Fundacin Comunidad Valenciana Regin Europea

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Valencian Region Some initiatives of land
planning and construction as a tool for
competitiveness and sustainability
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
Investment in the Baltic Metropolitan
Regions Workshop 1 The Practical Experience of
Investment Attraction and Perspectives in Real
Estate and Construction Juan Manuel Revuelta
Pérez General Director of the Delegation of the
Region of Valencia in Brussels
revuelta_jua_at_gva.es Riga, 24-25 August 2006
Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región
Europea Delegación de la Comunidad Valenciana en
Bruselas
www.uegva.info
Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región Europea
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El pro qué de la Prevención del Medio Ambiente
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WORKING ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREE TIPS
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A performant legal and administrative framework
is a key factor for urban sustainability and
competitive growth. Innovative practices in
construction provide solutions and create
jobs. European partnerships do give an added
value.
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Outline of the presentation

• Valencian Region Facts and figures of growth and
  sustainability.
• European partnerships as an instrument for added
  value
• 2.1. The Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región
  Europea, an example of Public Private Partnership
• 2.2. European partnerships 193 new consortia.
• Practices of urban planning and use of natural
  resources Legal instruments for sustainable
  growth.
• Examples of European projects for competitiveness.

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1.- VALENCIAN REGION

• ? With 4,692,499 inhabitants, the population of
  the region accounts for 10.5 of the total
  Spanish population
• Valencia is the third largest city in Spain
• Valencian is the language of the Valencian Region
  and is one of our most precious legacies.
  Valencian is one of the co-official languages of
  Spain together with Galician, Catalan and Basque.

The Region of Valencia is located on the
Mediterranean coast of Spain and is part of the
so-called Mediterranean Arch, an axis which has
experienced one of the fastest economic growth
rates in the European Union
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• 1 VALENCIAN REGION
• 20 YEARS MANAGING EUROPEAN FUNDS

1994 / 1999
2000 / 2006
1.040 M ecus
2.744 M
ERDF 607M, ESF 310M, Agriculture funds 123M
ERDF 2.055M, ESF 476M, Agriculture funds
212M
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• 2.- VALENCIAN REGION
• 20 YEARS MANAGING EUROPEAN FUNDS

ENVIRONMENT AND HYDRIC RESOURCES
TRANSPORT AND ENERGY NETWORKS
COMPETITIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVE FABRIC IMPROVEMENT
KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (Innovation, ID, INFSO)
LOCAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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1.3.- VALENCIAN REGION, SOME FACTS
Source 2005 - 2006 Valencian Statistical
Institute and Ministry of Economy
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1.4.- VALENCIAN REGION LAND PLANNING FIGURES

• Region of Valencia
• Built surface per inhabitant ? 216 m2/hab
• Total amount of urbanized territory ? 39.
• European average
• Built surface per inhabitant ? 300 m2/hab
• Total amount of urbanized territory ? 412
• Other major European countries
• Belgium ? 205 (609 m2/hab)
• France ? 496 (457 m2/hab)
• Germany ? 82 (356 m2/hab)
• UK ? 75 (303 m2/hab).

Port Saplaya www.icv.gva.es
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1.5.- VALENCIAN REGION WATER FIGURES
Barrage of Tous www.icv.gva.es

• 370.000.000 m3 of sewage waters were treated in
  the Region of Valencia in 2005.
• 270.000.000 m3 of sewage waters treated in 2005
  were recycled.
• An average of 713 of consumed water was
  recycled.
• Uses of recycled water
• Agriculture
• Gardening
• City cleaning operations
• Others

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2.- EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIPSAN INSTRUMENT FOR
ADDED VALUE
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2.- VALENCIAN REGIONAL DELEGATION IN BRUSSELS

• The Valencian Regional Office in Brussels is
  part of the Regional Ministry for Cooperation and
  Participation which depends on the Presidency of
  the Valencian Region.
• The Delegation aims to disseminate the image of
  the Valencian Region in Brussels through region
  marketing, as well as to promote the training to
  the young of the Valencian Region by means of the
  promotion of public programs and private grants.
• Main Objective
• Represents, defend and promotes the Valencian
  Region interest before the European Union. In
  order to achieve this goals the Delegation works
  closely with the different European institutions,
  the Spanish Permanent Representation before the
  EU, the Regional Offices and other permanent
  representations of other European Members.

