- In statements to Radio Euskadi, Arantza Tapia stated: "The Basque Government's priority is to provide direct and indirect liquidity to businesses and to seek solutions to maintain minimum activity. If our large companies cannot maintain a minimum activity, the entire economic activity of the Basque Country is paralysed. We hope to be able to resume the activity next week with the necessary security assets. Maintaining a minimum of activity, a gauze that, once the health problem is controlled, generates a flame in economic production, is an effort of the Basque Government".
The Irekia portal of the Basque Government has collected the following information from the Basque public radio interview:
He says they are driving teleworking in companies: "One of the lines of assistance that we are activating is that companies, and especially small SMEs, can incorporate the necessary telematic means to be able to telework and change the situation, so that the company's activity can be maintained".
Protective equipment
"In order to obtain protective equipment, it must first be borne in mind that we must make available to the health system all the health resources they need, but also that if there are means and the industry is justified, resources must be made available in order to maintain the activity. That is why we have spoken to the Government of the State, and it agrees not to require all the material if possible. In this way, minimum equipment will be made available to the industry to maintain the activity".
"Two important lessons" from the crisis
"Teleworking is possible and will help us digitisation and we will realize how important it is to improve production. Telematic media can be used more than planned, digitalisation will allow us to make this leap.
The chains of the suppliers that went to cheaper sites are now looking to zoom in and diversify their size. This will be important to realize that things can also be done very well close to home, and that it cannot depend on a single supplier remotely. Now you will be able to make an attraction, diversification in terms of suppliers will be more important and closer."