Transcript Economic Development Agency of La Rioja

INTERREG III C PROJECT
WEST ZONE
FUTURREG
Futures for Regional Development
Kick-off Meeting
CARDIFF WALES
19 September 2005
INDEX
The Region of La Rioja
La Rioja Economic Development Agency
Futurreg project, La Rioja and REDA
The Region
La Rioja is a small
Autonomous
Community, strategically
located in the centre–
north of Spain (in the
middle of the Ebro
Valley), close to the
main city capitals such
as Bilbao, Barcelona
and Madrid, and other
major
cities,
like
Zaragoza,
Santander
Valladolid and Burgos.
The Region
La Rioja, is considered to be
the cradle of the spanish
language, crossed by the
pilgrims` route of Compostela,
wordly known as the “Camino
of Santiago”, which owns a lot
of interesting places to visit.
The Region
La Rioja has a total surface area of
5,045 km² and a population of 260,000.
Its main city, Logroño, accounts for
125,000 of this population.
It ranks 20th among European regions
in terms of the highest percentage of
economic activity devoted to the
industrial sector. La Rioja enjoys one of
the highest GDP and value exported
ratios per capita in Spain. The
unemployment rate of 6.9% is, on the
other hand, one of the lowest in Spain.
The Region
Economic
activity
is
concentrated mainly on
the lightweight metal
industry,
agro-food,
shoes
and
furniture
manufacturing, which are
the main sources of
income.
The agro-food sector is particularly important, most of which
is linked to wine production which has been renowned for its
quality and prestige for over a century.
REDA
La Rioja Economic Development Agency (REDA), is a public
organisation run by La Rioja Government's Ministry of Agriculture and
Economic Development, which aims is to implement the policy of
economic-industrial promotion especially in the field of SMEs.
REDA is an organisation that works for the consolidation and promotion
of local business and the textile industry of this Autonomous Region,
with the aim to place them beside the most developed regions in
Europe.
Our objective is to foster the regional economic development,
promoting the consolidation and creation of new companies in La
Rioja and bring prosperity to local enterprises.
REDA
REDA`s principal objectives are:
 Consolidation of local business-production and improvement of
productive regional capacity.
 Promotion of technological innovation in SME’s and advice on patents
and trade marks.
 Promotion of entrepreneurship.
 Encouraging companies to participate in European projects and
networks.
 Support different business initiatives
 Foster trade activities in La Rioja.
 Boosting of business design.
 Internationalisation of regional SMEs.
REDA
The
activities
of
La
Rioja
Economic
Development Agency are targeted to local
entrepreneurs in order to promote the
entrepreneurship in La Rioja.
REDA coordinates and provides economic and
institutional support for innovation in business,
playing
a
important
role
in
enabling
development and technology transfer and acting
as a link between business and research
organisations.
REDA
Main Services of REDA
 SME’s Self-diagnostic
 Business directory (General information about enterprises from La
Rioja)
 Internationalization services (information and advice)
 Business information
 Strategic planning about the main economic sectors
 Red CENEO (Innovation Relay Centre)
FUTURREG
Main Objectives of REDA, the regional Agency of La Rioja on
FUTURREG Project:
to improve the effectiveness of policies and
instruments for regional development and cohesion
in La Rioja
to exchange and share experience among
Futurreg regional partners with the aim to create a
European Future network
FUTURREG
REDA Global expectations about FUTURREG projects:
- to foster Regional Futures and foresight capacity in La
Rioja, which allows a systematic participatory future
intelligence, and gather a medium-to-long-term visions and
joint actions.
- to build up REDA personnels skills in the use of future toolkit as an extra instrument to increase the competitiveness
of the SMEs in La Rioja
Contact reference of REDA:
Calle Muro de la Mata No. 14-15, Logroño (La Rioja)
SPAIN.
Telephone:+34 941 291500
Fax: +34 941 291543
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ader.es