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The Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región
Europea A tool for public-private partnership to
achieve Lisbon goals Public Partner
Partnership, European consortia, Interregional
cooperation, Regional marketing and FDIs,
Innovation-Technology transfer
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2.- Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región
Europea

• The Fundación Comunidad Valenciana Región
  Europea, created in November 2003, is a
  non-profit organization, based at the Valencian
  Regional Office in Brussels. The Foundation bases
  its work on the strategically tool Public
  Private Partnership. www.uegva.info
• The Foundation was created with the purpose of
  helping the civil society in the transitional
  participation on European funding as the
  Valencian Region will be entering Competitiveness
  Objective into 2007.
• This entity facilitates the participation of the
  Valencian civil society, industrial groups,
  chambers of commerce, financial institutions,
  local development agencies, educational
  organizations (research and development
  institutions), and other stakeholders in European
  policies and projects.

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2.- Public Private Partnership

• Public Private Partnership, the tool of the
  Fundación Comunidad Valenciana - Región Europea
  to promote and provide European service to social
  and economic bodies in our region.
• In 1999, the first policy on PPP was approved to
  develop innovation projects on the framework of
  the urban management by means of the research of
  new technologies solutions VALENCIA INNOVA. A
  tool for funding. www.valenciainnova.info
• The Valencian Government has identified PPP as a
  priority and collaborates with the Foundation on
  the expenses location, infrastructure
• 12 of operational expenses are financed by the
  Valencian Government
• 48 other entities support Intercitrus, IMPIVA,
  FEPORTS, Saving Banks Association, Feria
  Valencia, Feria de Alicante
• 40 Self financing European projects,
  allowance, services to third parties

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2. - European consortia - 193 new consortia

• The Foundation promotes European projects and
  contributes to their success through an efficient
  inter-regional cooperation. Therefore the
  Foundation stands as a tool for the consortium
  partner search, alert service, project advise and
  specialist in project communication.
  www.uegva.info
• In addition, the Foundation organizes Information
  Days in other European regions on how to
  participate in European Projects consortiums
  (Malta, Greece and Hungary).
• Since the Foundation was created, collaboration
  with the European regions has increased a total
  of 193 new consortiums have been promoted. The
  Valencian Region has obtained 41 of the
  LIFE-Environment funds allocated to Spain in 2004
  and every third Spanish project has been approved
  in the Valencian Region in 2005, the second
  consecutive year of the leadership of Valencian
  Region in LIFE-Environment projects.

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European projects with the involvement of the
FCVRE
Number of submitted projects 193 Number of
approved projects 27 Budget of approved projects
51.1 M Projects under evaluation90 projects
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European Platform for INTER-REGIONAL COOPERATION
www.uegva.info
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2.- Convergence towards the Competitiveness
Objective
Interregional political cooperation based on
consortia of projects financed by the EU

• NATURAL EFFECT REGIONS - In 2004 the Valencian
  Region created the Natural Effect Regions
  Network, regions that will become part of the
  Competitiveness Objective on 2007, with a view to
  facilitating a smooth transition into the
  Objective Competitiveness.
• LISBON REGIONS NETWORK The network has
  undertaken different
• activities related to the Lisbons aims in
  order to increase the influence of the regional
  and local level in the implementation of the
  Lisbon Strategy. (María Muñoz institutions_at_uegva.i
  nfo)
• EUROPEAN PROJECT NETWORK - Represents a
  discussion forum for new ideas on European
  projects and policies. (Begoña Morton
  sme_at_uegva.info)
• WATEREGIO - A channel for the exchange of ideas,
  experiences
• and good practices in water management and
  optimization of water resources. (Alfonso
  Alcolea water_at_uegva.info)

