The subdelegate of the Government in Ourense, Eladio Santos, accompanied this morning officials of the Subdelegation to the City Hall of A Mezquita, where a new informative session was held within the program “The Administration Near You”. This initiative was born at the end of 2022 with the aim of bringing to the neighbors of the municipalities of less than 8,000 inhabitants simple and very practical information about the digital certificate and the permanent key, the procedures that can be carried out with each of them and, in this way, the advantages of e-government.
Thus, in these sessions, taught by staff of the Government Subdelegation, attendees are processed with the Digital Certificate of the FNMT and taught to install it on mobile devices for use in digital relations with the Administration.
In its first phase, “La Administración Cerca de Ti” reached the 86 municipalities of the province receiving this initiative, participating in the sessions a total of 2,317 ourensanos, for which 1,532 electronic certificates of natural person and 1,120 permanent keys were issued. With the start of the second phase, the programme is again carrying out visits to all municipalities. In fact, it already arrived in February to Esgos, Maceda and Castro Caldelas; and it is planned that in this month of March it will visit, in addition to A Mezquita, the municipalities of Amoeiro, Riós and Cenlle; to continue in the following months until completing all the towns of Ourense with less than 8,000 inhabitants.
During the session in A Mezquita, the deputy delegate of the Government stressed that “the objective of the Government is to reach where it is not usually reached, to be in the territory, to allow the rural world to be connected with the General Administration of the State because the rural is important. Although few people live in rural areas, the government is committed to reaching all of them.”
Collaboration with Social Security and SEPE
With the aim of expanding the service to the citizen offered by the program “The Administration Near You” in this second phase, the Government Subdelegation held meetings with those responsible in the province of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), the General Treasury of Social Security (TGSS) and the Public Service of State Employment (SEPE) in order to complement the initiative with an information session the largest, imparted by officials of these three agencies, to make known among neighbors the neighbors the services that generate greater interest in citizenship, such as the necessary benefits and benefits, After the agreement reached, these new visits will begin in the coming weeks.
In addition, it is also planned to join this project to the Provincial Traffic Headquarters in Ourense, as well as extend the program to other groups such as merchants, self-employed, students, people at risk of social exclusion, unions, geriatric centers or agrarian collectives, among others.
Topics of interest to the municipality
The subdelegate took advantage of the visit to the City of A Mezquita to discuss with its mayor, Rafael Pérez, issues of interest to the municipality. Among the issues addressed was the contribution made by the central government for the home help service, for which this city council received more than 141,000 euros, along with another 16,800 euros for municipal community social services.
Likewise, within the State Pact against Gender Violence, A Mezquita received about 1,700 euros for activities aimed at combating this problem; and, from aid granted by the General Secretariat for Equality, 14,250 euros for programs to promote equality, as well as 67,000 euros for support to the women’s information center, which includes the municipalities of A Gudiña, Riós and A Mezquita.
Finally, they also discussed the status of investments related to the conservation, recovery and rehabilitation of natural and cultural heritage, for which the municipality received a case of 30,000 euros, cofinanced by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Ministry of Agriculture and the Xunta de Galicia.