Governor Attends "Fashion Week"

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Fashion has become a symbol of prosperity and push for the State of Jalisco, so stated the State Governor of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz at the opening of Fashion Week, where three industry forums converge: Expo Joya, Modama and Minerva Fashion.

The governor said that he is proud that this industry-valued at three billion dollars is generating more than 160 thousand jobs in the state and has positioned itself not only as an important part in the construction of the state identity, but as an example of sustained growth. He also applauded the capacity shown by these industries to organize under one grouping: the Fashion Council of Jalisco.

The fashion cluster in Jalisco has managed to grow significantly in the last decade, according to Sandoval Díaz. Within a decade, the jewelry industry exports have grown from just five million, to 915 million in 2012. Jalisco is the second largest producer of footwear in the country and shoe exports have managed to triple it in the last ten years.

Since two years ago the Center of Research and Innovation of Industry Development in Jalisco has formed, created by the initiative of the Fashion Council. Also, last year an agreement was signed with the Program of Competitiveness and Innovation Mexico - European Union and the Federal Government to obtain resources of up to fourteen million dollars for development in the sector which includes innovation processes, certification and training that will strengthen the cluster of fashion, so it can compete internationally.

"What we see in this compound for the whole week of fashion is the product of many years of hard work by entrepreneurial families who managed to build this great industry", the Governor noted "all of them have been able to combine the tradition of a manufacture craftsmanship with modern cutting edge design, creating a unique industry".

However, Sandoval Díaz admitted that unfair competition caused by the entry of products from other countries where labor is cheaper than in Mexico, threatens the growth of the fashion industry, so he joined the request made by the coordinator of the Fashion Council of Jalisco, Maria Rosario Mendoza Verduzco to federal authorities, to stop the Dragon Mart project.

"We cannot compete under unfair conditions, we cannot innovate when labor rights in other countries, especially in Asia, are still over exploited," said the state governor, "Here today, we are competing to maintain the rights of the people that take risks, of the artists, of the talent we have, of the young entrepreneurs that are retaining their rights. "

Encouraging economic future

For his part the Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, (SEDATU), Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, representing the President of he Republic, Enrique Peña Nieto, said he would notify the national president of the requests made by this industry and predicted a good economic future for the Guadalajaran Metropolitan Area:

"From our point of view, and the statistics also say so" referred Ramírez Marín, "[Guadalajara has] the most promising economic sector and the greatest possibilities of all the American Continent. Guadalajara is considered in terms of competitiveness as the second city in the Americas with highest economic possibilities for the future and this of course is due to many efforts that Jalisco's citizens have joined".

Finally the Governor of Jalisco confirmed his support for the productive sector, "we are committed to you, it will be our turn to support in any way possible. Be assured that the Governor of this State, that our government, that your government is one of the most interested parts in that this fashion industry moves forward and reaches leadership, especially that it maintains its leadership and gets to be known internationally in this big industry.

Attending the event were the head of the SEDATU-in representation of the President of the United States of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín; the representative of Pro Mexico and the Ministry of Economy of the Government of the Republic, Elena Achar; the General Secretary of the State Government, Arturo Zamora Jiménez, and the Economic Development Secretary, José Palacios Jiménez; the Head Deputy of the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, Stephan Vavrik; the coordinator of the Fashion Council of Jalisco, María Rosario Mendoza Verduzco; among other personalities in the business sector.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/10/09/asiste-gobernador-a-la-semana-de-la-moda"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]