All the tourist employers' associations of the Canary Islands, including the Lanzarote Tourist Federation, have demanded to be part of the technical commission that will analyze the open files in the process of transferring the competences of Coasts to the Canary Islands. This has been requested to the Ministry of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands, once the agreement for this transfer between the central and regional administrations has been signed.
The creation of this commission is the first step, and will culminate with the transfer of material and human resources from January 1, 2023, but the employers' associations emphasize that "by legal mandate, the files currently in process have to be resolved by the Autonomous Administration, as it is already the competent in the matter".
In addition, it has once again celebrated this transfer of powers to the archipelago, stating that "it represents an opportunity for economic progress and environmental protection for the Islands, in compliance with the mandate set by the reform of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands of 2018".
The tourism entrepreneurs argue that "the autonomous management of the coastline must gain in proximity and efficiency, without any detriment to compliance with the provisions set by the state regulations that manage the use and protection of the coastline".
To this end, they point out that "they offer themselves as collaborators of the Administration to turn the Canary Islands into a model of optimal management of the recently assumed competence, with results certainly much better than those derived from past experience with the Central Administration, which has not distinguished itself, in different stages, for its effectiveness and efficiency in the resolution of issues related to the use of the coastline, both promoted by the public administrations of the Canary Islands and by the private sector".
"As an example of this, it is worth remembering the imprecision and slowness in the administrative concessions for various uses related to tourism activity, always compatible with environmental conservation, and the delays in the authorization and execution of public infrastructures located in the coastal space", they question.
Thus, the employers' associations insist that, given the assumption of these powers by the Government of the Canary Islands, "they offer themselves as interlocutors, with all their experience and specialized technical resources, in this transition process until the assumption of the corresponding material and human resources".
"The businessmen share the philosophy and objectives of the round of consultations announced by the Regional Minister of Ecological Transition with all the sectors involved in the management of the coastline, but in turn demand their presence, by the method that is determined, in the technical commission that will address this transition with regard to the files still in process, which will be up to the Government of the Canary Islands to resolve in strict compliance with state legislation on the transfer of powers", they demand.
