Spain, May 08, 2013 - The Minister of Employment and the Economy of Castilla-La Mancha, Carmen Home, said that the government led by Maria Dolores Cospedal "remains committed to this Legislature, which is and remains job creation."

"We are making an enormous work to do. For example, from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy this year we will invest over 95 million euros, to achieve the final recovery of both the economy and employment, "he explained.

In this regard, said that "within this section of employment policy, we have set up a Standing Committee for Investment and Employment Creation, in which representatives from all levels of government." In his view, this occurs because "employment all have something to say and a lot to contribute."

Therefore, he stressed that "all the councils have direct responsibility and we have to analyze how they are developing our policies, how we are creating jobs and what we should be adjusted to be more effective and reach citizens of Castilla La Mancha."

Recent positive data on who is offering the National Statistical Institute of Castilla-La Mancha in regard to economic regeneration, Casero said that "there are signs that begin to reflect a very slight change in trend."

April Unemployment Down
During an interview on "Castilla-La Mancha awake", Home has highlighted the decline in the number of unemployed last month at 6,022 people, the best month of April of the last decade, "lead us to believe that the steps we have taken are beginning to bear fruit. "

In addition, he described as "equally positive" many other indicators that, in his opinion, need to know the citizens, as the reduction of unemployment that month in all sectors and in all regions, or data of young children 25 years have improved with unemployment situation respect to last year, just as in the construction, or has slowed in more than 10 percent year on year in the last six months. "These data are encouraging to continue working on the same line in the same direction and with the same enthusiasm to create jobs in this region," he emphasized Home.

Within this series of positive statistics, the Minister of Employment and the Economy has also referred to the increase by 16 percent the number of exporting companies, the billing record numbers, with an increase of 9 percent compared to last year -, the fact that Castilla-La Mancha is the second region of the country commercial companies, an increase in the last month of 17.8 percent, for a total of 4,822 since the beginning of the legislature; or reduction of companies have to close their doors, being the second in Spain with the best results in this chapter, or the growth of business confidence index, to be the third nationally.

Finally, Casero also referred to measures being carried out by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha to improve the competitiveness of the commercial and tourism sector, as two of the cornerstones to create jobs in our region.

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