The mayor Pablo Javkin participates this Friday 2 and Saturday, May 3 of the Meeting of the Federal Council of Mayors (Cofein) which takes place in San Miguel de Tucumán with the presence of chiefs of government of capital cities and of greater relevance of the different provinces of the country.
For its themes and characteristics, the articulation forum among the leaders of the main Argentine cities It is continuity of the meeting that took Problems linked to transport and public works.
During the present meeting of Cofein in Tucumán, exhibitions and exchanges revolve around “Tax and income, federalism, co -participation, municipal functions, international financing With credit agencies for size and municipal autonomy”, According to the mayor.
“We are the provincial capital cities and large cities in the interior of the country. It is a multiparty network in which we summon ourselves to work on the issues that make our cities and our local efforts, which is where much of the concrete actions of the state in Argentina are supported, ”said the mayor.
During the encounter with their peers there were Large consensus regarding the claim that Javkin has been promoting on the need for a redesign of fiscal policies For the interior of the country. In that sense, the mayor insisted on demand that the resources that arise from the interior return to the cities to face the expenses and investments in works, health and transport.
Javkin renewed the arguments in search of a more equitable scheme In federal terms, highlighting that national investment cannot only concentrate on the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), while The local interior governments see their resources more and more reduced.
Meanwhile, he advocated a New co -participation regime that works “from the bottom up” and not as the current one that distributes the resources from top to bottom. “That is what federal countries do in the world when they have stability and fiscal surplus,” he argued in line with the growing concern among mayors throughout the country about the allocation of national resources and the equity of the economic adjustment implemented from the national state.
During the meeting, Javkin participated in the panel “Effectiveness of admission and public spending”, destined to “Explore strategies to improve the collection of own resources, Increase the efficiency of public spending and strengthen municipal financial management as a key tool for local development ”.
The panel counted among the exhibitors to Silvio Bellomio, a specialist in taxation and master’s degree in public policies; Pablo Antonetti, Secretary of Economics of the municipality of Río Cuarto and, together with Javkin, his resistance peers, Abelardo Nikisch Roy, and Salta, Emiliano Durand. As a moderator, Marcelo Albaca Petersen, General Accountant of the municipality of San Miguel de Tucumán.
Within that framework, the mayor commented on Rosario’s experience developed throughout his management in terms of fiscal responsibility and the consequent possibility of accessing the capital market as a source of financing to enhance public works and improvements in urban infrastructure.
The opening of the Cofein meeting was in charge of the governor of the province of Tucumán, Osvaldo Jaldo, and the host mayor, Rossana Chahla.
After panel 1 in which Javkin presented, analogous chapters on “legal and legal aspects of municipal autonomy”, and “citizen participation: good practices”, a space to dialogue on “management models that put citizens in the center of public decisions”.
On Saturday, at the close of the meeting, the signing of the federal minutes of the Cofein member cities, A network constituted on the basis that “local governments are the first line of contact with citizens.”
“Faced with challenging economic, social and institutional contexts such as those lived by Argentina, municipalities need to strengthen their management, autonomy and articulation capabilities to provide answers,” he said in the call to the meeting held in San Miguel de Tucumán.
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