The Strategy for the consolidation of the biotechnology sector will mobilise more than 660 million euros until 2025, leading to the creation of 500 new jobs.

The programme is predicted to mobilise 19.5 million euros and consolidate more than 400 jobs in the Galician Community

The food, textile, forestry and construction sectors join the main Galician companies expanding internationally

Galicia is one of the most dynamic regions of Spain in the field of biotech and is the second most bio-entrepreneurial bioregion nationally with around a 10% annual growth.

This data is provided by the Lifesciences Technological Business Cluster of Galicia (Bioga), which currently unites 80 organizations in the sector and whose president, Carme Pampín, highlights to its key roles as a point of contact with public administration as well as in the design, development and implementation of solutions to make the circular economy a reality.”

The goal of the Regional Government of Galicia is to mobilise 25 billion euros a year in exports

The Galician Cluster for Environmental Solutions and Circular Economy ‘Viratec’ has, ever since its conception at the end of 2020, continued to increase the competitiveness and technological and innovative capacity of Galician businesses which provide solutions for sustainable development.

Its president, Marcos Martin, is sure that “the future is circular” and in fact confirms that “society is aware of the need to transform the current system of production and consumption into a more environmentally conscious model”. With regard to the implementation of environmental solutions through entrepreneurship and so-called green employment, Martín, who is also the regional director of the North Suez Group and therefore responsible for Viaqua, highlights that “administrations as well as business organisations have adopted the circular economy as an essential part of their strategies”.

The democratisation of access to the digital sector and the strengthening of ICT are at the heart of the new socio-economic scene

The development of an innovative ecosystem in the Galician countryside presents an opportunity to generate economic activity and encourages diversification

The Law of administrative simplification responds to the necessary mobilisation of funds and streamlines the development of projects and business initiatives.