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Benidorm will opt for new calls to deploy its DUSI strategy

22 May 2017
Benidorm optará a nuevas convocatorias para desplegar su estrategia DUSI

It is one of the 31 cities in the Community that has not achieved the European funds processed by the Ministry of Finance

Benidorm will opt for future calls for new European funds to be able to deploy its Sustainable Urban Development and Integration Strategy (EDUSI) after its proposal, which included actions valued at € 23.7 million to be made before 31 December 2023 and aimed at Improve the quality of life of citizens, has not been selected.

According to the Official State Gazette (BOE), Benidorm is one of the 31 towns in the Region of Valencia that has not passed the score scale. With regard to the five selected municipalities, all of them accumulated experience having participated in previous calls, processed through the Ministry of Finance and Public Service.

The mayor, Toni Pérez, stressed that EDUSI "is a city strategy, elaborated from a rigorous analysis on the current and future needs of Benidorm, for which there has been a citizen participation process that has improved the document and With which all the political groups of the corporation agreed and we compromised. " "So," he added, "we're not going to give it up," he said.

The actions included in the EDUSI are related to improving the quality and access to information technologies (ICT), reducing CO2 emissions, protecting the environment and resource efficiency, as well as combating inequality And poverty by promoting inclusion policies.

The zone of action of the same is the axis Beniardá-Jaime I, which includes the upper part of the Colonia Madrid, as well as the area of ​​Els Tolls neighborhood closest to the bullring, and the setting of Jaime I with special Influence in the sphere of influence of Alfredo Corral. The document is completed with a peri-urban area that encompasses all natural environments of the ravines, the entire area parallel to the TRAM line, the existing parks "and also two large green areas: El Moralet and the forest next to the Roundabout of the Séquia Mare. However, the EDUSI must subsequently impregnate the whole city.

Of the 23.7 million euros from EDUSI, this call for 10 million ERDF funds was sought. Another 12.2 million should be provided by the City Council until 2020 and the remaining 1.4 would come from other administrations.

Pérez has indicated that the EDUSI is "a dynamic project, and consequently for future actions we must adapt it to the changes or advances that have been made", for example in areas such as the configuration of the park of the Sequia Mare. Although there is no official date for the next call, everything indicates that it will not be delayed much and that it could even be before the end of the year.