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House explained the fiscal management of the municipalities in Spain
The purpose of city government is to ensure the best possible quality of life for citizens.
This was revealed today by the Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, in the lecture that he delivered at the Sustainability Course Cities: Models for better management and planning which takes place this week in Santander.
Nearly fifty experts are analyzing the best models for the sustainable management and planning of cities, at a meeting sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the framework of its initiatives Emerging Sustainable Cities Programme (ICES) , Santander City Council and the University of Cantabria.
Speakers Course institutional, business and research institutes in many countries have representatives.
Camera participation has occurred in the area of ​​fiscal management in the municipalities of Spain and its evolution in recent years.
With him also involved the mayors of Badajoz, Francisco Javier Fragoso, and Valledupar (Colombia).
The Mayor referred to the configuration of the municipalities as one of the cornerstones in the development of the welfare state because of its proximity to citizens, for which you need to have the means to carry out the functions that the law will attributes and develop within a context defined by four variables, territory, population, organization and legal framework.
The local government is mainly characterized by the diversity of its municipalities, depending on their size, their economic activity or geographical location, reminded House, who also alluded to the economic crisis, which in recent years has conditioned local management, in which mechanisms of budgetary discipline and financial sustainability were introduced.
In any case, the core funding of cities comes by way of own revenue, said the Mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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