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The Secretary of State for Digital Advance organizes a conference on the protection of LGBTI rights on the Internet


  • 19% of hate crimes in Spain are directed against the LGTBI collective. Of those, more than 50% are committed through the Internet and social networks
  • The act has been closed by the Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, who has claimed a digital transformation that guarantees the equality of all citizens
  • Secretary of State Francisco Polo has defended the need for greater awareness and awareness in Spain, as well as new actions to combat discrimination

The Secretary of State for Digital Advancement, under the Ministry of Economy and Enterprise, today organized a conference on the protection of the rights of LGTBI people on the Internet. This group receives 19% of hate crimes in Spain, of which more than half are committed through the Internet and social networks, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.

The day, framed in the 50th anniversary of the first manifestation of the LGBTI Pride, has been closed by the acting Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, who has invited to work on the reflection on how to undertake a digital transformation that guarantees equality of rights of all citizens. In the words of the minister, digital development must occur with the utmost respect to article 14 of the Spanish Constitution, which establishes that all people are equal before the Law. In this sense, the minister has expressed the commitment of the Government to the equality and inclusion, and has exposed some of the actions undertaken during the last legislature. Among them, has cited the reform of the Organic Law on Data Protection, which in Title X seeks to strengthen the rights of people in the digital domain, such as the right of universal access to the Network, the right to digital security, the right to digital education and the protection of minors on the Internet, as well as the right to rectify and update information on the Internet, or the right to be forgotten.

In her speech, the minister also highlighted the participation of the Ministry of Economy and Business in the 'Digital Future Society', an initiative of the Mobile World Capital Foundation that allows Spain to become a pole of reflection on the humanistic dimension of digitalization .

For his part, the Secretary of State for the Digital Advance in functions, Francisco Polo, has highlighted in the opening speech of the day that "the protection of the rights and social freedoms of the collective LGTBI benefits the whole society" and that " in the defense of human rights the distinctions can not fit ". Also, Polo has defended the need for greater awareness and awareness, as well as new actions so that "discrimination does not go unpunished."

Best practices against discrimination

The day has had a round table on best practices for the inclusion and protection of LGTBI rights, in which they have participated Rubén López, director of the Madrileño Observatory against LGTBfobia; Carlos Morán Ferrés, head of service of the National Office of Fight against the Hate Crimes of the Ministry of the Interior; Montse Ramírez, responsible for Communication of Campaigns and Projects of FELGTB; Y Laura Díez Bueso, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Barcelona and international expert on Human Rights of the United Nations. The table has been moderated by Marta Fernández Herraiz, founder of the Lesworking platform and co-director of REDI, the business network for LGTBI diversity and inclusion in Spain.

Subsequently, they have given lectures Juan Carlos Pereira Kohatsu, author of Hater Net, and Almudena Sanz Olivé, data scientist of Graphext, two technological tools of reference in the detection of hate speech on the Internet.

The presentation has been completed with a round table in which the legal scope of the challenge of protecting the rights of people on the Internet has been deepened. Your moderator has been Nicolás Marugán, member of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the UN between 2016 and 2018, and participated in it Miguel Luengo-Oroz, chief data scientist of UN Global Pulse; Carmen Girón Tomás, technical advisor of the Spanish Observatory of Racism and Xenophobia; Patricia Rodríguez Lastras, prosecutor attached to the Office of Computer Crime; and Ignacio Sola, General Director of Equality of Treatment and Diversity of the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Equality. "Young people are the main recipients and emitters of hate speech. We have to work so that they become the active agents of change ", Sola pointed out, to conclude:" The hate speech precedes the commission of a crime. If we wait for that crime to occur, we will have failed. "



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Agenda of Minister Nadia Calviño (June 24-30)


TUESDAY

Madrid

1:45 p.m. The Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, closes the 'Conference on Protection of LGBT rights on the Internet' in the auditorium of the headquarters of the Secretary of State for Digital Advancement.

4:30 p.m. Nadia Calviño inaugurates the '11th Spanish Economy Olympiad' in the Auditorium of San Bernardo of the Complutense University.

THURSDAY

Tokyo

11:00 h. The head of Economy and Business intervenes in the summit 'Women Political Leaders' in the Japanese capital.

FRIDAY

Osaka

Minister Nadia Calviño participates with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the summit of leaders of the G20 held at INTEX Osaka.

SATURDAY

Osaka

11:00 h. Summit of G20 leaders held at the INTEX International Convention Center Osaka.