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Valencian Regional Office - Natural Effect
Regions with Ms. Hübner, European Commissioner
of Regional Policy
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FROM LISBON REGIONS NETWORK TO EUROPEAN PROJECTS
NETWORK
Working meeting of the European Projects Network
hosted by the Valencian Regional Delegation
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2.- European Projects Network

• In accordance with the PPP strategy, the
  Valencian Regional Delegation together with other
  regional offices decided to create the European
  Projects Network to link public and private
  sectors from the different regions.
• The Network is constituted by 7 regional
  representatives Chamber of Commerce of
  Birmingham (West Midlands Region) Emilia
  Romagna Regional Office ZDH (German
  Confederation of Skilled Craft and Small
  Businesses) Chamber of Commerce and handmade
  enterprises of the Czech Representation of
  Enterprises Foundation Comunidad Valenciana
  Región Europea Houses of Dutch Provinces
  Zeeland, Noord-Brabant y Limburg and the Chamber
  of Commerce of Slovenia.
• EPN represents a discussion forum for new ideas
  on European projects and policies and is also a
  tool to transmit information collected from
  European institutions

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2.- Inter-regional political cooperation based on
European consortia - Wateregio

• A channel for the exchange of ideas, experiences
  and good practices in water management and
  optimisation of water resources. Wateregio has
  set up a methodology of identification of
  proposals and partner searches in common
  EU-financed projects related to water.
• Who are the members?
• Murcia Delegation in Brussels Balearic Islands
  Delegation in Brussels Valencian Region Istria
  Delegation in Brussels (Croatia) Central
  Macedonia (Greece) Sardaigne (IT) Veneto (IT)
  Lazio (IT) Friuli-Venezia Giulia (IT) and has
  the support and collaboration of the Committee of
  the Inter-Mediterranean of the Conference of
  Peripheral Maritime Regions.
• HOW?
• Communication tools.
• Brussels-based (or centrally-based) entities.
• Gathering and sharing information

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2.- Innovation Technology transfer

• More than 1,000M by year of public investment
  on RDi policies. The Government is
  strengthening the policies on research and
  innovation with the aim of contributing to the
  approach of the public and private sector and to
  create the right environment (financial,
  legislative and training) for entrepreneurs.
• The Foundation Comunidad Valenciana Región
  Europea works as a platform to promote technology
  transfer. One of the most consolidate tool is our
  weekly publication that reach all the Valencian
  stakeholders Enterprise and Innovation European
  News
• This policy is aiming the development of regional
  economy. The Valencian Government has created a
  large infrastructure to promote RD and
  Innovation. The main goal is to export the
  technology from our research institutes as well
  as to import new technology and best practices on
  industrial technology from other entities. The
  Foundation is therefore willing to collaborate
  with the different European actors.

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2.- Innovation Policy in the Valencia Region

• The Generalitat Valenciana has implemented
  actions as
• Enterprise and Innovation
• REDIT Technological Institutes Network
  (www.redit.es)
• IMPIVA Valencian SMEs Institute-
  Competitiveness Plans for Valencian
  (www.impiva.es)
• Enterprises Europe INNOVA 2006
• CEEI European Innovation Centres for
  Enterprises (www.cenemes.es)
• IVEX Export Valencian Institute (www.ivex.es)
• SEPIVA (www.sepiva.es)
• Quality Valencian Fondation        
• University Technology Transfer
• Scientific Parks Network-NOEMI programme New
  Enterprise Opportunities through Research
• RUVID - University Institutes, Educational
  Centres and RD Centres (www.ruvid.es)
• Future Opportunities
• CREO Strategic Thinking of Innovation
  Opportunities Centres Network

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Europe INNOVA 2006
Re-Innovating Europe Challenges for industrial
clusters and entrepreneurial enterprises
Valencia, 26-28 November, 2006
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Europe INNOVA Objectives

• Main theme
• How to innovate by building upon existing
  industrial strengths and entrepreneurial spirit
  in Europe.
• General objective
• Bring together Europe INNOVA community with key
  innovation drivers from politics, academia and
  enterprises, looking at what works bestin
  supporting entrepreneurial innovation and
  discussing the future innovation policy agenda
  for Europe.
• Exhibition
• During the Conference there will be an exhibition
  where guests can have an stand. If you are
  interested please contact us.

