms transport and distribute a wide variety of products. The importance of Sevilla must be underscored as a preferred location for the establishment of the most modern commercial forms; specifically, large shopping centers, franchises, suburban outlets malls and commercial galleries. More recently, it has been associated with traditional small commercial establishments that are immersed in a continual adaptation process to their changing surroundings, as is proved by the progressive proliferation of the so-called “Open Shopping Centers.” All of this contributes to the historical center of Sevilla standing out for its great vitality within a European context.
…the commercial distribution sector interlinks the small business tradition with a variety of innovative formulas.
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A Tourist Destination with an International Brand Name Sevilla is one of the greatest and most important historical cities of Europe that has maintained its impressive monumental legacy inherited from previous civilizations. The city has strived to maintain and value this tourist resource. This, together with its location advantages and the fact that Sevilla is positioned as one of the most outstanding tourist destinations of the world, as is Spain, mean that tourist activities make up an important part of the city’s economy. The tourist sector in Sevilla provides approximately 11% of the Gross Domestic Product of the metropolitan area (around 1,600 million Euros per year), and has shown a very positive evolution over the last few years.
‌annually, there are two million visitors who occupy 15,000 hotel beds.
With some 2 million visitors coming to Sevilla annually (of which approximately 1 million are from abroad), or almost 15,000 hotel beds within the metropolitan area, the development reached by the sector is clearly visible. Also outstanding is the offer of luxury hotels (4 and 5 star) that make the tourist sector highly competitive.
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Together with this, Sevilla has highly advanced and diversified complementary tourist services. The quality of its food and beverage establishments is renowned. The increasing prestige of the city as an organizer of international cultural and sports venues and the strong development of convention tourism –with the FIBES Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones (Convention and Exhibition Center). Also the exceptional climatic conditions and ecological quality of its surroundings make tourism one of city’s clearest economic opportunities for the future, with enormous potential for growth. The Asociación de Hoteles de Sevilla y Provincia, AHS (Association of Hotels in Sevilla and the Province), and the Asociación Provincial de Hostelería de Sevilla (Provincial Food and Beverage Association of Sevilla), are the two most representative business associations –hotels and restaurants– in Sevilla for this sector.
Additionally, Sevilla has become a specialized location for recreational and leisure activities. Among the most emblematic elements are tours of the historic city, the major sports complexes, Isla Magica Theme Park, the yachting harbor, golf courses, the extensive and varied cultural agenda, or the major festivities held in spring –Easter and the April Fair–. These last two events are unique international culture and leisure venues that attract maximum tourist statistics in the city, which has an important economic effect on the city. Likewise, a clearly positive tendency in the development of new initiatives on the part of tourism service companies can be observed, especially in the field of communication systems for the establishment of central reservation offices. These allow a wide range of increasingly innovative tourist products to be offered.
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A center of Advanced Business Services of National Importance One of the activity sectors that has experimented major growth and modernization in recent years is undoubtedly the cluster that lends services to companies. The complex and diverse offer of this sector, from the small very specialist operators to the large multinationals, has turned today’s Sevilla into an urban area truly filled with the region’s business knowledge. One encounters a huge range of fields of activity: civil and industrial engineering, architecture, consultancy, information systems, legal services, business management, quality, design and publicity, marketing, or investigation services can all be found in Sevilla.
‌in the past ten years, more than 1,000 firms have been set up in Sevilla in the field of engineering and consultancy to make up a true cluster of urban knowledge.
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It is within this sector where the new management systems based on the use of advanced technology and the application of quality control systems has been developed.
As a whole, the sector delivers (without considering the financial sector) 12% of the Gross Domestic Product of the metropolitan area –around 1,800 million Euros– of which more than half corresponds to the production of companies linked to new technologies and innovation. The park is home to some 1,000 new companies that have developed in the last ten years with highly qualified staff, in most cases, university graduates.
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The Financial Hub of Southern Spain Financial services, which account for approximately 6% of the GDP of the metropolitan area, have made Sevilla the first financial center of southern Spain. The volume of deposits reaches approximately 40 thousand million Euros, while annual loans have surpassed 50 thousand million Euros.
There are more than one thousand banks in the metropolitan area.
All the main Spanish banks and financial entities are present in Sevilla. Including the two local savings banks: El Monte and Caja San Fernando.
In Sevilla, international banking and investment is represented by entities such as Deutsche Bank, BNP, Lloyds Bank, Barclays, Credit Lyonnais, Espirito Santo, Solbank SBD, Finanzia, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Ford Credit Europe, Halifax and Morgan Stanley among others.
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Sevilla: A Diversified Industrial Area
…agribusiness, aeronautics, metalwork, information technologies
Sevilla operates as the center for services, which is complemented by the importance of industrial activities. The joint industrial sector, including construction, provides around 28% of the Gross Domestic Product of the metropolitan area (more than 4,000 million Euros). Industrial activities in the area of Sevilla are located based upon a variety of characteristics: • Making the most of Sevilla’s accessibility and connectivity, by means of the road and railway infrastructure as well as the international airport and an important commercial port associated to an extensive industrial port zone. • The synergy established between Sevilla and the network constituted by the more than 20 industrial districts located in medium cities in the entire Andalusian Region, such as the significant urban-industrial areas of the Bay of Cadiz-Jerez or the petrochemical center of Huelva.
• The guarantee offered by adequate and diversified features for the supply of energy (electrical, fuel and natural gas products).
• The existence of an ample offer for industrial land at competitive prices to cover the entire range of possible industrial incorporations ranging from the basic sectors to the capital goods, agribusiness sectors, etc.
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• The existence of specialized areas for innovative and high technology companies, specifically the Parque Científico Tecnológico de Sevilla– Tecnópolis. (Scientific, Technological Park of Sevilla–Tecnopolis). • Privileged conditions for quality living, competitive surrounding, productivity and work relations, etc.
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In addition to all of the above, there are also opportunities offered by important public incentives and financial resources for establishing new companies in Sevilla and its metropolitan area to provide to special investment advantages, under objective Nº 1 of the European Union.
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A Solid Sector:The Construction and Public Works Sector
Activities linked to the construction and housing, property, infrastructures and public works sector have notable importance in the metropolitan area of Sevilla. This sector accounts for 11% of the Gross Domestic Product (approximately 1,600 million Euros), with more than 5,000 companies and 35,000 employees. In addition, the related sector of engineering and architecture is very innovative, from both the technological and business point of view. The sector offers a clearly positive growth tendency closely linked to the intense urban dynamics of the metropolitan area.
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…the construction sector has concentrated a large number of fast growing companies in the metropolitan area.
Major Companies • Grupo Dragados. 300.51Meuros. 6,749 empleos.
• GIASA. 151.1 Meuros. 80 empleos
• EPSA 111.54 Meuros. 205 empleos.
• Vallehermoso D.P. 84.7 Meuros. 25 empleos.
• Grupo Azvi.
• Grupo Salvador Rus. 72.12 Meuros. 350 empleos.
• Aquagest Sur. 110.8 Meuros. 442 empleos.
• EMASESA.
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Major Companies · ABENGOA (Grupo) 1,379 Meuros. 9,538 empleos.
· Brenntag Química 145 Meuros. 310 empleos.
· Manufacturas del Acero 67.31 Meuros. 96 empleos.
· Persan 87.15 Meuros. 350 empleos.
· Repsol Butano 279.5 Meuros. 210 empleos.
· Siderúrgica Sevillana 171.04 Meuros. 320 empleos.
· Sevillana de Electricidad 2,200 Meuros. 3,016 empleos.
An important sector: both basic and the most important industries Large companies from basic industrial sectors such as the energy, metal or the chemical industries find Sevilla as the perfect enclave for their operations. Additionally, Sevilla is near strategic industrial enclaves and has links with other ports.. These include such locations as the urban areas in the Bay of Cadiz-Jerez and the main centers of basic activity in Huelva and the Bay of Algeciras (crude oil refineries, electric power generating plants, re-gasification plant, basic chemical, basic metal, car components, naval construction etc.), all within a radius of one to one and a half hours by expressway. Within the energy sector is Sevillana de Electricidad (electrical supply company) integrated in the Endesa Group (power company). This firm is one of the largest Spanish transnational companies. It is a leader in the supply of electrical power in southern Spain, with divisions that are dedicated, respectively, to the generation and distribution of electricity, including other fields of especially innovative activity such as telecommunications, engineering or renewable energies. Also present in Sevilla are the large companies from the gas and crude oil product sector, including Repsol YPF and Gas Natural. La Sociedad para el Desarrollo Energético de Andalucía SODEAN (The Andalusian Energy Development Company), or the Agencia Local de la Energía (Local Energy Agency), owned by Sevilla City Council, are all working towards energy diversification. As a whole, the energy sector provides the metropolitan area with more than 3,000 jobs. In the chemical industrial sector, some 300 businesses employ over 3,000 people with companies such as Persan or Brenntag Quimica. Meanwhile the Sevillian metal industry, with more than 1,000 establishments and more than 7,000 employees in different segments from the iron and steel sector (Siderúrgica Sevillana), to themanufacture of machinery.
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Competitive transport material production: the automobile, ship building and aviation industries Major Companies · SACESA 13.546 Meuros. 122 empleos.
· EADS-CASA 853.44 Meuros. 2,690 empleos.
· FASA Renault 450.7 Meuros. 850 empleos.
· Grupo IZAR 1350 Meuros. 362 empleos.
· Grupo Tecnológica 1.195 Meuros. 5 empleos.
· Rahemo 3.567 Meuros. 17 empleos.
With more than 4,000 employees, the transport industry sector is of enormous importance for the metropolitan area of Sevilla. Integrated here are the naval construction industry with a long-standing tradition in manufacturing and repairing vessels, the automobile industry and especially the sector with the greatest future projections: aeronautical industry. The sector is organized based on a set of leading companies, which in turn, generate an important chain of auxiliary and supply companies. Major companies in the sector include: Astilleros de Sevilla (shipyard), Fasa Renault (manufacture of automobile components, which shows the quality of the Sevilla plant that has been enlarged for the production of a new gear box model), and EADS–CASA and SACESA in the aeronautical sector. Companies and specifically the aeronautical sector are carrying out important efforts in the field of technological innovation with the support of the public sector, which allows them to be on the front line within the sector on an international level. The aeronautical sector of Sevilla participates in important European programs, both for civil aviation as well as military. Thus, the recent appointment of Sevilla as the site of the assembly of the AIRBUS A400M has made the city an important world reference within the sector. Thanks to the development that the sector is experimenting, a specialized industrial park is being created in the metropolitan municipality of La Rinconada, where major production and supply companies will be located.
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A sector that is alive: the agribusiness industry Major Companies · Heineken España 739.24 Meuros. 1,000 empleos.
Sevilla hosts an important agriculture and food sector as would correspond to a region that is rich in land and with an extensive agricultural history. Based on this, a powerful and integrated productive system has been developed. This system includes primary agricultural production, which is typical of the Mediterranean world (on the fertile soil of the Guadalquivir valley plane) to a diversified system of food transformation products as well as an ample commercial distribution structure focused on regional as well as national markets and exports.
· Rendelsur. 425.16 Meuros. 986 empleos.
· Grupo Arrocerías Herba. 396.6 Meuros. 816 empleos.
…agribusiness represents an important cluster of businesses that absorb a large amount of employment in the metropolitan area.
