President Fernando Clavijo and Vice President Manuel Domínguez also commit to reducing administrative bureaucracy for entrepreneurs by 30%
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, and the vice president and Minister of Economy, Manuel Domínguez, have conveyed today to the president of the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), Lorenzo Amor, the Government's “full support” to the more than 139.000 entrepreneurs of the archipelago. This support will translate into the implementation, as of January 1, 2024, of the zero quota for new self-employed workers.
After the meeting held with the national and Canarian representatives of ATA, Clavijo and Domínguez have also announced a 30% reduction in the administrative procedures of the Autonomous Community that affect the self-employed and the time it takes to complete them, a measure that will save costs to the collective.
The objective of this package of specific measures, as highlighted by the president of the Canary Islands, is to put the self-employed "at the center of the economic policy" of the regional government, because "they are the ones who generate employment and lift the gate every day." “A cumbersome administration distances citizens from public service and for entrepreneurs it represents a waste of time and money,” stressed Fernando Clavijo, after emphasizing the Executive's commitment to “reduce bureaucracy.”
Along the same lines, the vice president and counselor of Economy, Industry, Commerce and the Self-Employed, explained that it is the entrepreneurs “who support the economy” of the Canary Islands, so the Government will focus on “working for them.”
Manuel Domínguez recalls that the zero quota for the self-employed is a commitment included in the Executive's program, but it will have to wait until January 1 of next year due to budget uncertainty. “We want it to be a structural measure, for the entire legislature, so we have to look closely at the cost and apply it in the new budgets,” he indicated.
