Log in Thursday, April 28, 2016 | Updated 10:04 CET Tweet Home › General Information What is the Development Society In 1993, the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, faced with the need to implement a service in the municipality that would promote the dynamization of human resources and serve the most vulnerable sectors of the population in the socio-labor environment, created the Employment Agency and Local Development. Its purpose was to revitalize the local resources of the municipality from all possible aspects with special attention to groups of difficult labor insertion as well as to enhance the resources of the area of action that, being underused and idle, could be used for the creation of employment and the production of useful goods and services to the community. Starting in 1995, contacts began with the European institutions to access the different financing programs that existed; Employ Now, European Social Fund, ERDF, Proder, IV Women's Political Training Program, Urban and others. As a consequence of the success of those first actions and aware of the active role that could be carried out through the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, on January 14, 2000, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Development Society was founded as an operational instrument that would allow channeling the management of all those activities in the municipality destined to the promotion of the business fabric and the economic revitalization contributing to the improvement of employment levels. Since its constitution, Durante ese mismo año se diseñó su estructura, (dividiéndola por áreas de trabajo), y se establecieron sus competencias. Asimismo se contrató al personal necesario para poder desarrollar sus funciones, absorbiendo en gran medida las funciones que hasta aquel momento desempeñaba la Unidad de Empleo, Formación, Desarrollo Local y Programas Europeos. La Sociedad de Desarrollo de Santa Cruz de Tenerife SAU ha venido desarrollando a lo largo de sus años de existencia un gran número de proyectos y actividades cofinanciados por diferentes Instituciones locales, nacionales y europeas. Estos proyectos y actividades están relacionados, entre otros, con la promoción empresarial, el empleo, la formación, el turismo como promotor de la economía, etc., es decir, ha realizado acciones encaminadas a promover la dinamización económica y el aprovechamiento eficiente de los recursos endógenos, contribuyendo así a la mejora de los niveles de empleo. The projects developed are directly related to the corporate purpose of the company, that is, with “the development of whatever actions are of interest for the economic and social development of the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and especially with actions related to trade, industry , employment, training, business creation and services for those already created, and tourism ”. Business creation Area of Great Tourist Influence Observatory Employment and Training Business Center Strategic plan Grants Online courses Press room Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council Web map Competitions and tenders 2014 Report Congress Guide Tourist guide Funded by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (number TSI-050200-2009-0224) through the "Avanza Servicios Públicos Digitales" plan and by the European Social Fund