· Cia de Bebidas Pepsico 231.39 Meuros. 412 empleos.
· Aceites Miguel Gallego 216.3 Meuros. 140 empleos.
· Aceites del Sur. 132.9 Meuros. 75 empleos.
· Cafés Saimaza. Kraft J. Suchard Iberia. 125.83 Meuros. 130 empleos.
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The agribusiness industry of Sevilla includes some one thousand companies and is the largest employment sector in the metropolitan area. Companies that manufacture beer (Cruzcampo within the Heineken Group, leader on the national market), tobacco (Altadis), olives, olive oil, rice, soft drinks, meat industry and dairy products, among others, are of significant importance in Sevilla. The interest of the agribusiness industry in Sevilla has seen the development of public programs and private research companies in the field of biotechnology applied to agricultural exploitations as well as industrial processes.
· Aceites Agribética. 119.1 Meuros. 117 empleos.
· Danone. 107.88 Meuros. 537 empleos.
· Agrovic Sur. (cárnica). 88.08 Meuros. 498 empleos.
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窶ｦSevilla is becoming an excellent environment for industrial-service articulation; environment, biotechnology, recreation and entertainment, ICTs窶ｦ
Emerging Sectors For A Modern Economy: Strategic Future Activities In recent years, the economic sectors within the metropolitan area of Sevilla have experimented an intense productive modernization and the incorporation of technological innovations. This has also been true in the production processes as well as in commercialization, business management and quality systems. Proof of this process can be seen in the increasing integration within the following activities: primary productions, industrial, distribution and the development of advanced systems. Thus, a series of activity sectors can be identified which are considered strategic for the development of the economy of Sevilla and its metropolitan area. There is a direct link between industrial activities and management as well as the commercialization systems and services produced. An important part of these activities is related to the evaluation of the resources belonging to the territory of Sevilla (Especially in the fields of biotechnology and environment or renewable energy). Likewise, others have to do with the increase, thanks to the incorporation of new information and communication technologies into the metropolitan economy (computer science, telecommunications, and audiovisual sector). Lastly, yet another strategic group, from the economic point of view, is the sector that developed around Sevilla as a cultural city. This sector generates an important field of activity linked to the tourist sector as well as to companies related to leisure and recreational activities and cultural productions as would be expected in a city that has one of the most important historical窶田ultural heritage of Europe.
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A Winning Sector: Information and Communication Technologies In recent years, the society and companies of Sevilla have enjoyed substantial changes with respect to the development and penetration of the current information and communications systems and technologies (ICTs). At present Sevilla’s economy is at an intermediate stage in the development of the information and communication technology business sector. The regional centers of the major telecommunications companies are located in Sevilla. Moreover, there is an intense growth rate in the implantation of information and communication technologies in companies and organizations present in the area.
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In Sevilla, several industrial and service companies, as well as public and private organizations are promoting development in the information and communication technologies sector. These entities operate in the electronics, telecommunications and automation sectors as well as the creation of software and the development of system engineering. Alongside local private companies (Sociedad para el Desarrollo Informático y Electrónico, SADIEL [Computer Science and Electronic Development Society], Grupo Arion, Isotrol, Descartes Multimedia etc), can be found powerful companies such as Sociedad Andaluza para el Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones, SANDETEL (Andalusian Society for the Development of Telecommunications), which is a public company belonging to the Andalusian government that is developing the Programa Estratégico de Telecommunicaciones de Andalucía (Strategic Telecommunications Program for Andalusia); Radio Televisión Andaluza (Andalusian Radio and Television), which is a leader in the audiovisual sector.
Additionally, there are university centers that have specialized in significant research and development programs such as CICA (Computer Science Faculty) or the School of Industrial Engineers.
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An Environmental Friendly Sector: Biotechnologies and the Environment Thanks to the wealth of natural resources together with the need for companies to adapt and comply with legal environmental laws, the number of environmental related firms in Sevilla has increased in recent years.
The importance of agricultural activities within Andalusia, has produced a high level of development in applied technologies and the improvement of crop production systems and industrial processes in the field of agribusiness. The main fields in which biotechnologies and environmental technologies develop in the area of Sevilla range from genetics and bio medicines to nutrition and food technologies, water management, aqua culture and marine ecology, technologies for waste management and the development of environmental quality systems. This is also one of the sectors that is considered strategic for the Parque Científico Tecnológico de Sevilla (Sevilla Scientific and Technological Park), in which there is already a critical mass of research centers, university and company departments, which provides the market with a high level of scientific development and a market that is expanding. Among the most outstanding are: Inerco, Egmasa or Typsa (Spanish Environmental Engineering leader and since opening their office in Sevilla are also entering the African and Asian markets). There are also institutions such as the Centro de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Agua (New Water Technologies Center); the Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute) and the Estación de Ecología Acuática (Aquatic Ecology Station).
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…AESMA, the Regional Association of Environmental Goods and Services, links more than 60 companies together, many of which are located in Sevilla.
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A Radiating Sector: Renewable Technologies The Andalusian territory, including Sevilla and the metropolitan area has important renewable energy resources. These are solar (the area of Sevilla has more than 3,000 hours of sunlight per year) as well as wind farms (especially in the area of the Straight of Gibraltar), as well as biomass (agricultural and agricultural industry by-products). Considered a priority sector in public policies for economic promotion and technological development in the European area as well as national and regional, Sevilla has a variety of research companies and centers that provide a solid basis for activities with great expectation for development.
…develop innovative products in the field of genetics and bio medicines to nutrition and food technologies, water management, aqua culture and marine ecology, technologies for waste management, new materials and entertainment technologies… It is important to mention the role of public companies such as the Sociedad para el Desarrollo Energético de Andalucía, SODEAN, (Society for Andalusian Energetic Development), that develops programs for the promotion of renewable energy; the Centro de Nuevas Tecnologías de la Energía, CENTER (New Energy Technologies Center) and the Agencia Local de la Energia (the Local Energy Agency), one of the top companies in Spain. Other important entities include specialized companies in the development of applications and systems for make the most of the energy from renewable resources, as well as in the lending of services for the installation of these systems.
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An Up Dated System: Audiovisuals and Communications Sevilla has become one of the main business centers within the audiovisual and communication production and service sector. The element that has lead to this development has been the creation of the public company Radio Televisi贸n de Andaluc铆a (Andalusian Radio and Television). This company broadcasts to more than 7 million people in Andalusia and at the same time broadcasts via satellite to other countries. In turn, this has given way to the creation of a series of companies within the sector dealing with audiovisual production as well as the supply of other complementary services. In recent years, the innovative component in this sector, together with the increasing demand on the market has allowed for a solid increase in the volume of business and employment (between 1998 and 2000 employment in audiovisual companies increased by 41% in Andalusia).
Together with audiovisual production, Sevilla is also an outstanding worldwide press and communication center. The role of the city as the political capital of Andalusia and its role as the major economic and cultural center, justify the importance of these companies (some were established a hundred years ago and others have been established in the last decades). All of these firms have integrated and incorporated new technologies in communications into their production. The University of Sevilla has a Faculty of Information Science were students can specialize in this sector.
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A Recreational Sector: Leisure and Culture
‌a city that is known worldwide, with one of the most vital historic centers of Europe.
The historical heritage of Sevilla and its surroundings, valued worldwide for its wealth, diversity and monuments, make the city one of the most important historical sites in Europe. Based on these resources, an important cultural tourism sector has been developed at the international level. At present, Sevilla is defined as a city with an outstanding role as a cultural capital that has been capable of providing itself not only with first class cultural infrastructures (theatres, auditoriums, museums, exhibition halls, art galleries, etc.) but also with and intense cultural life. Together with stable programs of a high level, (opera, theatre, dance, music, art...) the city offers rich and diverse artistic and cultural productions that make Sevilla an important cultural reference.
Additionally, Sevilla also has a thriving sector for recreational and leisure activities linked to its tourist and cultural role. More and more companies find a field for development to cater to the increasing demand. One of the outstanding elements of this offer is the Parque TemĂĄtico Isla MĂĄgica (Isla Magica Theme Park); one of the great Spanish facilities dedicated to the
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leisure industry. Given the high number of visitors, the typical and traditional Sevilla festivities, especially Easter and the April Fair, are, today, key events for the economic activity of the city as they attract visitors from overseas and generate in important volume of business.
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Similarly, the role of Sevilla as a sports city, being the headquarters of important international competitions and having numerous facilities and infrastructures for competition sports, has equally made it a place with a bright future for competition sports, has equally made it a place with a bright future for sport-related businesses. This is also an additional argument for the proposal of Sevilla as the site for the Olympic Games.
‌making culture, recreational activities and sports one of the most outstanding economic specialties. All of these aspects make cultural, leisure, recreational and sports one of the most outstanding economic specialties with the highest expectations for growth within Sevilla.
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A Meeting Point for Sharing and Negotiating: Commercial Exhibitions and Conventions Within the diversity of business functions and activities that are carried out in the commercial sector in Sevilla, its specialization as a city for events and commercial exhibitions and professional conventions is increasingly outstanding. The annual calendar for this type of event positions Sevilla as the third Spanish center in the organization of meetings for economic and professional sectors at a regional, national and international level. One million visitors participate in this type of events every year. Consequently, the companies and institutions of Sevilla cooperate in the operation of the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones (Convention Center and Exhibition Hall). This is the city’s main infrastructure for this type of activity. Additionally, there are a variety of offers for organizing exhibitions and conventions at many of the most important hotels in and around the city.
Today, commercial exhibitions and conventions constitute one of the key segments in specialized and commercial tourism in Sevilla. There is an evergrowing number of service companies that facilitate the development and execution of all types of events. Sevilla’s capacity of attraction as a convention city is reinforced by the quality offered for visitors: hotel accommodation and gastronomy on offer, the monuments and its historical center, the rich cultural and leisure offer and the benign weather conditions. All of these are aspects that explain the high degree of satisfaction expressed by the participants and organizers of events held in Sevilla.
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4. …a safe and stable environment for investment and business
Support for Businesses and Professionals in Sevilla. Today there are matchless opportunities in the Sevilla metropolitan area to set new businesses. The principal investment elements are: • Production and investment costs are highly competitive, alongside a complete expansion of local services for businesses and investors, with the possibility of applying a varied package of incentives following regional condition, objective Nº1. • A young and highly qualified population, which gives businesses access to specialized personnel. • A regional setting, which in recent years has experienced spectacular social and economic advance and is provided with a complete and advanced system of infrastructures, giving security and stability to all types of productive investments. • Excellent accessibility and guaranteed connections for new infrastructures because of its situation within the intercontinental transport network. • An urban environment completely lacking the congestion problems of the large European urban areas, an example of the quality of life of Southern Spain. • A global urban economy, with regular visitors from all over the world, that has proven experience of organizing international events of all types.
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Business Support Services There are a large number of both public and private organizations in the metropolitan area of Sevilla whose role is to provide support for businesses wishing to set up in the area. In an effort to simplify the administrative process as much as possible when creating new businesses, there are a series of specific mechanisms. The Unified Service Office provides all the information which companies need when setting up from scratch or modifying or expanding an already existing business. A similar role is performed by the Euro-desks with the aim of helping companies on aspects relating to Europe.
