The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Environment and Environmental Policy has held a meeting with the Official College of Forestry Engineers to explore new formulas for collaboration aimed at reinforcing innovation, advancing administrative simplification, and improving environmental management.
The minister, Joaquín Antonio Pino, met this Friday with representatives of the College as part of the round of contacts he has been carrying out with the different stakeholders linked to the Ministry's areas of responsibility since he took office.
According to sources from the department, who spoke to Europa Press, these meetings, promoted directly by the minister, aim to maintain active listening with the different groups, to directly understand their concerns, demands, and proposals, and to establish a stable schedule of periodic meetings that consolidate a close and fluid relationship.
This is intended to foster the involvement of professional colleges and other stakeholders in the sector in the ordinary activity of the Ministry and in the design and development of initiatives and decisions that affect their respective areas of action.
During the meeting, Joaquín Antonio Pino stressed the importance of promoting research, innovation, and knowledge transfer as key instruments for increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of the sector.
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In this regard, he emphasized that the incorporation of environmental competencies generates new possibilities for launching research and innovation projects in the forestry and environmental fields, promoting cooperation between the Administration, professionals, and research centers.
The minister also pointed out the Junta's intention to leverage the capabilities of specialized bodies such as the Agrarian Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL) in order to promote applied research and knowledge transfer initiatives that can also extend to issues related to the rural environment and environmental management.
Another point discussed was the recognition of professional colleges as collaborating entities of the Administration, with the aim of strengthening their participation in the provision of certain public interest services and leveraging their technical expertise, specialized knowledge, and presence in the territory.
Likewise, both parties have studied different avenues of cooperation aimed at contributing to the streamlining of administrative procedures, advancing regulatory simplification, and reducing bureaucratic burdens, while maintaining the necessary technical and environmental guarantees at all times.
Pino has reiterated the Ministry's commitment to continued dialogue, institutional collaboration, and the participation of professionals in the definition and execution of public policies, as a basis for offering a more effective response to the sector's needs and facing the current and future challenges of the rural and environmental spheres with greater guarantees, the same sources have added.