In a public statement, the private sector in Baja California expressed its rejection of the elimination of the Business Trust Fund announced by Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila and proposed alternatives to strengthen education without neglecting economic development.
In the document circulated this morning, the business leaders cite at least 15 projects that have been financed through the FIDEM in the 25 years since the fund was established and emphasize that it has enabled transparent investment of resources.
They emphasize that the decision to eliminate the FIDEM, which currently consists of 18 million pesos, is a unilateral decision made without prior dialogue with the sectors involved or analysis of the cumulative impacts on employment, MSMEs, and competitiveness.
They also request that, if the FIDEM is eliminated, as announced by the Baja California government, the Payroll Tax, the tax that finances the FIDEM, be reduced from the current 4.5 percent to 3 percent as compensation to business owners.
Among its main achievements are the following projects throughout the state, to name a few:
1. Executive Project for the Metropolitan Convention Center (BCC Center).
2. Esperanto Park Forum for Tijuana.
3. Tijuana Ventures Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
4. Ambar Interpretive Center Equipment.
5. Tecate Río Parque Community Activation Center.
6. Executive Project for the Tecate East Industrial Boulevard.
7. Executive Project for the Tecate Solid Waste Transfer Center.
8. STEAM Transforming Education Project.
9. Hydrological Plan and Stormwater Solutions for Rosarito Beach.
10. Municipal Strategic Plan for Rosarito Beach (PEMPRO).
11. Update of the Ensenada Risk Atlas.
12. Urban Development Guidelines for the Northern Zone of Ensenada.
13. Ensenada's Comprehensive Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PIMUS).
14. Educational Quality for Our Children Program.
15. Safe Communities 2.
16. ComvinSeals Mexicali.