Specifically for Sevilla, a Single Desk has been set up in the Chamber of Commerce, which as well as providing information, will carry out all necessary processes to quickly obtain the required permits to set up a business. Sevilla Global, the Urban Agency for Economic Development, run by the City Council of Sevilla, provides an integrated advice service for companies and investors interested in basing themselves within the metropolitan area of Sevilla, from their initial information up to site selection and permissions. On a regional level, the Instituto de Fomento de AndalucĂa (Andalusian Development Agency), the leading Spanish body, is responsible for a wide range of programs and investment incentives using various financial support tools.
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Additionally, the municipalities within the metropolitan area also have Local Development Agencies. These organizations work to handle the policies and services that are of interest to businesses: Fundación Alcalá Innova from Alcalá de Guadaira, DESADOS from Dos Hermanas, SODERINSA from La Rinconada and the Mancomunidad de Municipios from Aljarafe. It is also important to mention EPSA, (Andalusian Land Development Agency), which is part of the Regional Ministry for Public Works and Transport of the Andalusian Regional Government. Its main role is the management of land and its urbanization for residential, industrial, or service use, although it is also involved in the provision of equipment and services. In the specialized area of the new technologies, the main element is the Technological and Scientific Park, Sevilla Tecnópolis, characterized by the high quality of its facilities and number of technical resources which are especially suited to activities involved with advanced technology and is also close to the city center. There are specific investment incentives for businesses moving to the park.
Also based in the metropolitan area of Sevilla are a series of new technology institutions whose main targets, among others, are to provide advice to companies operating in the sector. Examples of these include the IAT, Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (Andalusian Institute of Technology), an agency working in the public sector, SERIRC, or the Centro de Enlace Sur de Europa (Link Center for Southern Europe) which is a member of the European network of link centers for innovation or the Centro de Innovación y Transferencia de Tecnología de Andalucía, also known as CITAndalucía (Center for Innovation and Technological Transfer of Andalusia).
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…Public Agencies for development, technological institutes, Chamber of Commerce
Sevilla’s economic dynamism makes the city and its metropolitan area a center for risk capital and mutual guarantee companies, which are a vital element in the setting up and expansion of businesses, especially those in the field of new technologies. One of the institutions related to the private sector which are dedicated to providing advice and assistance to companies and professionals, is the main office of the CEA, the Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía (Andalusian Business Confederation). This entity is a member of the Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations) as well as the most important European and international associations. As for the local businesses, they are represented by the Confederación de Empresarios de Sevilla (Andalusian Business Confederation) Equally important is the role of the Chamber of Commerce, whose services offer support for international expansion.
As part of its support and assistance services provided to companies, has set up the above mentioned Single Desk or the Bolsa Cameral de Subcontratación (Subcontracting Exchange), for activities with an essentially industrial character.
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…and business associations make up the links of the metropolitan support network.
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Sevilla Global, S.A.: Urban Agency for Economic Development Sevilla set up Sevilla Global in September 2000 as a public company. It represents a new strategy in urban economy and business development. The plan, through Programs, Projects and Support Services, is to identify prime sites for future urban development and business expansion opportunities valorization of urban spaces within Sevilla as future areas for a wide range of productive activities and business opportunities. The working agenda of Sevilla Global involves the following: • Promotion and Revitalization of Industrial Areas. This is aimed at promoting new urban areas for production and business activities, as well as boosting and coordinating the Plan for Integral Revitalization of Industrial Areas in the City of Sevilla. The objective of this plan is to regenerate more than 15 industrial parks and areas in the city.
• Innovation and Support to Local Business Organizations. This covers a wide range of initiatives from technical and financial support programs for SMEs, which are aimed at promoting information and communication technologies, to collective action for the improvement of competitiveness for larger businesses, particularly in the area of commerce.
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• International Promotion and Cooperation. The first step in this respect has been to set up an integral services department for companies investing in the metropolitan area of Sevilla, which provides: customized information dossiers, services for newly established businesses, site selection, brokering services, etc. This is linked with an initiative to reinforce active participation of the city in international networks.
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…Sevilla Global has elaborated an integrated service system for productive investment.
• Strategic Business Information in the Metropolitan Area. This includes the consolidation of periodical information products such as an annual economic and business report, an analysis of the city’s economic situation, a catalogue of industrial land available, a business directory, etc. In addition, a new program has been set up which will integrate activities ranging from report generation to host of meetings and seminars. As a Modern Agency, the keys to the management and strategy of Sevilla Global are based on the following principles: • Institutional articulation, in the knowledge that in a multi-level administrative environment, which comprises many agents, it is vital to have well-defined cooperative attitudes and strategies. • A truly effective public and private partnership, with specific commitments for each project.
• New public management approach, which incorporates advanced learning techniques aimed at improving public access, knowledge accummulation and managing public resources in an efficient and transparent manner. • Coordination Group for Sevilla and its metropolitan area, in which the Agency would serve as a stable mechanism for the exchange of information and coordination.
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A Wide Range of Incentives and Financial resources for New Investment A wide range of financial resources and tax incentives are available to new companies or for new investment by existing businesses. These include public funding through the European Union and Spain’s central government, implemented by the Andalusian regional government. Sevilla is rated as an Objective Region 1 by the European Union and public financial resources may reach the maximum leal llimit of 50%. The range of financial suppport tools include capital grants, low interest rate subsidies, loans and equity participation. Among the large number of support programs for business investment, the following must be highlighted: • Regional Incentives program. This is a program run by the Central administration, aimed at promoting local business activities within specific regions, above all, Andalusia.
The sectors that benefit from this type of support are essentially: extraction and processing industries, agricultural and food industries; manufacturing and commercial service companies. these grants may form up to 50% of the approved investment
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• When talking about specific incentives in the Andalusian region one must not overlook IFA, Instituto de Fomento de AndalucĂa (Andalusian Development Agency) and its wide range of support. The main objectives of IFA are enhancing economic development in the region and promoting the creation and consolidation of business and employment.
‌being an Objective 1 Region within the European Union allows maximum levels of incentives and public aid to be granted. In order to fulfill these objectives, the IFA has launched Actions for Development and Support Programs. The former are aimed at integrated incentives for specific local and sectorial productive systems. In terms of the subsidy programs, the IFA offers companies all kinds of financial support to facilitate their investments, contract the necessary external services or undertake research, development and innovation projects. The various forms of support include: grants, interest rate bonus, reimbursable loans, etc.
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• The Program for the Promotion and Development of Industry should be highlited. This program is regulated by the Order of 10 March 2000, and in effect until June 30, 2006. Its aim is to support industries investing in primary productive processes, which generate greater added value. Likewise, this program strives to invest in adapting or widening industrial production aimed at replacing outdated products where there is competition from emerging countries with low labor costs, thus making market penetration difficult as well as investment in the adapting, creation, or acquisition, of new technology to achieve these aims.
• The Fondo de Capital Riesgo Andalucía 21 (Andalusia 21 Capital Risk Fund) is an initiative by the IFA and five Andalusian Savings and Loan Banks in partnership with an independent fund manager, ahorro corporación. It is aimed at temporary paarticipation in viable companies not working in the financial sector and not listed on the Stock Exchange, to enhance regional economic development within Andalusia.
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The initiative is aimed at new projects or companies in their initial development phases, expansion projects in already existing companies, or syndicate operations that participate with other funds or risk capital companies in financing investment projects like those mentioned earlier; the type of investments with these funds as their central activity. • Other organizations offering financial incentives are: the European Investment Bank and the ICO, Instituto de CrÊdito Oficial (Official Credit Institute). The loans with EIB funds granted by the IFA are aimed at small and medium sized companies with new projects that are technically and economically viable.
...IFA is the leading Regional Development Agency of Spain for resources destined to business. Whereas, the ICO is a public company whose aims are to offer finance with advantageous interest rates and terms to preferred companies. To this end, the company collaborates with all the other entities dealing with the financial requirements of companies.
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The ICO’s most significant financial offers are: SMEs, company start-up finance, financing of renewable energies and energy efficiency projects, the GRINVE program for financing major investments in Spain, and the financing of technological innovation.
• Cartuja 93. There is a specific incentive instrument for new companies setting up at the Sevilla-Tecnópolis technological park (a tax incentive law dated 31/1992 to help facilitate the Cartuja 93 project) which foresees reductions in corporate tax (up to a maximum of 25%), fiscal amortizations and other reductions to a maximum of 95% in, among others, estate duty, trading tax, and property tax.
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Infrastructures and Land for Business Use The metropolitan area has a wide range of land available for industrial use with new, short and medium-term projects for enlarging these areas, on inexpensive land sites be found at very reasonable prices (from 50 euros/m2)
Within the city itself, there are more than 500 hectares of land designated for industrial use, distributed through more than 10 industrial estates. These are part of an integral strategy of revitalization through a network of rejuvenation of business parks adapted for every business’s most modern requirements. Additionally, the new General Urban Plan for Sevilla includes the proposal for a further 300 hectares of new conventional industrial land, in a central location of the metropolitan area. In addition, the use of these proposed areas is for logistics and advanced technology.
A zone of land particularly dedicated to basic industries is concentrated in an area integrated in the Port of Sevilla or surrounding it. Communication requirements, from maritime, tidal in this case, to terrestrial are very well covered. There is also an area dedicated to aeronautical industries, which is located near Sevilla’s airport.
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Two other major areas of industrial concentration are those to be found in the Sevilla-AlcalĂĄ area and on the La Isla road in the municipality of Dos Hermanas. The former comprises 11 industrial parks with 2,000 companies and is currently being expanded. It has a turnover of more than one billion euros, and can be considered as the main industrial reserve of Andalusia.
All these areas have a long-established industrial and business tradition and are equipped with services, which are adapted to the requirements of modern productive activity. They also have excellent internal and external communications and are perfectly integrated into surrounding urbanized areas. For these reasons, they are an ideal location for activities related to logistics and wholesale distribution. The most outstanding area of development within Sevilla’s metropolitan area is PISA (Park for Industries and Services), an industrial and business park located in Mairena del Aljarafe. Covering almost 500,000 m2, and including 600 companies with approximately 4,500 employees, since its inception, it has offered a full range of equipment and services. For this reason, PISA has always attracted advanced technology companies and the park is currently going through an expansion phase in which maximum attention is being paid to details concerning services and equipment, whilst always bearing environmental issues strongly in mind.
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In the metropolitan area of Sevilla, there are currently a series of projects which are aimed at increasing the availability of land for industrial use either by means of expanding the parks already in existence or creating new ones. In this respect, Alcalรก de Guadaira and Dos Hermanas, are two municipalities with well-established industrial traditions.
The former is currently undergoing a process to enlarge its already consolidated industrial area, Sevilla-Alcalรก,thus increasing the amount of land available and consructing of a new park for research and technology located in an area close to the Pablo de Olavide University. In the case of Dos Hermanas, there is still a considerable amount of land available in La Isla area. Nevertheless, despite the fact that there is already 10 million m2 of industrial land in the municipality, there are plans to create a further 2 million in the near future, which are expected to cater especially for the distribution, furniture and decoration sectors. Another area with new industrial land available is that of the Aljarafe. Close to the above-mentioned PISA Industrial and Business Park, there are other examples such as those in Castilleja de la Cuesta and Salteras. The former plans the construction of a new business park, which will cover
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150,000 square meters and have an essentially commercial character with companies trading in the household and decoration sectors. The latter has been recently inaugurated and offers approximately 450,000 m2 of new land for industrial and business use for 400 companies and is expected to create 2,000 jobs in its first phase. Another example is that of the Espartinas-Gines-Bormujos area where land is essentially being aimed at
new technology companies and is set to take full advantage of, among other things, a new hospital and the San Pablo-CEU University, both privately owned. Finally, the case of the municipality of La Rinconada must not be overlooked. There, apart from the enlargement of already existing wellestablished productive areas, there is a plan to develop a new Aeronautical Park in an area near the San Pablo airport. The park will cover more than 500,000 m2 and is expected to be occupied by big companies operating in the sector as well as auxiliary businesses.
