The program ‘The Administration Near You’ of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory has assisted more than 66,000 citizens of municipalities with less than 8,000 inhabitants since its launch in 2022. In addition, more than 5,700 sessions have been held in which more than 33,000 certificates have been issued from the National Currency and Stamp Factory and 20,000 cl@ve certificates.
This has been pointed out by the Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Arcadi España, during his appearance in the Committee on Territorial Policy in the Congress of Deputies, in which he has valued the collaboration between the ministry, the Government Delegations, officials and municipalities to bring the services of the General Administration of the State closer to the whole territory: “With this program we have changed the perspective that it is always the citizens who have to go to an administrative office when, on many occasions, it is the office that would have to travel to serve the citizen,” he said.
The Secretary of State also pointed out during his speech the improvement of cooperation between administrations, as well as the drastic reduction of the competitive conflict between the State and the autonomies in recent years thanks to the increase of negotiation and bilateral cooperation between the Government and the Autonomous Communities. Thus, in general terms, the conflict has decreased by 63% since 2018.
“The maxim of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory is constant dialogue and rooted in the certainty that only by talking, only by negotiating, only by renouncing maximums, can three fundamental objectives be achieved to guarantee in any democratic state: coexistence, efficiency and equality,” said Spain.