Various news: Meeting with Moroni, Regional Agenda and Green Productive Development Plan

Dear Partners,

We are contacting you to tell you about the following news:

1. Participation of the Minister of Labor in the Executive Committee
2. Meeting on measures adopted by the National Yerba Mate Institute
3. Green Productive Development Plan

1. Participation of the Minister of Labor in the Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) – headed by the president of the institution, Daniel Funes de Rioja – received the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security, Claudio Moroni. The agenda of the meeting included strategies to enhance the generation of jobs and the prominence of the industry in the face of new employability challenges.

Attached to the end of this email is the information sent to the press yesterday.about. As well as the participation of UIA in the Social Pastoral meeting.

2. Regional Agenda: Development of the herbal sector

The president of the UIA, Daniel Funes de Rioja, participated in a meeting with the Minister of Productive Development, Matias Kulfas; the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Luis Basterra; and the Secretary of Internal Trade, Paula Español, to address the implementation of INYM resolution 170/2021. During the meeting, issues related to the impacts of the measure on the development of the sector in the NEA were analyzed, along with points of regulation that concern the productive sector. It was agreed to define a common agenda between technical teams that allows progress on more details regarding the regulations.

3.Launch of the “Green Productive Development Plan”

On Tuesday, July 13, the Green Productive Development Plan was launched from the Reciclar S.A plant in Sarandí-Bs As. Minister Kulfas presented its work axes and its strategic lines, among which he mentioned Mobility Sustainable, the production of green hydrogen, green industrialization, the energy transition, a Plan for Green SMEs, a National Circular Economy Plan, Sustainable Construction and a National Sustainable Mining Plan. Participating in the launch event by the UIA were Diego Leal, member of the Executive Committee, and Marisol Rodriguez, UIA Joven Authority, along with representatives of sectoral and regional chambers.

With the publication of Resolution 352/2021 of the Ministry of Productive Development of the Nation, the Green Productive Development Plan is createdwithin the orbit of the Advisory Cabinet Unit of that Ministry, with the following objectives: a) Promote productivity and competitiveness, as well as product differentiation through innovation, ecodesign and the green economy to improve access to dynamic markets. b) Promote circular production processes, the gradual reduction and replacement of virgin raw materials and the reuse of unused materials. c) Promote the use of renewable energies and the production of national equipment for their use, as well as the reduction of energy consumption as a strategy to improve competitiveness. And d) Promote the strengthening of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the objective of reducing the vulnerability of productive systems and regional economies to climate change.br />
With an assigned budget of $10,065 M, they plan the following short-term actions:

1. Training, technical assistance and financing for Green SMEs
2. Solar Thermal Industry Development Program
3. Technical and financial support to increase the productive capacity of cooperatives and SMEs in waste recovery
4. Promotion of Sustainable Consumption
5. Supplier Development Program
6. Soluciona Verde Program (for companies in the knowledge economy)
7. Agreement with the industry for the local manufacture of electric bicycles
8. Sustainable Mobility Law
9. Delineate a development strategy for the hydrogen value chain, through a new promotion law
10. National Renewable Cluster
11. Pl&aac Recycling and Waste Reduction Pilotsute;stics

The Department of Environment and Sustainable Development will analyze the standard as well as monitor the proposed actions. If you have any concerns, contact Maria Laura Lefevre (mlefevre@uia.org.ar). Presentation of the meeting is attached.
 

PRESENTATION