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Human Resources: A Young and Highly Qualified Population Another fundamental aspect that should be taken into account when defining the current situation of Sevilla and its metropolitan area as an economic center of future potential is the quality of its human resources, both in terms of business and professional terms as well as the in the high level of qualifications of the existing workforce. The metropolitan area of Sevilla has an economic, social and educational structure, which can be compared with that of any fully developed international society. We are referring to an increasingly knowledgeable urban area whose main assets for the future are its human resources and knowledge.
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…a well-established tradition as a city of knowledge that sees human resources and knowledge as major assets for the future Approximately 88% of the population above the age of 10 has completed primary education and 67% secondary. More than 10% of people over the age of 20 have a university degree. Therefore, a wide cross section of the population has a level of qualification and training which meets the requirements currently demanded by companies and this represents an important human capital resource.
The fact that education has, in the last thirty years, reached all sectors of society means that, today, the metropolitan area has a well-informed and professionally qualified population. Currently, the vast majority of professionals, both in the fields of technical and business management and skilled workmanship, are formed by the population group who are between 25 and 40.
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An Area for Innovation and Learning. Today, the capacity for innovation is one of the most relevant indicators to determine a city’s potential for economic development. Sevilla has a wellestablished tradition as a city of learning (especially as the city has enjoyed one of the best universities in Spain since the 16th century). This role has been enhanced in the last few decades not only as a result of the development and modernization of the university itself, but also as a consequence of the establishment of Research Centers with international prestige, and the incorporation of technological advances into businesses and economic activity.
Sevilla’s efforts to innovate, led, in 1993, to the creation of the Scientific and Technological Park, Sevilla-Tecnópolis, one of the most important and profitable centers for innovation in Spain, which acts as a point of reference and excellence for all the organizations involved in the sciencetechnology-business system in the metropolitan area of the city.
In this respect, the institutional context is being reinforced most notably by the public policies and strategies supporting technological innovation: These efforts include the Master Plan for Innovation and Technological Development of the Andalusian Regional Government; the National Plan for Research and Technological Development of the Spanish National Government; the European Union Framework Program of Research and Technological Development.
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Research and Technological Centers in Sevilla and its Metropolitan Area Information Technologies and Communication Research and Technological Centers in Sevilla and its Metropolitan Area
• Empresa de Gestión Medioambiental de Andalucía (Company for Environmental Management of Andalusia)
• CETECOM-Centro de Tecnologías de las Comunicaciones (Center for Communication •
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Water • CENTA-Centro para las Nuevas Tecnologías del Agua (Center for New Water Technologies) • Centro Experimental de Tecnologías del Depuración de Aguas (Experimental Center for Water Purification Technologies) • Empresa Municipal de Aguas de Sevilla (Municipal Water Company of Sevilla) • Empresa de Aguas del Aljarafe (Aljarafe Water Company) • Estación de Ecología Acuática Príncipe Alberto 1 de Mónaco (Prince Albert I of Monaco Water Ecology Station) • Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir (Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation) • Instituto Nacional de Meterorología (National Weather Institute)
Technologies) CICA-Centro Informático y Científico de Andalucía (Computer and Scientific Center of Andalusia) Instituto de Automática Avanzada y Robótica (Institute for Advanced Automatics and Robotics) Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (Microelectronics Institute of Sevilla) SADIEL--Sociedad para el Desarrollo Informático y Electrónico de Andalucía (Corporation for IT and Electronic Development of Andalusia) IAT-Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (Andalusian Institute of Technology)
Biotechnologies and the Environment • Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (Institute for Vegetal Biochemistry and Photosynthesis) • Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (Natural Resourses and Agro-biology) • Instituto de la Grasa (Institute for Fats/Oils) • Estación Biológica de Doñana (Doñana Biological Station) • Centros de Experimentación y Desarrollo Agrario (Centers for Agricultural Experiments and Development) • Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias (Agricultural Experimental Stations) • Laboratorio de Biología Marina (Laboratory for Marine Biology) • Laboratorio Andaluz de Biología (Andalusian Laboratory of Biology) • Instituto de Biología del Desarrollo (Institute for Developmental Biology) • Agrupación Española de Biotecnología (Spanish Association for Biotechnology)
New Materials • Instituto de Ciencias de los Materiales (Science Institute for Materials) • Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Construcción (University Science Institute for Construction) • Centro de Ensayos No Destructivos (Non-destructive Testing Center)
Energy • SODEAN-Sociedad para el Desarrollo Energético de Andalucía (Corporation for Energy Development in Andalusia) • CENTER-Centro para las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Energía (Center for New Energy Technologies) • Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Energía Solar en Andalucía (Association for the Development of Solar Energy in Andalusia) • Instituto de las Energías Renovables (Institute for Renewable Energies)
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The Sevilla-Tecnópolis, a Scientific and Technological Park The Scientific and Technological Park is located at Isla Cartuja –the site where the 1992 Universal Exposition was hosted–, next door to the historical center of the city. The area, located in one of the most privileged urban spaces in the city, is also a center for a series of cultural, university and recreational facilities such as: the metropolitan park of El Alamillo, the Isla Mágica theme park, Puerto Triana (a project for a recreational and commercial area), sports facilities of the first order (an Olympic stadium and a high performance center for rowing and sailing), as well as first class hotels. Also, the Isla Cartuja area is home to the Monumental Complex of the Santa María de Las Cuevas monastery. Today, for the reutilization of the site where the Universal Exposition was held can be regarded as a major success for the city. Sevilla-Tecnópolis covers more than 900,000 m2 of which more than 525,000 m2 is land, which can be built upon. There are 200 companies based in the Park, as well as public and private organizations, which give employment to 9,000 people.
With an annual turnover of more than 700 million euros (which accounts for 23% of the business output of the APTE, the Association of Spanish Technological Parks), Sevilla-Tecnoloplis is one of the most dynamic and productive of its kind in Spain. Sevilla-Tecnópolis has a powerful telecommunications system and is internally equipped with the infrastructure and services required for the development of technological innovation. Being fully integrated into the main urban area of the city is also an attractive incitives for those companies located on the site. Other facilities in Sevilla-Tecnópolis include: a heliport, a train terminal and a river port, which is connected with the city’s other port facilities and the tourist attractions along the Guadalquivir river.
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“Tecnopolis” is organized in three main areas: technology, services and university • The new technology area, with 125 businesses and organizations from sectors related to advanced technologies, employing more than 4,000 people, mainly engineers and graduates. • The administration and service area, with 88 companies provide advanced services to companies has more than 4,000 employees. • The university area houses the University of Sevilla School of Engineering, with some 5,000 students, and offers degrees in Telecommunications, Industrial, Electronic, Automatics, and Chemical engineering. (There are plans to introduce Aeronautical Engineering). The University manages a number of research centers such as the Institute of Advanced Automatics and Robotics, the Institute of Renewable Energies, and the Institute of Dimensional Metrology and Electronics. The Park is also home to the National Center for Particle Acceleration and the High council for Scientific Research.
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Finally, the International University of Andalusia is also located at Isla Cartuja and a new building for the Faculty of Information Sciences is currently under construction. The productive sectors covered by the businesses installed in Sevilla Tecn贸polis are those most closely related to the new economy with a high level of technological innovation. Among them are: biotechnology and food industries; research and development; energy; the environment; telecommunications; IT; engineering; prospective technology; etc. The Cartuja 93 project is offering an incentive package to companies setting up in the Sevilla-Tecn贸polis Park.
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The Park has achieved a high degree of maturity, both in terms of the level of occupancy (approximately 90%), as well as in terms of the interactive relationships between the companies and organizations working there, the process of diffusion of innovation and its impact on the productive system of Sevilla. For these reasons,the city is currently working to find another central location for a second technological park, modelled after its successful orginal core area of the city.
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ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS IN SEVILLA-TECNÓPOLIS Associations, Foundations and Business Organizations
• Centro de Diseño Industrial de Andalucía (Andalusian Center for Industrial Design) • CITAndalucía—Centro de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica de Andalucía (Center for Technological Innovation and Transfer of Andalucía) • South Europe Innovation Relay Centre (SEIRC) • Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Postal (Center for Postal Research and Development)
• World Trade Center • Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía (Andalusian Business Confederation) • Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación (Chamber of Commerce) • Cámara de Contratistas de Andalucía (Chamber of Contractors of Andalusia) • Círculo de Empresarios del Parque Científico Tecnológico (Sevilla-Tecnopolis Business Association) • Asociación de Investigación y Cooperación Industrial de Andalucía (Association of Research and Industrial Cooperation of Andalucía) • Fundaciçon Doñana 21 (Doñana 21 Foundation) • Fundación Centro de Servicios Empresariales de Andalucía (Business Service Center Foundation of Andalusia) • Fundación para la Investigación y la Difusión de la Arquitectura (Foundation for Research and Dissemination of Architecture) • ETICOM—Asociación de empresas de tecnologías de la información y comunicación de Andalucía (Andalusian Association of IT Companies)
Public Companies • Sevilla Global— Urban Agency for Economic Development • Empresa de Gestión Medioambiental (Environmental Management Company) • Sociedad para el Desarrollo Energético de Andalucía (Corporation for Energy Development in Andalusia) • Sociedad Sevilla Siglo XXI (Sevilla Siglo XXI Corporation) • AGESA • Sandetel • Empresa de Emergencias Sanitarias (Medical Emergencies) • Cartuja ‘93 • VEIASA
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Educational Centers
• Instituto de Estadística de Andalucía (Statistical Office of Andalusia) • IPTS-Instituto de Prospectiva Tecnológica de Sevilla (Institute for Prospective Technology of Sevilla) • Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (National Weather Institute) • Instituto Andaluz de Energías Renovables (Andalusian Institute for Renewable Energies) • Instituto de Automática Avanzada y Robótica (Institute for Advanced Automatics and Robotics) • Instituto de Metrología Dimensional y Electrónica (Institute for Dimensional and Electronic Metrology) • Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosítesis (Institute for Vegetal Biochemistry and Photosynthesis) • Instituto de Investigaciones Quimicas (Institute for Chemical Research) • Instituto de Ciencias de los Materiales (Institute of Material Science) • Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico (Andalusian Institute for Historic Heritage) • IAT-Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (Andalusian Institute of Technology) • CENTA-Centro de las Nuevas tecnologías del Agua (Center for New Water Technologies) • CENTER-Centro de las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Energía (Center for New Energy Technologies)
• Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidad de Sevilla (University of Sevilla Faculty of Engineering) • Facultad de Ciencias de la Información (Faculty of Information Sciences—under construction) • Escuela de Organizción Industrial (School of Industrial Organization) • Escuela Superior de Gestión Comercial y Marketing (Faculty of Commercial Management and Marketing) • Centro Andaluz de Estudios Empresariales (Andalusian School of Business Studies) • Centro de Innovación en Técnicas Gerenciales (Innovation Center in Management Techniques) • Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad de Sevilla (University of Sevilla Faculty of Information Sciences)
Cultural Centers • Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art) • Fundación de las Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo (Foundation for the Three Mediterranean Cultures) • Universidad Intenacional de Andalucía (International University of Andalusia) • Santa María de las Cuevas Monumental Site
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Sevilla: a University City
…the University of Sevilla has more than 80,000 students, thus making it an important focal point for the economic and cultural life of the city.