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More about Europe INNOVA

• Structure
• How to build innovation on industrial
  strengths
• How to better commercialise new ideas
• How to help young, innovative companies
  to grow faster
• How to promote spirit and capabilities
• Focus
• The first Europe INNOVA conference will
  particularly focus on innovation in traditional
  industry sectors, such as construction,
  automotive and textile as well as on fast growing
  innovative companies, the so/called gazelles.
  This approach recognises the strong industrial
  base in Europe as well as the need to re-innovate
  Europe from the bottom.
• Out put
• The Valencian Government is developing a REGIONAL
  STRATEGICAL PLAN, included in the Competitiveness
  Plans for Valencian, based on the Conference in
  order to establish a root working map of Europe
  INNOVA that will allows to fix future innovation
  challenges.
• The day after. The Foundation is aiming to
  increase their collaboration with other regions
  and potential partners interested in innovation,
  research, technology transfer and European
  projects.

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Best practices
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3.- Practices of urban planning and use of
natural resources Legal instruments for
sustainable growth.
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3.- VALENCIAN URBAN ACT
Sagunt www.icv.gva.es

• The Valencia Urban Act (Act 16/2005, 30 December
  2005) was passed by the Regional Valencian
  Parliament last year in order to set up an entire
  new legal framework about urbanism.
• This law is also related to the local legislation
  about Land Planning, designated building land Law
  and the Legislation about Housing.
• The major purpose is to promote the sustainable
  urbanism in the region according to the model
  related to the Mediterranean cities and to
  guarantee the respect of land owners rights.

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3.- VALENCIAN URBAN ACT

• The Valencian Urban Act offers many advantages to
  the owners and respects the principles
  established by the European Directives about
  public procurement.
• Longer term for public information,
• Compulsory publication of the public procurement
  announcement in the Official Journal of the
  European Union
• Clear separation between the figure of the
  urbanizing / contracting agent and the
  construction / building company.

Cullera www.icv.gva.es
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4.- Examples of European projects for
competitiveness.
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www.transea-eu.org
Strategic Environmental Assessment application at
transnational level to the Interreg Programmes
and Projects

• Leader
• Italian Association for Council of
  Municipalities and Regions of Europe (AICCRE) -
  Italy
• Partners
• Delegation of the Valencian Region in Brussels
  Spain,
• South Aegean Region Greece,
• Non-profit Corporation for Regional and
  International Cooperation Aristotelis Greece,
• Regional Government of Valencia, Ministry of
  Land and Housing - Spain

Length Period 01/05/2005 30/04/2007
Programme Interact www.interact-eu.net
Budget 592,980 EURO
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www.transea-eu.org

• Objectives
• To implement the Directive 2001/42/EC on
  Strategic Environmental Assessment
• To develop methods and operational tools to
  assess the impact on the environment of policies,
  plans and programmes in their early stages of
  their conception, as far as landscape and
  cultural environment are concerned
• Output Handbook and guidelines to implement
  SEA Directive in Interreg projects.

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www.transea-eu.org

• Advantages
• The Regional Ministry of Territory and Housing
  (partner) learns to implement the SEA Directive.
• The Regional Administration of Valencia is one
  step forward in implementing Strategic
  Assessments in policies, plans and programmes,
  especially in urban planning.

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Perspective 2007 -2013
Inter-regional cooperation strategy on
Competitiveness and Sustainable Development
Budget 3,000,000 www.perspective2013.info
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Perspective 2007 - 2013

• To enhance competitiveness within the involved
  regions through common projects in the areas of
  automotive industry supply, human resources,
  tourism and region marketing.
• To promote sustainable development within
  involved regions through common projects in the
  areas of renewable energies and waste management.
• To have an impact on the programming of next
  generation structural funds programmes especially
  through the measures foreseen regarding regional
  foresight and inter-regional benchmarking.

