1. 1 LOOK EAST NET Plenary conference, Udine 12/12/03 Trends and opportunities in an enlarged Europe LOOK EAST NET Plenary conference, Udine 12/12/03 Trends and opportunities in an enlarged Europe THE REGION OF MURCIA, SPAIN

2. 2 EXPOSITION I PART: GENERAL SPANISH VISION -Historic challenge. -Favourable position based on an objetive interest. -Mutual benefit. II PART : ABOUT THE REGION OF MURCIA -Where is Murcia? -Basics facts -Export ranking -INFO: main services

3. 3 Region of Murcia REGION OF MURCIA

4. 4 REGION OF MURCIA: BASIC FACTS 11,317 km2 2.2% of Spain / 0.4% EU 1.2 Million inhabitants 2.8% of Spain / 0.3% EU Young population Largest age group 20-24 GDP: 14,02 billion 2.31% of Spain / 0.25% EU High GDP growth: 2.8% EU average: 2.2% Export oriented 3.442 million exported in 2001 Location for foreign investments GE Plastics, Hyatt Resorts, Arca Systems, AES, PepsiCo, Anbics, Kirin, Bayer, Recordati, Takasago …

5. 5 MAIN CLIENTS

6. 6 INFO: MAIN SERVICES * Information * Logistics and industrial sites * Innovation and technology * Internationalization of companies * Technology Centre Network * Grants and financial incentives * Others.

7. 7 PROMOTORS BUSINESS OFFICES

8. 8 Guillermo.Aycart@info.carm.es Murcia Regional Development Agency (INFO) Ave. de la Fama 3 - 30003 Murcia (Spain) Tel: +34 968 366 843 Fax: +34 968 362 822 www.ifrm-murcia.es THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!