With more than 80,000 students, the University of Sevilla is an important focus of economic and cultural life for the city as a whole. In conjunction with its teaching role, the university plays an important part in both basic and applied research, which relate directly to the economic and business world. Recently, a second university –Pablo de Olavide– has opened in Sevilla. This is indicative of the dynamism and demand, which exists in the city for higher education and research. Another private institution for higher learning –San Pablo-CEU University– is also currently under construction. The University of Sevilla comprises 30 different teaching and research centers (including faculties, schools, technical colleges, and associate centers), while the Pablo de Olavide University has five faculties. Within the framework of the Plan Andaluz de Investigación (Andalusian Research Plan), the Sevilla universities cater for more than 500 research groups involved in developing specific programs in their respective fields.
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UNIVERSITY CENTERS IN SEVILLA UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLA Faculties (5-year programs) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
University of Sevilla Associate Centers
Architecture Computer Engineering Industrial Engineering Fine Arts Biology Law Economics and Business Science Educational Science Information Science Pharmacology Philology Philosophy Physics History and Geography Mathematics Medicine Psychology Chemistry
• Centro de Estudios Superiores “Cardenal Spinola” • “Virgen del Rocio” School of Nursing • “Cruz Roja Española” School of Nursing • “Cortijo el Cuarto” Agricultural School • “Francisco Maldonado” Labor Relations School in Osuna • E.U. de Turismo (Tourism School)
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Technical Architecture Health Sciences Business Studies Agricultural Engineering Industrial Engineering (Polytechnic) Labor Relations
Faculty of Business Science Faculty of Experimental Science School of Law Faculty of Humanities University School of Social Work
Other Centers • Centro de Investigación en Contabilidad Social y Medioambiental (Research Center in Social and Environmental Accounting)
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Research and Technological Development In Business Most of the major companies in Sevilla have carried out extensive technological improvements, and have also incorporated more and more products and services that are characterized by the application of the new technologies. Among the small and medium sized companies, there are many whose business is based on the provision of advanced services or the generation of new products.
…an ideal environment for technological transfer and the dissemination of innovation
It is worth pointing out that companies in the technological sector provide 7% of the GDP of the metropolitan area, showing a trend of accelerating growth. A particularly important aspect is the infrastructure that exists in Sevilla to facilitate technology transfer and the diffusion of innovations in the business world. Thus, Sevilla is home to the South Europe Innovation Relay Centre (SEIRC). SEIRC, co-financed by the European Union through the Innovation Program, which is the result of the collaboration of the main agents involved in technological innovation: the Andalusian Development Agency, the General Secretary of Universities and Research and the Andalusian Institute of Technology (IAT).
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The main functions of SEIRC are creating inventories of technological resources, facilitating the transfer of technologies between research centers and companies, and advising on European Union technological initiatives. Among its services, SEIRC channels the demands of international firms seeking technological partners.
In Sevilla, SEIRC operates as the coordinator of a series of link centers housed in the Offices for the Transfer of Research Result (OTRI) located in the Universities of Andalusia. The OTRI of the University of Sevilla is part of a network formed by all the universities. It coordinates the technological output of the university (research groups, patents, laboratories, scientific centers and installations), while at the same time, it provides services both to the research teams of the university itself, and to outside companies. These include: financing research and development projects, searching for technological partners, incorporating researchers into companies, etc.
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Specialized business-training centers Among the wide range of centers, institutions and businesses working in research, technological development and innovation in Sevilla and its metropolitan area, there are a series of important institutions dedicated specifically to business training that play an important role in the incorporation of new techniques for business management and the creation of teams of executives and highly qualified technicians. Naturally, the University of Sevilla plays a significant part through the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, which offers degree courses in Economics, Business Management and Administration as well as Marketing Techniques and Research. Likewise, the University School of Business Studies offers Business Studies and Tourism courses. Moreover, the Pablo de Olavide University also offers courses on Business Management and Administration. The San Telmo International Institute, the main business school in Sevilla and Andalusia is an essential benchmark at the national level. • Instituto Internacional San Telmo. (San Telmo International Institute). • Escuela de Organización Industrial. (School of Industrial Organization). • Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales –Universidad de Sevilla–. (Faculty of Economics and Business Studies –University of Sevilla–). • Escuela Universitaria de Empresariales –Universidad de Sevilla–. (University of Sevilla School of Business Administration). • Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología. (Andalusian Institute of Technology). • Escuela Superior de Gestión y Marketing. (University School of Management and Marketing). • Escuela Superior de Negocios de Andalucía. (University School of Business of Andalusia). • Centro Andaluz de Estudios Empresariales. (Andalusian Center of Business Studies). • Centro de Innovación en Técnicas Gerenciales. (Center for the Innovation of Management Techniques). • Cámara Oficial de Comercio Industria y Navegación. (Chamber of Commerce). • Cámara de Contratistas de Andalucía. (Chamber of Andalusian Contractors). • Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía/de Sevilla (CEA/CES). (Andalusian/Sevilla Business Confederation).
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Logistics The geographaical position enables Sevilla to function as an economic with its integral system of communication managing the flow of information, products and people. Sevilla’s infrastructure system has been greatly renovated and modernized in to guarantee the existence of multi-modal transportation systems, and offer competitive space for the development and implementation of economic activities.
‌a fundamental communication link for people, goods and information. The essential component of Sevilla’s communication systems is that it offers so many advantages, connected to the most important European and international communication networks. These include: the European network of high-capacity highways, high-speed trains, electrical transport, natural gas, and it is the only commercial river port in Spain, has an international airport, and excellent telecommunication systems.
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MAJOR PROJECTS FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES
• The extension of the High Speed Railway Network to connect Sevilla with the nearest key urban centers: the bays of Cadiz and Jerez, Huelva, Malaga, and Granada. • Sevilla’s Port Project, aimed at increasing the operating capacity of port facilities (including the construction of a new sluice) and to strengthen a highly qualified industrial area. • Sevilla’s Airport Project, which includes the construction of a new runway to propel the city’s role as a center for international air traffic. The project also seeks to attract business activities linked to goods transport. • The creation of a Zone of Logistical Activities (in Majavique) with a key role in organizing combined international transportation of goods..
PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT OF METROPOLITAN AND URBAN TRANSPORTATION
• The elaboration of the Inter-modal Plan of Metropolitan Transport. • The creation of the Consortium of Metropolitan Transport as a management entity. • The construction of the Subway in Sevilla and its metropolitan area. • The construction of a new ring road (SE 40) to channel long-distance interurban traffic
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Advanced telecommunications During the last few decades, Sevilla has undergone profound changes in the field of telecommunication services and infrastructures. The celebration of the 1992 Universal Exposition enabled the implementation of new information networks in the city with the creation of a completely digitalized communications system. The most advanced, telematic services were made available to citizens, organizations and nearby businesses. From then on, the process of modernization and the implementation of new telecommunication systems have continued at a quick pace, headed by the convergence of services through Internet. Currently, the most important firms in the industry operate in Sevilla offering a diverse range of services to businesses and individuals. The services include fixed and mobile phone services, transmission services for data, sound and images, e-commerce, business management, public services, etc.
…Since 1929 Iberian-American Fair…
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This has occurred with the initial basic phone network, the digital network of integrated services and, in the present moment, with ADSL lines and new CABLE infrastructures, in addition to specific systems for large companies and organizations. In the field of mobile phones, the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard is being implemented, like in the whole European Union. This system allows for the use of the mobile phone network in Europe and other parts of the world through a common regulation. In the near future, GSM will evolve towards third generation mobile phones using the new UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems) standard of convergence on a worldwide scale. Telematically, the metropolitan area of Sevilla is very advanced and following the events of ’92, the strong institutional support has pioneeered new communication systems encouraging a high growth rate in the penetration of advanced services, in homes and businesses.
‌an area with high levels of technological infrastructures. In summary, the installation of advanced sysems throughout the metropolitan area is evidence of the commitment to telecommunications and the opportunities offered by Sevilla to this industry sector.
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The San Pablo International Airport The San Pablo International Airport is located two kilometers from Sevilla on the E-5 expressway connecting Madrid and Sevilla. The Air Traffic Control Center for the south of Spain is located at this airport. San Pablo forms part of the Spanish airport system managed by AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation), a public company. The group supplies more than 40 airports throughout Spain, offering capacity transport services of major European importance.
‌connectivity is guaranteed through the San Pablo Airport, only 2 km from the city. Despite the common problem of over saturation in European airports, the Spanish airport network continues to offer excellent business opportunities, which are constantly growing. The airport’s connectivity allows passengers to access the Spanish airport network from Sevilla, as well as international airports.
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Sevilla’s airport handles some two million passengers. Its operational capacity allows for 270 daily flights. The airport has terminals for cargo and merchandise transport. Its installations and infrastructure offer a complete range of services for passengers, airships and business activities related to air transport. The main companies operating at San Pablo include: Iberia, British Airways, Air France Alitalia, Air Europa, Futura, Spanair and Crossair. Among the cargo companies are Iberia, EAT, Artac, Swiftair (TNT, DHL, UPS). Air transportation in Sevilla specializes in medium-distance and long-distance business travel and the ever-growing tourist traffic. Some of the main advantages offered by Sevilla’s International Airport include an optimal location and accessibility to the key logistics centers in southern Spain and proximity to other economic and transportation centers (the industrial ports of the bays of Cadiz, Algeciras and Huelva. The new urban plan includes various benefits for the airport. These include projects for a the high speed rail network at the airport and locating industrial and logistical enterprises on more than 200 hectares of adjoining land, highway connections and access to the Aeronautic Technology Park.
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Sevilla’s Port: A port with a past and a future Sevilla’s port is an essential reference point for the city. Located along the Guadalquivir River, it is the only river port in the Iberian Peninsula with direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. After the discovery of America in 1492, the Guadalquivir served as a bridge between continents, helping to configure what historians have called the first “world economy”, that is, the first economic globalization, which transformed Sevilla into the economic capital of the world. Fundamentally, this role was carried out through its port. The port became the main headquarters for commercial fleets and the exchange market of products between both continents.
This historic port, located in the urban area, has become one of the largest commercial ports included in the Spanish port network. Further to its function as a node for merchandise transport, the Port of Sevilla has an extensive industrial zone where numerous companies related to port activities operate.
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Some 4.5 million tons of traffic are handled annually in the port. In general, the origin and destination of goods is Spain and the European Union, followed by the rest of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. At the same time, the Port has roll-on and roll-off traffic through regular lines to the Canary Islands. The primary cargo passing through the port is agricultural products, iron and steel products, energy products, fertilizers and construction materials. Autoridad Portuaria (Port Authority) is the public body in charge of managing the Port, providing services and its general planning. Port facilities offer a wide range of services, both for ships (shipping services, shipyards...) and transported merchandise (transit, customs agents, air cargo...) and specailizes in general types of cargo including containers.