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Regional Framework Operation (RFO)

• A RFO is composed by a regional authorities group
  or equivalent regional bodies aiming at
  exchanging experience on methodology and
  project-based activities.
• Each RFO should address a limited range of
  subjects relevant to the regions participating,
  thus covering a limited range of smaller
  projects.
• Involve Partners from at least three different
  countries, within which a minimum of at least two
  of them are Members States

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Perspective 2007 - 2013

• Performance areas 
• The project will study the five different sectors
  that the partners have identified as top
  priorities regional competitiveness and
  innovation in the automotive industry human
  resources and training in tourism regional
  marketing as a way to attract investments
  renewable energy and waste management.
• The partner regions will consider together how to
  enhance the use of structural funds on the
  selected sectors. The exchange of best practices
  will benefit all the partners.

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Perspective 2007 - 2013 - Collaboration
Opportunities
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Component Sustainable Development
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Component Competitiveness
REGIONAL MARKETING (Investment
attraction)
AUXILIAR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
TOURISM TRAINING
Provisional call for sub-Projects September 2006
Possible partners Public AND Non-profit entities
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Project Phases
Meetings of the Prospective Commission

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• Working Groups about
• competitiveness
• sustainability
• forecast studies and benchmark studies

2005

• Pilot actions related to
• competitiveness
• renewable energies and waste management

2006-2007
Common Action Plan
Dissemination Conferences
2007
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Regional Implication
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Regional Working Group - Methodology

• PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
• INTER-REGIONAL COOPERATION
• LISBON STRATEGY
• ACTORS SELECTION PROCESS ROLES DEFINITION
• FORUM STRUTURE DEFINITION CIVIL SOCIETY

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Forum Actors

• Initial assessment (identification)
• Regional map of actors and relationships
• Actors sheet for information records and
  management
• Selection criteria to be applied to potential
  actors

INSTITU- TIONAL
BUSINESS
TECHNICAL
LABOUR
CIVIL
ACTORS CATEGORIES
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Links www.perspective2013.info (Pespective 2007
2013) www.interreg3c.net (INTERREG
IIIC) www.uegva.info (Fundación Comunidad
Valenciana-Región Europea) www.gva.es
(Generalitat Valenciana) www.sachsen-anhalt.de
(Sachsen-Anhalt) www.regioncentre.fr (Region
Centre) www.eszakalfold.hu (North Great Plain)
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www.ecoceramica.info
Ecocerámica Manufacturing cost-efficient
ceramic tiles from sewage sludge
Leader Region of Castilla - La Mancha
(Spain) Partners Municipality of Talavera de
la Reina, Toledo (Spain) Association for
Research and Industrial Development of Natural
Resources, Toledo (Spain) Private manufacturers
of ceramic tiles and private communication
company (Spain)
Budget 1.023.650
Programme LIFE Environment http//europa.eu.int/c
omm/environment/life/home.htm
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Sympic
Environmental integrationfor ports and cities
Leader Valencia Port Authority
Length Period  1/11/2004 31/07/2007 The aim
The aim of SIMPYC is to establish a network of
cooperation among the ports of some cities to
exchange the experiences and knowledge
techniques, to find solutions and to improve the
relation between port and city Budget 1,720,049
EUR
Partners Ville de Toulon (Francia), Chambre de
Commerce et dIndustrie du Var (France), Comune
di Livorno (Italia), Autorità di Livorno (Italy),
Ayuntamiento de Valencia (Spain), Ente Público
Puertos del Estado (Spain), Universitat de
Valencia. Estudi General (Spain), Azahar
Ingenieria S.L (Spain), Fundación Europea CV-RE
(Spain), Consellería de infraestructuras y
transporte (Spain).
Programme LIFE-Environment www.simpyc.info
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We are open to discuss new ideas for future
initiatives You may find further information on
our website
www.uegva.info
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Thank you for your kind attention revuelta_jua_at_gv
a.es
Juan Manuel Revuelta General Director Valencian
Region Delegation in Brussels
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