The Council for Support to Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and SMEs of the Canary Islands, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Employment, Isabel León, has agreed at its session this Monday to recover the Plan for Support to Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which in the previous legislature did not come into force, nor was it processed in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
The Deputy Minister of Employment, Isabel León, explained that the new package of measures will include different instruments aimed at strengthening the productive fabric of the islands and promoting entrepreneurship, such as financial aid, training programs or advisory services.
During the meeting, the council agreed to create a working group that will be responsible for presenting the proposals, defining the strategy and establishing the financial sheet.
The Deputy Minister pointed out that the measure "is a further sign of the commitment that the current Government has acquired with the business fabric of the islands, composed mostly of self-employed and SMEs". "They are a source of wealth and employment, and by supporting them we are betting on the future and talent of our islands," he stressed.
The decision of the Council - constituted by representatives of the Ministries of Employment, Economy and Education, as well as by business and trade union organizations, chambers of commerce of the Canary Islands and universities - comes after the previous Government approved in 2022 a plan that remained for more than a year retained in the regional Parliament, and that never came to be processed.
This latest announcement adds to other measures that the current regional Executive has approved to promote entrepreneurship in the islands, such as the zero rate for new self-employed workers, or the hiring aid promoted by both the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Tourism and Employment, through the Canarian Employment Service (SCE).
These measures have contributed to the fact that the number of self-employed workers reached its historical maximum in the Canary Islands last June, with a total of 142,265, growing by more than 2,700 people since the legislature began a year ago.