The industrial area and port services are among the largest in the Spanish port system, offering significant opportunities to new businesses and productive activities. Naval construction and energy industries are among the most important industrial activities in the Port.
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The Port of Sevilla offers many comparative advantages; its location and accessibility are excellent. The communications systems of the metropolitan Sevilla area guarantee a high degree of accessibility, and the capacity for intermodal operation. In turn, this translates into the existence of an area with a strong economic potential, which spreads throughout all of western Andalusia, Extremadura and, for some products, to the center of Spain.
Percentage of Goods
The Port of Sevilla is less than an hour away from the ports of Huelva and the Bay of Cadiz with their respective industrial areas and forms an important network with these atlantic coastal ports.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central & South America
North America
Far East
North Africa
Middle East
Rest of Europe
European Union
Sevilla Port, Traffic of Goods according to Origin/Destination in 2000 Source: Sevilla Port Authority Nota: % of goods loaded and unloaded
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Resto de Europa América del Norte
Asia Central Unión Europea Sevilla
•
Extremo Oriente
Norte de África
Oriente Próximo
África Subsahariana
América Central y del Sur
Oceanía
Antártida
Sevilla Port Connections between the Sevilla Port and the Rest of the World
India and Australia North Africa Middle East Sub-Saharan Africa North America Central and South America European Union Rest of Europe
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In the Straits of Gibraltar, the Port of Algeciras Bay, one of Europe’s largest and specializing in intercontinental container traffic, is about two hours away. There will be a direct connection with Sevilla, by highway.
Evolution of Goods Traffic Source: Sevilla Port Authority Note: Metric tons of loaded and unloaded goods
The future success of the Port of Sevilla is marked by an array of medium and long-term projects that foresee not only an increase in the traffic and number of customers that operate in the Port, but also by an ambitious plan to improve infrastructures. Important projects include the creation of a new sluice and the improvement of accessibility, as well as a significant increase in the area available for implementing new business and service activities. The transformation will be accompanied by the incorporation of some traditional port areas to the city of Sevilla. These areas will be integrated by way of an ambitious dockland project developing tertiary spaces in increasing potential business value.
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In style with the only high speed train line in Spain Undoubtedly, the railway system connected to Sevilla is one of Europe’s finest and most advanced. Since 1992, the Sevilla-Madrid high-speed line has been operating. This line was the first high-speed line to be built in Spain and it forms part of the European High-Speed Network. The high-speed train has made rail travel one of the most competitive transport methods. Currently, Sevilla is a 2.15-hour trip from Madrid. In the near future, high-speed trains will allow travel from Sevilla to Barcelona in four and a half hours.
‌Since 1992, the Sevilla-Madrid high-speed line has been operating.
High-speed transport is characterized by high performance in terms of comfort, timeliness, security, safety and quality service. Thus, it has been become the fundamental base for the growing number of business trips with an origin or destination in Sevilla (the Sevilla-Madrid high speed line handles about three million passengers annually). The Central Station of Santa Justa, located in the city’s urban core, has become one of the key passenger transport centers.
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Rail transport also daily serves passengers in the metropolitan area by connecting the city center with some of the main surrounding municipalitgies.
Passengers using RENFE railway service in the province of Sevilla Source: Andalusian Institute of Statistics. 2001 Andalusian Annual Report
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Evolution of the Transportation of Goods on Railway in Sevilla Source: Andalusian Institute of Statistics. 2001 Andalusian Annual Report
Tons
In the north of the city, in Majaravique, which is the metropolitan specialist in logistics, there are railway installations for merchandise trade. These include facilities for freight cars and containers. Also, there are connections with the Centro de Transporte de MercancĂas (Merchandise Transport Center) by highway, and also with the Sevilla Port and its industrial area.
Arrivals Departures Total
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Toll-Free Highway Network Sevilla has a complete system of highway infrastructures, which has converted the city into a principal node of road transport. A high degree of connectivity is ensured by a system of high-quality roads circulating in the city. Thus, Sevilla operates as a logistical center, and organizes important transport flows. This allows the distribution of a significant amount of traffic throughout a wide area of influence. As a node in Europe’s south, various thoroughfares of the European Highway Network connect Sevilla. Specifically, the city is connected to Madrid by the E-5, and with the regional urban centers: Huelva (E1), Cadiz (A4), and GranadaMalaga (A92). During the past few years, a profound modernization of the highway network has been carried out in the metropolitan area. The fundamental element is the ring road (SE 30) through which interurban transport flows are channeled, and where traffic originating in and destined to the city center are distributed. A special function of the SE-30 is its connection with the primary traffic generators in the metropolitan area: the airport, the Port, the Merchandise Transport Center and the large industrial parks.
Currently, new large-scale investment projects in the metropolitan road network continue to exist. The construction of the SE 40, a new ring road, is without a doubt, the most outstanding project, together with actions to improve connections within the metropolitan area. The SE-40 will be further out from the city center and will allow for the full organization of metropolitan economic space.
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The Centro de Transportes de MercancĂas (Center of Merchandise Transport), located to the east of the city, is connected by the ring road and railway. In addition, there are other installations that generate large amounts of cargo, which are connected to important road infrastructure, such as the port, airport and principal industrial zones. In the industrial zones, there are strategic transport installations like the Mercado Central Mayorista (Wholesale Central Market) of Sevilla and the logistical platforms for wholesale distribution of many chains and international commercial centers.
In order to transport passengers by road, Sevilla has two easily accessible central bus stations. These stations operate as nodes for the departure and arrival traffic as well as connections with many medium and long-distance lines in the nearby region, and in the rest of Spain.
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TRANSPORTATION CENTERS Logistic Activity Zone Bust Stations
Sevilla Port
HIGHWAY NETWORK Expressway Basic Highways Rural Roads Secondary Roads Se-40 (in project)
Sevilla Airport Santa Justa (AVE) High Speed Train Station Railway Station
RAILWAY NETWORK High Speed Train Standard Railway Line
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A metropolis also accessible from within In the last few years, the growth of Sevilla and its metropolitan area has caused a necessary reorganization of the systems and services dedicated to traffic and movement within the city limits and the greater metropolitan area. The public company Urban Transports of Sevilla (TUSSAM) provides city transport with a fleet of nearly 400 vehicles, moving about 100 million passengers annually.
Tackling the organization of transportation from the perspective of the entire metropolitan area has recently given rise to the creation of the Consorcio del Transporte (Transport Consortium) or Sevilla’s metropolitan area. At the same time, an Inter-modal Transportation Plan is being elaborated for the metropolitan area. The plan is an instrument through which all actions and necessary investments are being coordinated.
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Undoubtedly, the most important action is the construction of the subway in Sevilla. The first lines of the subway are under construction, while future lines are currently in the planning phase.
As an indispensable element for the organization of different transport systems, Sevilla uses Traffic Control Systems that include the most advanced technologies for the management of transport flows. These include flows both in accessing the city center as well as interior communications centers. Moreover, this is an industry with important development prospects. Specialized businesses from Sevilla are participating in the implementation of the complex devices that the modern organization of transport and mobility demand.
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Power and strength within reach Sevilla is the main energy consumer in southern Europe, both in domestic consumption as well as in the demand of the city’s industrial and service sectors. Sevilla is also at the center of various energy transportation routes. This means that the city enjoys one of the highest, most secure, and most diversified systems of energy supply. This large energy supply serves to meet the increasing demands of new productive industries.
In the first place, the network for natural gas transport has a central enclave in Sevilla. The gas pipeline that supplies the city and the metropolitan area originates at the Port of Huelva, where the re-gasification plant supplied by gas via trans-Mediterranean pipeline is located. In addition, this network connects to the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, which supplies gas to the Iberian Peninsula from the North of Africa through an underwater line passing through the Straits of Gibraltar.
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Power Infrastructure ¥ Villaverde delRío
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Burguillos
Guillena
Gerena Aznalcóllar
• Alcalá delRío
¥
La Rinconada
¥
La Algaba
¥ Carmona
¥ Santiponce Valencina de la Concepción
Albaida del Aljarafe
Olivares
¥
Espartinas Umbrete
Huévar Benacazón
¥
¥
Castilleja de Guzmán
Villanuevadel Ar iscal
Sanlúcar la Mayor
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Salteras
SEVILLA
Pilas
¥El Viso del Alcor
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Mairena del Alcor
¥ ¥ ¥
Gelves
Bollullos de laMitación
¥
Alc alá deGuadaira
Palomar es del Río Aznalcázar
¥
Almensilla
¥
Coria del Río
¥¥ Dos Hermanas
La Puebla del Río
¥
¥ POWER INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAY NETWORK Oil Duct
¥ ¥
Los Palacios y Villafranca
Utrera
¥ Gas Duct LosMolares
Electrical Lines
Expressway Basic Highway Network Rural Network
400 kilovolts
Isla Mayor
¥
220 kilovolts Less than 220 kilovolts Electrical Substation Hydro-electrical Power Plant
RAILWAY NETWORK High Speed Train Standard Railway Line
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Secondly, the network of electrical transport also has a primary node in Sevilla where several of the centers of the high-tension (400 KV) lines meet. Branching out from these centers, there is a broad distribution network for the whole of the metropolitan area, both in urban centers and in centers of industrial production. Also, in Sevilla, there are energy centers that control the transport and distribution networks in all of southern Europe. The pipeline between Huelva and Sevilla supplies petroleum products. This pipeline originates at the Huelva refinery and connects with the Rota-MorĂłn pipeline.
Electric Power Consumption in Metropolitan Sevilla
Megawatts/hour
With the storage and deposit facilities, the supply is completed both in the Port of Sevilla as well as at the International Airport of San Pablo to supply airplanes.
Source: CompaĂąĂa Sevillana de Electricidad (Power Company)
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Sevilla: Synonymous to Quality Living. A Place for Recreation and Business Contrary to what has happened with most developed cities, and in accordance with the style of Mediterranean cities, recreational and work areas are integrated together. There is no distinction between areas for services, commerce, or other areas and those that are dedicated to cultural activities or sports and of course, residential areas. Sevilla is blessed with an urban order based on the integration of uses and activities, in the mixture of areas for its citizens. Nevertheless, these elements do not interfere or disturb each other; one activity does not cancel out the others, nor does it force them away from the city to the outskirts.
This quality continues to make Sevilla an extremely attractive and city as a place to live and work. This is the basis of a unique but very evident concept: quality living conditions. It is interesting to note the two main, long-term planning processes that are closely linked to the aforementioned city model and that are currently being developed in Sevilla: the Strategic Plan Sevilla 2010 and the new Urban Plan. These plans are interlinked and complementary; they are two strategic, open and participative tools that work to define all future aspects of the city, based on two things: excellence and competitiveness; and urban sustainability. Thus, both Plans are obvious samples of guaranteed rationality and stability via consensus with all of the social and economic agents of Sevilla, and what is even more important, with the citizens of Sevilla.
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‌in keeping with the Mediterranean style of city,
recreational and work areas are integrated together.
