Vallès Occidental

Dear Sirs,
I would firstly like to, in the name of the Executive Committee and myself, welcome you to the PIMEC Valles Occidental site.
This is a communication channel which allows us to maintain direct and continuous contact with all our members.

After the PIMEC elections in late 2006, I took on the role of president of the Valles Occidental region with the enthusiasm to boost it and the intention of contributing to the development of the decentralisation model which I was given by the president of PIMEC Catalonia and his general secretary.

Accordingly, we want this regional office to be a gathering point for everyone who has queries and wants to work for the small and medium-sized enterprises on Catalonia, and more so for those located within our region.

We believe in the need to create spaces in which all the initiatives, proposals, opportunities and problems can be debated, compared and shared.

Our will to be closer to the enterprises allows us to view their needs in a more objective manner and act faster and with full knowledge and understanding.

Our region has suffered serious problems due to factors such as globalisation, but at the same time it has a dynamic and enthusiastic corporate network, with both the ideas and the will to move forward.

Our task as an employers’ organisation is to defend and help enterprises to obtain their objectives. To this end, we encourage those present and everyone with which we work to come together for the future of our small and medium-sized enterprises.

Our commitment with the enterprises in the Valles Occidental region is firm, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that progress becomes a reality.

Yours sincerely,

Frances Elías 
President of PIMEC Valles Occidental

Objectives program and milestones of the PIMEC Valles Occidental region:

• Increase diversity with a new dynamic and young corporate voice within the territory.

• Act as negotiators with the different local government bodies and labour unions.

• Provide our members with high-quality services and added value.

• Support the different collectives in the territory as the civic agent we are.

• Help to reduce the enterprises’ expenses and to become more competitive with the saving agreements we have.

• Create a dynamic and fast opinion point regarding aspects of social and economic interest, enabling us to express our position.

• Establish relations with education system (Universities, Vocational Training Colleges, etc.) and open communication channels.

• Promote the development of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in the Valles Occidental region, as a supplement of the Environmental Management and Occupational Risk Systems, as well as quality systems, as a transverse tool within the organisation to obtain tangible benefits for the enterprise.

• Creating a variety of Training Plans which will help the enterprises to be more competitive, awarding certificates and other accreditations within our competences.

• Improve the quality of our industrial estates.

• Represent and support the Territory’s Self-employed workers and Entrepreneurs.

• Support Commerce as an integral sector of a society which is becoming more diverse every day.