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| This is an extraordinary plan, for which 4.5 million euros will be mobilized, the objective of which is to support some of the groups most affected by the crisis, such as the self-employed, SMEs and the unemployed | The Department of Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism has designed an extraordinary plan for employment and economic revival, dubbed the 'Plan Restart', which focuses on the self-employed, SMEs and the unemployed in the municipality by the time the COVID health crisis ends.

-19.The objective of this plan, explained the head of the Department, Pedro García Rex, "is none other than responding to the most urgent needs of these groups with the implementation of measures to alleviate, as far as possible , the negative effects of this crisis on employment and the economy of Murcia "."An extraordinary plan -for which about 4.5 million euros will be mobilized- that will be implemented with actions that contribute to the activation of the economy, counting on the collaboration of the municipality's economic and social agents", has informed the mayor Pedro García Rex.Immediate liquidityAt first, the Murcia City Council is going to allocate the amount of 1 million euros from the contingency fund to self-employed and SMEs to provide them with immediate liquidity with non-refundable aid.Hiring aids and microcredits for entrepreneursOn the other hand, the Department of Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism is going to provide a line of aid for contracting aimed at SMEs and the self-employed, another line of microcredit funds aimed at entrepreneurs in the municipality and they are going to put in It is collaborating with the business sector to promote employment.In addition, the 'Plan Restart' includes another set of actions whose objective is none other than to improve the productivity of companies, as well as an extraordinary program aimed at professional training and relocation of unemployed people by COVID-19.Reactivation of the tourism sectorOn the other hand, the head of the Department of Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism has announced the launch of a special plan to reactivate the tourism sector, where Congress Tourism will be one of the axes on which it will be based, as well as a campaign of external promotion of the municipality of Murcia."We are working to advance the adoption of support and protection measures for the groups most affected by the crisis, aimed at reactivating employment and the local economy as soon as possible," said Councilman Pedro García Rex, who stressed that " it is our responsibility as an administration to rise to the occasion by offering answers and solutions to our municipality.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia