Mayor of Madrid wants volunteers to run some public services

Mayor of Madrid wants volunteers to run some public services
larger | smaller
By h.b. - Jan 27, 2012 - 11:24 AM
Essential services are not part of the plan

Ana Botella - EFE

The Mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, has called for volunteers to man municipal installations and facilities, so they can ‘return something to society’.

She made a call to the Madrid people on Thursday, ‘given the exceptional situation we find ourselves in’, referring to the recession and the lack of money in the City Hall, that we have a series of public facilities which we have built, but now find ourselves unable to run. She said the idea of volunteers was ‘imaginative’ and means that the facilities can continue open and become profitable. It’s expected that cultural and social centres will be at the centre of the plan.

Botella said this would not apply in essential or specialised services and said that no public sector jobs would be substituted.
Since 2009, 1,851 jobs have gone from the City Hall, mostly through retirement.

Click here for related stories

mobile |

email this article | print

printer friendly page

More Spain News : Madrid

Readers' comments:
Please keep to the subject. Opinions published here are of our visitors, not the Typically Spanish team. Comments which go against Spanish laws or which are libellous are not allowed. We reserve the right to delete any comment we wish. Placing a comment indicates you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Por favor, céntrate en el tema. Son las opiniones de los internautas, y no las de Typically Spanish. No está permitido verter comentarios contrarios a las leyes españolas o injuriantes. Reservado el derecho a eliminar los comentarios que consideremos fuera de tema. Escribir un comentario indica que has leído nuestros condiciones de uso y politica de privacidad.