Cuban parliamentarians advocate for the role of economic actors in territorial development

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 18 (ACN) The Cuban deputies in the Commission for attention to the services of the National Assembly of People's Power called today for greater participation of new economic actors in the development of the territories where they are located, in the presence of Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban Prime Minister.

In a broad debate, they referred to the linkages between the state and non-state sectors as a possibility to take advantage of capacities in the industry, incorporate social objectives, promote national productions and identify new business opportunities.

Marrero Cruz, deputy for Gibara, in the eastern province of Holguin, asserted that the municipality is in the best conditions to make decisions in line with the economic and social development strategy; and that is one of the problems to correct.

He noted - along these lines - that it is hoped that governments will in the future invite people to create MSMEs linked to activities necessary for the territory, using the local potential in these forms of management.

That in 2024 all productive forces have the basic conditions and powers to produce more and increase the offers of goods and services, at reasonable prices, Marrero Cruz indicated.

Susel Alba Quintana, representative from the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, addressed the urgency of the link between micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) with the rise of each territory in an organized and planned way.

The social responsibility of a private company ranges from the salary of workers, prices, contributions to the community and care for the environment; but social responsibility is defined today by forms of management through spontaneity, Ines Vega, owner of a medium-sized company in Havana dedicated to hygiene and cleaning products and invited to the commission, pointed out.

Other topics focused the discussions of the deputies, among them, the issues that today hinder the work of non-state forms of management, the need to achieve cooperative production, the fluctuation of the workforce from one sector to another and the control system. with the participation of different bodies and organizations.
Cuba currently has more than 9,900 MSMEs and non-agricultural cooperatives, which have 262,000 employees, 25 % of them under 35 years of age.