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The Ministry of Economy and Enterprise brings to public consultation the Ministerial Order to adapt statistical and accounting information of pension funds to European regulations


  • The project of Ministerial order whose processing starts with the public consultation phase aims to improve the information that pension fund management entities must send periodically to national and European authorities

The Ministry of Economy and Enterprise has initiated the processing, through public consultation, of a draft Ministerial Order in which the quantitative information models to be submitted by the pension fund management entities are established. The objective of the regulation is to adapt the current requirements of the General Directorate of Insurance and Pension Funds to the new information obligations that the fund managers must also supply to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Central Bank.

The new regulation will allow to unify all the information that the pension fund management entities must send to the national and European authorities to comply with the obligations established in the European Union regulations. In this way, all the information can be sent together and duplicities will be avoided.

The public consultation period ends on July 2

Public Consultation Ministerial Order



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The Ministry of Economy and Business presents the book "A macroeconomic vision of the forty years of the Constitution"


  • The book by José Luis Malo de Molina addresses the evolution of the Spanish economy since the approval of the constitutional text
  • The presentation of the book has had the participation of the Minister of Economy and Enterprise in office, the Governor of the Bank of Spain and the author himself
  • Participants have agreed that the democratic period has been the greatest period of prosperity and economic growth

The acting Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, has closed the presentation of José Luis Malo de Molina's book "A macroeconomic vision of the forty years of the Constitution". The act was inaugurated by the Governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos and has had the participation of the book's author, edited by the Ministry of Economy and Business.

All participants have agreed that the democratic period has been the greatest period of prosperity and economic growth in Spanish history. The Acting Minister of Economy and Business has affirmed that Democracy has meant, among other things, more equality, education and public health as the rights of all citizens, a complete integration of the economy in the international environment and an increase in income per capita, which has gone from € 13,000 in 1978 to € 25,000 in 2018.

Nadia Calviño has highlighted the important role that our country has to play in the construction of a stronger Economic and Monetary Union. In this sense, he affirmed that the social and political aspect of European construction can not be forgotten.

The minister has exposed the need to learn from the lessons of history and also strengthen the instruments and institutions to try to improve the diagnosis in the event of crisis. In this sense, it has placed value on the creation, in collaboration with the Bank of Spain and the CNMV, of the Macroprudential Authority that will allow to evaluate and prevent possible systemic risks for the economy.

Finally, he pointed out that we are facing a propitious moment to undertake the necessary structural reforms at both the national and community level: "the roof has to be repaired now that the sun shines". The minister said that it is important to develop policies with people in mind because "there can be no economic sustainability without social sustainability".

For his part, the Governor of the Bank of Spain stressed that "the remarkable changes that have occurred in Spain over these four decades attest to the positive economic results associated with democracies." Pablo Hernández de Cos has stressed the importance of integration in Europe in the economic success of the democratic period.

The author of the book has shared reflections on this period of history with Joaquín Estefanía. Malo de Molina has stressed that the history of the 40 years of Democracy in the Spanish economy "is a success story". Likewise, he pointed out that Europe has been the guiding thread of the institutional changes that have taken place in this period, keys to allow the liberalization, modernization and opening of the Spanish economy.



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The Minister of Economy and Business highlights the strength of the Spanish economy before international investors


  • Nadia Calviño has participated in London in City Week 2019, one of the main meetings of managers of financial services companies
  • He has also held a series of meetings with international investors, habitual in his agenda, which will continue tomorrow in Paris

The Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, has participated in the ninth edition of City Week, organized by the International Financial Services Forum, which brings together executives from the main financial services companies every year in London.

In his speech, he highlighted the strength of the Spanish economy. Thus, it has highlighted that growth will continue to remain above the average of the euro zone and its main partners, with a forecast increase in GDP of 2.2% for 2019: "a prudent estimate and in line with the forecasts of the main organisms. "

The minister reiterated the Government's commitment to debt reduction and budgetary discipline, which has allowed Spain to reduce the deficit to 2.5% of GDP in 2018 and exit the excessive deficit procedure of the European Union after 10 years: "we hope to reduce the deficit to 2% of GDP in 2019 and maintain this trend in the coming years until reaching the budget balance in 2022."

This commitment to fiscal consolidation is accompanied by a social agenda, focused on reducing inequalities, and structural reforms aimed at increasing potential growth and facing future challenges such as climate change, digitalization and technological changes.

Also, the minister has held several meetings with international investors, usual in its agenda, which will continue tomorrow in Paris.



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