New Productive Activities
LINKS OUTSIDE THE CITY Metropolitan SE-40 Traffic Sevilla SE-30 Traffic 1. North Node 2. South Node 3. Port 4. Airport 5. Transport Center for Highway Goods RAILWAY LINE
EXISTENT INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND FUTURE INDUSTRIAL ZONES OPPORTUNITY AREAS 1. Northern Logistics Zone 2. San Nicolas Area and Northern A-4 Highway Zone 3. Southern Airport Zone 4. Northern Area of the Alcala de Guadaira Industrial Zone
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Strategic Plan Sevilla 2010. Main Strategic Lines and Projects LINE 1: SEVILLA NODE TO PROMOTE HUMAN PROGRESS Large Programs 1.1.
Foreseen Investment (Millons €)
Projects
Sevilla Node between
1,200
East and West. 1.3.
Sevilla Cultural Factory.
1.5.
Increase internal mobility
Direct Employment
1.3.1.Develope Strategic Project Cultural Sevilla.
with priority on public transportation. 1.6.
Build a Metropolitan City.
1.5.4. Promote the construction of the Underground in Sevilla. 1.6.1. Create a Metropolitan Forum for the Concentration of Policies and Strategic Plans.
600,000
10.800
1,345
22
123,300
2.055
153,000
2.550
120,000
2.000
LINE 2: MODERNIZATION OF THE PRODUCTIVE BASE AND EMPLOYMENT 2.1.1. Renovate and create new business parks. 2.1.3. Turn the historic center into a 2.1.
Develope Sevilla into
neighborhood of knowledge.
a city of innovation and knowledge.
2.1.4. Create specific innovation, business and university area. 2.1.6. Develop the Networks of Innovation and Knowledge (RICO)
2.2.
Enlarge the industrial and financial bases of Metropolitan Sevilla.
2.3
Sevilla as an aeronautical city of Europe.
2.4
2.2.1. Establish a Metropolitan Industrial Agreement.
2.3.2. Build “Sevilla, Aeronautical Zone”.
Sevilla as an Atlantic and Mediterranean Logistics Center.
2.5.
Sevilla, European Urban Tourism Capital.
2.5.5. Integrated Tourism Management: Sevilla, host city for trade shows, conventions and cultural encounters.
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2,000
544,000
9.066
559,000
8.424
150,000
2.500
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INE 3: CITY OF BROTHERHOOD AND EQUAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 3.1.
Conceive Sevilla as a public site for encounters and exchange of knowledge.
3.1.3. Eliminar urban architectural barriers in ten years to make the city accessible to all its citizens.
3.2.
Make housing a citizens’ social right.
3.2.2. Build a huge, integrated project in “Polígono Sur”.
3.3.
Strengthen the teaching of ethnical habits such as democracy, tolerance and solidarity as an urban educational model.
3.3.3. Strengthen the city as a place for education and co-education.
3.6.
3.7.
Strengthen the commitment of the citizens with solidarity: generate social capital by supporting the existent social fabric and strengthen the idea of democratic associations. Strengthen local government based on its nearness to and participation of the citizens as the key to expand democracy at the local level and the effectiveness of the public services provided.
3.6.4. Establish a general project for city of social inclusion 3.6.4.a Sevilla, an inclusive city. 3.6.4.b Make the information society more democratic. 3.6.5. Consider what is “different” as “normal”: Approve the municipal plan for the handicapped.
3.7.4. Increase citizen participation..
5,409
90
72,000
1.200
2,200
36
18,000 1,500 2,500
42
1,000
LINE 4: SOSTAINABLE CITY WITH HIGH QUALITY ENVIRONMENT 4.1.
Conceive the water cycle in an integrated manner.
4.1.3. Strenghthen management and water saving measures.
4.3.
Use power effectively.
4.3.1. Promote the use of solar energy. 4.3.4. Increase the effectiveness of and reduce the cost of public streetlights. 4.3.5. Promote sustainable architecture.
195,000 7,300
540 35
16,000
1.000
4.4.
Conceive the city as a public space.
4.4.1. Public Space Plan.
236,000
3.900
4.5.
Permanently educate the citizens in environmental sustainability.
4.5.3. Use of public transportation, bicycles, walking.
32,000
467
4.6.
Reduce environmental pollution.
21,000
4.6.4. Develop and apply municipal laws on noise, vibrations and urban activities.
4,800
LINE 5: POLI-CENTRIC METROPOLITAN CITY EXPRESSED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS 5.3.
Neighborhoods and its basic programs 5.3.4 Create municipal administrative business centers and areas for creativity and entertainment, recreational and cultural activities. Total
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5.000
7,000
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3.180,594
49.851
New Productive Activities
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT REHABILITATION I
PARTIAL URBAN RENOVATION NTEGRAL URBAN RENOVATION
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An integrating and hospitable place Sevilla has an ancient integrating tradition of people disembarking from various regions and cultures from around the world. In fact, an important part of the image and history of the city are linked to communities from different origins, which, over the years, have integrated in the local life in full. In Sevilla, the very names of streets clearly prove this integration; names that back the presence of the Genoese, French and Germans have served as names for many streets. Today, that cosmopolitan tradition of Sevilla is even more alive, if possible, than ever and it is one of the city’s codes of identity.
In 1929, the celebration of the Iberian-American Fair meant the re-opening of the city towards the American world (apart from giving way to the expansion of the city as from a particularly attractive urban design). Sixty-three years later, the city once again hosted an even more important international event: the 1992 Universal Exposition. With this event, Sevilla fully recovered that air of an open and receiving city that generates innovation, as well as a place for the exchange of science and culture.
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The heritage from 1992 is not only visible in an extraordinarily modernized city but also in the extent of the urbanization and in the quality of its infrastructures. It is also visible in the citizen’s sensibility towards the world outside. This can also be seen in other aspects that have to do with daily life, with the ability and facilities offered by the city for the fast and easy integration of those people who transfer their professional or business activities. Thus, Sevilla has an educational system in which there are options of integrating school children from English, German or French speaking countries.
Various educational or cultural institutes from those cultural areas are present in the city. There are several prestigious cultural activity centers with extensive tradition in the literary and scientific life of the city. Additionally, there are diplomatic representations in Sevilla from a large number of the European Union countries and from a good number of South American countries also from North American and Canada.
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CONSULATESpecializada.
GERMANY
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
Avda. de la Palmera, 19-22. Edificio Winterthur. 41013 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 02 04. Fax: 954 23 95 52
Avda. de Moliní,2. Pabellón de Colombia. 41012 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 78 83. Fax: 954 23 59 30 E-mail: consulbi@arrakis.es
C/ Benito Más y Prats,7, Bajo dcha.41005 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 57 06 19. Fax: 954 57 11 92
AUSTRALIA
IVORY COAST
C/ Federico Rubio, 14. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 22 09 71. Fax. 954 21 11 45
Avda. Ramón y Cajal,68. 41005 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 92 14 15. Fax: 954 23 46 83
BELGIUM
COSTA RICA
C/ Bilbao,12, 1º. 41001 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 22 90 90. Fax: 954 22 87 33 E-mail: ebasa@bmfasociados.com
C/ San Fernando, 11. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 21 59 19. Fax: 954 21 69 32
BRAZIL C/ Francisco Carrión Mejías, 4. 41003 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 21 00 02. Fax: 954 21 57 47 E-mail: elisa.arenas@interbook.net
CHILE C/ La Rábida,3. Pabellón de Chile. 41013 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 12 93. Fax: 954 23 68 53
CUBA Avda. Blas Infante,8. Edificio Urbis, piso 8. 41011 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 41 77 06. Fax: 954 27 80 04 E-mail: consultadocuba@terra.es
DENMARK Avda. de la Palmera,19. Edificio Winterthur 2, 1º. 41013 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 29 68 19. Fax: 954 23 09 23 E-mail: sevmng@maersksealand.com
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EL SALVADOR C/ Diego de Riaño,5, 1º izda. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 98 70 57. Fax: 954 98 70 77 E-mail: cossio@softcom.es
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Paseo de las Delicias,7. 41012 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 18 85. Fax: 954 23 20 40 E-mail: sevilla@bitmailer.net
PHILIPPINES Avda. República Argentina, 27 B,1º. 41011 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 28 17 71. Fax: 954 99 02 32
FINLAND C/ Adriano, 45, 2º B. 41011 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 61 41 49. Fax: 954 62 60 04
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FRANCE
ICELAND
NETHERLANDS
Plaza de Sta. Cruz, 1. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 22 28 96. Fax: 954 22 72 40 E-mail: fslsev@arrakis.es Página web: www.ambafrance.es.fslt
C/ San Florencio, 4. Edificio Albero, 1º A. 41018 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 57 98 11. Fax: 954 57 88 38 E-mail: coronilconsul@teleline.es
C/ Placentines,1. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 22 87 50. Fax: 954 56 48 19
GREAT BRITAIN Apartado de correos 143. 41940 Tomares (Sevilla) Telephone: 954 15 50 18 E-mail: sevilla@ukinspain.com
GREECE Carretera de Carmona, 30. 41008 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 41 90 00. Fax: 954 53 12 29
HONDURAS Apartado de Correos, 23. 41800 Sanlúcar la Mayor (Sevilla) Telephone: 955 70 04 00. Fax: 955 70 03 75
IRELAND Plaza de Santa Cruz, 6, bajo A. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 21 63 61. Fax: 954 21 63 68 E-mail: iparias@santandersupernet.com
ITALY C/ Fabiola,10. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 22 85 76. Fax: 954 22 85 49 E-mail: italconsiviglia@eresmas.com
LUXEMBURG C/ Paraíso,1. 41010 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 28 48 21. Fax: 954 27 01 08
PERU Avda. de María Luisa, s/n. Pabellón de Perú. 41013 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 28 19. Fax: 954 23 79 25
PORTUGAL Avda. del Cid, 1. Pabellón de Portugal. 41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 23 11 50. Fax:954 23 60 13
SWEDEN
MOROCCO Camino de los Descubrimientos. Pabellón de la Naturaleza. Isla de la Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 46 72 67
C/ Santillana, 10..41004 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 21 65 28. Fax: 954 21 29 54 E-mail: rosasev@arrakis.es
URUGUAY
NORWAY C/ Virgen de Regla, 21, Bajo dcha. 41011 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 27 54 42. Fax: 954 28 44 26 E-mail: hugo1@eintec.es
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C/ Imagen, 3. 41003 Sevilla. Telephone: 954 21 59 21. Fax: 954 56 36 35
VENEZUELA Avda. de los Conquistadores, 22. 41007 Sevilla Telephone: 954 51 13 05. Fax: 954 57 08 49
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A privileged natural area
Geographically, Sevilla is on the Guadalquivir River, which crosses from north to south and eventually flows into the marshlands of the DoĂąana National Park, the largest wild nature reserve in Europe, Metropolitan Sevilla extends across plains cultivated with orange and olive groves, sunflowers and cotton fields, all fed from the river. The surroundidng hills have the advantage of high quality suburban residential areas such as Los Alcores and Aljarafe. Within the historical center of Sevilla, traditional residential areas exist alongside areas undergoing gentrification, squares and public spaces, tertiary areas and a commercial sector giving a strong personality and above all, great vitality, to this true epicenter of the whole metropolitan area.
‌a river plain that expands through a diversity of natural areas to offer a varied landscape.
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Climate conditions in the city of Sevilla are excellent with what the specialists call “climate and environmental comfort�, which responds to the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate: gentle warm temperatures,
high number of sunny days each year and the absence of any extreme meteorological phenomena. In general, the weather conditions of the city encourage an outdoor social life where the street becomes the main stage for activities, and, in many cases, the true protagonist of the numerous events that constitute the city’s festive activities.
