The Socialists of Dénia have presented on Thursday the proposals included in their program designed for the youth of the town. The current youth councilor at City Hall, Cristina Morera, has stressed that "We are the only party that has a specific section on youth measures in its Government program. Real, concrete and enforceable measures".
Thus, with the aim of "empowering" the youngest of the municipality, from the PSPV-PSOE they have focused on a dozen specific proposals.
1. Municipal Childhood Plan to be able to access new programs dedicated to the little ones. This Plan will begin with the implementation of the Childhood Council by Social Services with the collaboration of the different councils involved.
2. Agreement with the IVAJ for the Youth Department to be the point of registration and obtaining the Youth Card, with the benefits that it entails.
3. Municipal Youth Plan.
4. Expand and improve the alternative leisure plan for young people from 12 to 16 years on Saturdays, which meets the needs, schedules and tastes of young people.
5. Train our young people through the completion of short courses but with which they obtain a certificate of professionalism, both through public institutions and accredited private companies.
6. In this sense, we will endow with an annual budget of 100.000 euros to implement municipal employment plans for the youngest, women and seniors of 55 years.
7. We will create the figure of the youth correspondents: young people who would inform the people around them (friends, schools, institutes) coordinated with the youth department, of the resources and programs at their disposal.
8. Strengthen the Youth Council to promote youth associations and their participation in decision-making. The Consell will have autonomy in the management and direct communication with the council.
9. Centralize and expand vocational training for employment. Enhance Vocational Training (in the centers that exist in Dénia) with the incorporation of new degrees in accordance with the demands of employment: children's education, image, sound, graphic arts, mechanical manufacturing (welding), maritime-fishing (boat painting, machinery maintenance, etc), fallero artist and set design, children's education.
10. Increase library hours at exam time.
In terms of youth housing, candidate number 3 PSPV-PSOE and councilor, Óscar Mengual, has indicated that the Socialists of Dénia have in the program to continue working with the supramunicipal administrations to achieve a decent access to housing through the empowerment of the demand pool through the City Council and the promotion of the VPO rental housing and sale with the Generalitat and the SEPES (State Company for the promotion and equipment of the land) to sell land for the construction of public housing.
Finally, the mayor Vicent Grimalt has explained the project in the medium term for Dénia has a university campus like those that already have municipalities such as Alcoy or Gandia.
