MURCIA. brand ‘Invest in Murcia‘, launched by the Info Investment Capture department, has won awards in the United States in the category ‘Promotion of investment in energy technologies’.

The awards ceremony was the culmination of a three-day event aimed at connecting companies with potential partners, facilitating networking opportunities and fostering strategic alliances to drive global growth.

The event, which brought together 300 business leaders and 35 local development institutions from around the world, was organized by International Trade Council (ITC International Trade Council) and this year it was held in Providence (Rhode Island, USA), in collaboration with that state’s department of commerce.

Business Counselor, Luis Alberto Marin, He recalled that “one of the first objectives of the regional government was to implement a strategy to capitalize on the undoubted attraction we have for foreign investors, as a space of economic freedom, with a leading edge in reducing bureaucracy and fiscal moderation.” This attractiveness is reflected in foreign investment data for the first half of the year, which reveals, for example, that investment from the United States has reached 354 million euros this year, “which allows us to take the lead in Spain as a North American country. investment growth in the first semester of 2023,” he added.

Likewise, Marín revealed that at the meeting “a relationship was established with four companies, two American, one from England and one from Poland, which are evaluating our Region for future investments and business projects.”

In this meeting, the company has the opportunity to do this present your project to the government and heads of investment institutions and development in more than 30 countries. Additionally, many bilateral meetings are held and the brand participates in multilateral trade and investment programs, designed to support international expansion efforts.

Info participated as a judge in two rounds of business presentations and a roundtable on regional collaboration to build synergies that drive development. Info is the only Spanish development agency recognized in the ‘Go Global Awards 2023’.

The Ministry of Business, Economy and Finance through Info has a Investment Capture Plan 2023-2024 endowed with 2,585,000 euros. The plan includes a series of actions and initiatives aimed at attracting the attention of foreign investors so that they develop and implement their business projects in the Murcia Region. The goals of this new plan, during its two years in effect, are: worked on about 115 investment projects and tried to confirm about 65 investments.