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In turn, the green and open areas of the city offer at least two perspectives. On one hand, Sevilla has always been a city with well cared for streets, parks
Distributions of Atmospheric Emissions in Sevilla by Sectors Source Type
Origin Sector
Sulfur Dioxide
Total Nitrogen Oxides
Non-Methane
Mobile Sources
Urban & Highway
2,443.0
16,622.0
241.0
3,550.0
Methane
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrous Oxide
Total Particles
Ammonia
Lead
8,910.0
363.0
63,818.0
1,672.0
96.0
70.0
1,090.0
97.0
806.0
42.0
2,741.0
231.0
6.0
308.0
Volatile Organic Compounds
Transportation
Mobile Sources
Agriculture & Other Machinery
and squares where the trees and shrubs are an open invitation for strolling. Sevilla is also home to some of the most important European historical gardens (the Real Alcázar or María Luisa Park). In addition, in recent years, a new urban and metropolitan park network has been created. These areas include the Alamillo Park, or the actual course of the Guadalquivir River that forms part of an important project for the creation of a series of large interconnected green areas to form the “lung” of the metropolitan area.
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A city of internationally renown heritage If the city is founded on a natural and rich heritage with quality ecological value, the greatest urban attraction is constituted by the cultural heritage in its monuments and many forms of popular culture that define the true nature of Sevilla. The building heritage of the city is among the most important on the European continent.
Within this ample urban space, and in the immediate metropolitan surroundings, there are fine examples of quality buildings from various cultures that constitute the basis of modern Europe. Pre-Roman monuments, cities from the classic world (Italica, Orippo); constructions and city design typical of the Islamic world or of Islamic influence (the Giralda, Alcázar, Mudejar churches, medieval boroughs); the Gothic style of the Cathedral; renaissance churches and palaces; a multitude of Baroque buildings, constituting a style associated to the city’s image; Neoclassical and Romantic works; neo-regional and modern, already a decisive stamp in this century; architectural and engineering works, that entwine with the most renown contemporary movements (that reflect, for example, in recent constructions of the Parque Científico Tecnológico (Scientific and Technological Park), the new airport, the high speed railway station and the bridges over the Guadalquivir. Many of these products are from the end of the century impulse of Sevilla around the Universal Exposition of 1992.
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No less important are the different forms of popular culture that have continued throughout the urban history of Sevilla. Perhaps it is precisely these cultural forms that create the international image of the city. These aspects are expressed in the buildings and houses, in the traces of traditional trade or in the character of urban dwellings. The city has its own unique stamp and it is in the pattern of the social life where the idiosyncrasy of Sevilla is based. Easter and the April Fair are two world-class events in Sevillian life and world famous on the international tourist circuits.
…the historical center of Sevilla is one of the largest of continental Europe.
Sevilla has its own cultural tradition, and a gallery of important figures in European creativity in fields of art, literature and poetry or music have seen the light. Velázquez, Murillo, Zurbarán or Fernando de Herrera, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado, Luis Cernuda, and the Nobel Prize for Literature, Vicente Aleixandre, to mention just a few of the talents born, raised or professionally linked to Sevilla during their lifetime; they are all perfect examples of a cultural tradition that is justly characterized by the values of elegance and by its indelible stamp on the pattern of European cultural traditions.
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Sites of Interest Cantillana Villaverde delRío Burguillos
Brenes
Guillena
Gerena Aznalcóllar
Alcalá del Río
La Rinconada La Algaba
Albaida del Aljarafe Salteras
Carmona
Santiponce Valencina de la Concepción
Olivares Castilleja de Guzmán
Villanuevadel Ar iscal
Sanlúcar la Mayor
Espartinas
Gines
Umbrete
Bormujos
Huévar
Camas El Viso del Alcor Mairena del Alcor
San Juan Aznf.
Mairena del Aljarafe
Benacazón
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Castilleja de la Cuesta Tomares
Pilas
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Gelves
Bollullos de laMitación
Palomar es del Río Aznalcázar
Almensilla
Coria del Río
Dos Hermanas
La Puebla del Río
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Utrera Los Palacios y Villafranca
HIGHWAY NETWORK
Other Highways in the Basic Network
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From 5 to 10 Isla Mayor
Rural Roads Secondary Network
From 3 to 4 2 1 No elements
RAILWAY NETWORK High Speed Train Standard Railway Line
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High Level and Specialized Endowment For All The urban dimensions of the metropolitan area and its role as the capital of the Andalusian Autonomous Community have contributed to the concentration of high quality equipment and services covering the needs of the local population in many different fields (sanitary, education, cultural‌).
‌high quality equipment and services covering the needs of the local population, but designed with a regional perspective‌
These are designed for the whole region, not only for the local and visiting population. In the metropolitan area of Sevilla, there are three large hospital centers supported by other hospitals and private clinics.
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In the educational field, Sevilla has a historical University founded in the 16th century. The University of Sevilla has 16 faculties, 3 School for Higher Learning and 6 University colleges, teaching around 80,000 students. More recently, a second public university has been opened –the Pablo de Olavide Universit–y. It currently offers 5 Master’s degree courses, and 3 Bachelor degrees. In the near future a new private University, San Pablo CEU, a private university, will also be opened.
…services to cater to national and international guests In terms of housing, Sevilla is a city with the highest salary/dwelling ratio among any of the major urban areas of Spain. The price of a new home has increased in the last few years at a rate of 9.4% per year, a figure that is lower than the national average (12.5%).
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A Place for World Class Activities Sevilla has specialized and achieved world-class levels in terms of urban functions. The amenities and facilities available in Sevilla have reinforced its place as a major player in the scientific, cultural, and sports worlds with other European cities. The city’s cultural agenda covers an ample spectrum that offers a wide variety of possibilities.
With a splendid collection of paintings and sculptures, the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum) hosts works from the 16th and 17th century. It was at this time when Sevilla was the main artistic focal point in Spain, with its own creative school (artists like ZurbarĂĄn, VelĂĄzquez, Cano and Murillo lived or worked here) to become a point of reference for collections and works of art. This Sevillian museum is considered one of the best European art galleries.
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Other museums in Sevilla are also of special interest such as the Archeological museum, Artes y Costumbres Populares (Arts and Popular Tradition), the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art) or monumental precincts of a worldwide fame like the Real Alcázar, the Cathedral or the Monasterio de la Cartuja (Cartuja Monastery). In the same way, around Sevilla, there is a wealth of historical heritage such as the Roman city of Italica or the necropolis in Carmona. The Universal Exposition of 1992 generated the construction of the many diverse theatric elements on offer in the city. New theatres and auditoriums opened the way for the city to host all types of performances. In this sense, the consolidation of an international opera season at the Teatro de la Maestranza (Theatre) and year round musical programs are particularly outstanding. An important aspect of the city’s cultural personality has been its role as the protagonist and scenario for various universally famous operas (Carmen, The Barber of Sevilla, Don Juan, Fidelio...). Within the world of the arts, the annual Festival de Danza de Italica (Italica Dance Festival) or the world renowned Bienal de Arte Flamenco (Flamenco Art) are of special importance. Apart from the cultural activities, sports and leisure facilities constitute one of the city’s distinguishing features. The work toward becoming a candidate for the Olympic Games has had a notable influence on the construction of sports facilities: the new Athletics Stadiumis one of the most important recent developments.
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In the last three years, Sevilla has organized the European Swimming Championships, the World Athletics Championships, the World Rowing Championships and the World Corporate Games. In the Guadalquivir River, considered one of the best natural channels for practicing rowing, is the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo de Remo y Pirag端ismo (High Performance Sports and Rowing Center). Leisure and recreational facilities in the city and its metropolitan surrounding area are numerous. Isla Magica is one largest theme parks in the region and the only one located within a city.
Sevilla has become a major convention and congress location. the development of business tourism is especially attractive with the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla (Convention Center) as an important center on both a national and international scale. These public infrastructures are complemented by excellent hotel accommodation providing high quality facilities for annual convention and congress programs.
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Contacts Sevilla Investment Service.
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IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
Agencies for Economic Development: AYUNTAMIENTO DE SEVILLA SEVILLA GLOBAL Pabellón de Italia, 3ª planta c/ Isaac Newton, s/n Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla Telephone: 954 467 555 Fax: 954 467 558 info@sevillaglobal.es www.sevillaglobal.es INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO DE ANDALUCÍA (IFA) JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA c/Torneo, 26 41002 Sevilla Telephone : 955 030 700 Fax: 955 030 780 www.ifa.es
Scientific and Technological Park: CARTUJA´93 Pabellón de Italia, 6ª planta c/ Isaac Newton, s/n Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla Telephone : 955 039 600 Fax: 955 039 615 c93@cartuja93.es
Private Sector: CÁMARA OFICIAL DE COMERCIO INDUSTRIA Y NAVEGACIÓN DE SEVILLA Plaza de la Contratación, 8 41004 Sevilla Telephone : 954 211 005 Fax: 954 225 619 ccin@camaradesevilla.com www.camaradesevilla.com
CEA/CES Pabellón CEA Centro de Servicios Empresariales Isla de la Cartuja, s/n 41092 Sevilla Telephone: 954 460 001 Fax: 954 488 910 www.cea.es WORLD TRADE CENTER c/Inca Garcilaso, s/n Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla Telephone: 954 488 222 Fax: 954 462 173 www.wtc.es
Major Infrastructures: AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE SEVILLA Av de Moliní, 6 41012 Sevilla Telephone : 954 247 300 Fax: 954 247 333 www.apsevilla.es
AEROPUERTO DE SEVILLA Ctra. Nacional, IV, Madrid-Cádiz Km. 532 41020 Sevilla Telephone : 954 449 002 Fax: 954 449 025 www.aena.es RENFE Estación de Santa Justa Av Kansas City, s/n 41007 Sevilla Telephone : 902 240 202 Internacional Telephone: 934 901 122 www.renfe.es FIBES Feria Iberoamericana de Sevilla Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos Av Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, s/n 41020 Sevilla Telephone: 954 478 700 Fax: 955 153 637 www.fibes.es CENTRO DE TRANSPORTE DE MERCANCÍAS DE SEVILLA (CTMS) Autovía A-92, Km. 0 41006 Sevilla Telephone: 955 120 020 Fax: 954 252 966 www.ctms.es
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Sevilla Global, the Urban Agency for Economic Development, has recently launched a wide range of diverse investment services under its own trademark. It has also designed a complete Strategy for the External promotion of Sevilla and its metropolitan area. It is known as SIS (Sevilla Investment Services). In general terms, the services offered by SIS are based around two offers:
• On-line Services through the current digital platforms, comprising information of fundamental interest to potential investors. (See: www.sevillaglobal.es ) • Off-line Services, providing visual information to qualified personnel and detailing the different phases in the investment process in Sevilla: decision-making, site establishment and continuity.
The team of SIS (Global Sevilla personnel and associated consultants) offers, amongst other services, the following: to accompany the potential investors in their initial exploratory research (for information and investigation of Sevilla and its metropolitan area) and to be available to give advice at any time, up until their investment has been realized.
SIS Services for Investment in Sevilla
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Real Estate Agencies Bilingual Schools
off-line catalogue
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TEAM
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