City's Book Indaiatuba SP 2019-20

INTERVIEW
Mayor Nilson Gaspar, your
mandate started in 2017 and goes until 2020.
What is the balance that you can do so far, in the
second half of the term?
A: Actually, this development has been taking place
in Indaiatuba for more than 20 years and I am able to
continue and implement new projects, trying to do more
and more for the city. My team and I have been looking
for improvements in urban development with attention
Mayor
NILSON GASPAR
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to the issue of urban mobility. In education we have
invested in the continuing education of the teachers
of the Municipal Network and we have opened more
technical courses with Fiec (Indaiatuba Foundation of
Education and Culture), which guarantees more young
people qualified for the job market. We also evolved in
the water issue with the construction of the Capivari-
Mirim River Dam, which enabled Indaiatuba to provide
water security for the next 30 years. We invest in public
safety technology, to improve the city’s intelligence and
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monitoring system. We have been able to attract more
companies and move more trade to generate income
and improve the city’s economy. My commitment is to
the quality of life of our citizens, so I have worked on
important projects in these priority areas, but also work
to promote culture, sport and leisure for our population.
We have noticed that your
government has supported and organized many
events with the businessmen of the city. Can you
comment on the relationship between the city and
the local business community?
A: The City administration promotes these meetings
to facilitate the interaction between the entrepreneurs
and also to promote a dialogue between them and the
public power. We do the “Business Round”, for example,
because we have almost 1,000 companies here in
Indaiatuba and many entrepreneurs still do not know
each other, they do not know what the other produces.
With this they end up buying from other cities and
even from other states, a product that their neighbor
offers, sometimes even cheaper because of the reduced
transportation costs. The “Business Rounds” promote
precisely this interaction of local entrepreneurs. In
addition to promoting business in the municipality,
this is an opportunity for the city to approach, listen
to the needs of the sector and present the services that
the public administration offers. In this way, public
power can offer the support that the entrepreneur needs
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to improve his production and, consequently, generate
more employment and income for our population. It
is with this intention that we have invested a lot in
the professional qualification of our young people, so
that they can occupy the jobs that these companies offer.
With Fiec (Indaiatuba Foundation for Education and
Culture), which is a reference in technical education in
the country, we still have the differential of being able to
set up specific courses of professional qualification to train
employees according to the needs of the entrepreneur.
Indaiatuba has everything
that entrepreneurs need.
In the RMC (Metropolitan Region
of Campinas), Indaiatuba is the 2nd best city
to make investments, according to a study by
UrbanSystems Consulting. In your opinion, what
are the factors that led to this result?
A: It is a second place with a taste of first, because
the city that is ahead of us in this research is Campinas,
which has 1.5 million inhabitants. Indaiatuba has only
250 thousand inhabitants and cannot compare with a
city that is a metropolis. As for the factors that put us in
second place in this ranking, I believe the main thing
is the excellent infrastructure that the city offers. The
entrepreneur seeks a city that has a good water supply,
an efficient road system, skilled labor, safety and quality
of life for its employees. That’s all Indaiatuba offers.
A large computer company left Itu and came here
because Indaiatuba offered mostly water and security.
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