The Department of Tourism of Calp City Council has launched a campaign to promote responsible and sustainable tourism in the city. The initiative, which is aimed at residents, businessmen, and tourists, is therefore intended to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable tourism as a pathway for the economic, social, and cultural development of the city.
Calp City Council joins the Plan Resiste promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana and allocates €231,783.3 to it, which represents 15% of the total and complements the 62.5% provided by the Generalitat and 22.5% contributed by the provincial administration.
Calp City Council, as part of the objectives of the Citizen Participation Department, has commissioned the development of a telematic survey to find out citizens' perceptions of key municipal services.
The intention is that citizens will transmit their views on the process of services provided by the municipality and that this information will serve as a barometer to analyze the current situation, make a diagnosis and from there develop proposals to improve the municipality's services.
Calp and Pavapark are studying how to relieve citizens from paying the ORA parking fee from 18:00 after the coming into force last Thursday 21 January of the new restrictions against COVID-19, which mandate the closure of businesses from that time.
Calp Town Council launches the campaign to support the hospitality industry ""Let them cook for you" to encourage citizens to buy takeaway food in the town's restaurants and bars. This initiative is being launched after the resolution of the Conselleria de Sanitat (Regional Ministry of Health) came into force on 21 January, which provides for new measures against COVID-19 such as the closure of catering establishments unless they offer the service of food pick-up on the premises or home delivery.
Calp City Council has reduced the average payment period to suppliers to 2.52 days in the last quarter of 2020. This figure surpasses the city council's previous best, which was 3.03 days in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Thus, the city takes an average of 2.52 days to pay its suppliers, which not only complies with late payment regulations that require public administrations to pay in a period of less than 30 days, but also reduces it significantly. It should be noted that the figure was 44.85 days in the third quarter of 2015 and as high as 1,000 days in 2011.
The Tourist Board has reissued a comic strip about El Miracle, the most emblematic event of the Moors and Christians festivities in Calp, to promote these festivities declared to be of regional tourist interest.
Calp City Council tendered 57 contracts between May and December 2020.
This number reflects a significant increase over previous years and is due to the introduction of e-tendering, which has streamlined processes, but also to a major restructuring of the department. Staff was increased - a technician and an administrative assistant - staff was trained in e-recruiting and e-tendering (tenders) and tasks were redistributed.