BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

DESCENTRALIZATION TO MUNICIPALITIES

230% MORE REVENUES ALLOCATED TO MUNICIPALITIES

Co-participation 2007: 16 % Co-participation 2012: 20%

TOTAL TRANSFERS WERE INCREASED TO 260% FROM U$D 678,5 MILLION IN 2007 TO U$D 3,3 BILLION in 2013

THE PROVINCIAL DEBT WAS REDUCED BY 50% AS COMPARED WITH THE BUDGET. TAX COLLECTION INCREASED BY 253%

The Province of Buenos Aires generates 36% of the GDP concentrates 48% of the industries and 39% of the population resides in the Province. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

FISCAL FEDERALISM: TAX REFORMS

CREATION OF ARBA (The Collection Agency): REAL ESTATE TAX GREW BY 202%.

WE STARTED TO IMPOSE GROSS REVENUES TAX TO LARGE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. SMALL BUSINESSES WERE EXEMPTED TO PROTECT THE MARKET.

WE LEVY TELEPHONE, TV AND CABLE ENTERPRISES AND FINANCIAL ENTITIES.

GROSS REVENUE TAX ON GAMING ACTIVITES WAS QUADRUPLED.

WE REINSTATED THE INHERITANCE TAX ELIMINATED BY THE LAST MILITARY JUNTA.

WE REASSESSED LAND VALUATION, THE LAST ONE HAD BEEN 60 YEARS AGO, GENERATING U$D 535,7 MILLION TO FEDERAL REVENUES AS A RESULT OF PREOPERTY TAX. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

Ceased to be a problem and became an exchange tool

BAPRO GROUP MORE THAN MORE THAN 60 PROVINCE LEASING IS TRANSFORMED IS THE EMPLOYER IT GAVE U$D $ 9 BILLION THOUSAND IN LOANS TO THE INTO A TOOL TO OF PUBLIC CAPITAL IT GAVE U$D 180 MILLION MICROLOANS TO IMPROVE MUNICIPAL PRODUCTIVE HOLDING MORE U$D 71.5 MILLION EARMARKED FOR NON-SALARIED SERVICES BY SECTOR, MAINLY IMPORTANT OF FOR FUNDING TO 4.500 MORTGAGE FUNDING MORE THAN TO SMES PROVIDED SELF-EMPLOYED ARGENTINA WITH MUNICIPALITIES. LOANS FOR U$ D 87.5 MILLION FOR BY THE BANK AND (MODEL YUNUS THE PURCHASE OF A NET WORTH OF HOUSING. CREDITS OF THE THE BANKER OF MACHINERY, TECHNOLOGY, U$D 100 MILLION. BICENTENNIAL. THE POOR). SAFETY AND HEALTH BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

HEALTH

WE ACHIEVED THE LOWEST CHILD MORTALITY RATE IN HISTORY: 11.5 PER THOUSAND

WE DOUBLED THE FREE VACCINATION SCHEDULE TO 14 VACCINES.

WE EXTENDED THE HEALTH COVERAGE TO OVER 6-YEAR-OLDS WITHOUT SOCIAL SECURITY.

ASSISTED FERTILITY LAW (THE PROVINCE WAS A PIONEER): 134 PREGNANCIES TO DATE AND 78 BIRTHS. 9 ASSISTED FERTILIZATION CENTERS OPERATING IN THE PROVINCE

HEALTH DECENTRALIZATION: 5 HEALTH CENTERS (UPA 24 HS, Prompt Care Units) IN AVELLANEDA, LANÚS, LOMAS DE ZAMORA, ALMIRANTE BROWN AND LA MATANZA. WE STARTED BUILDING CENTERS IN LA PLATA AND MORENO.

67 PRIMARY CARE CENTERS.

MATERNAL CHILD HOSPITAL "ALBERTO BALESTRINI" WAS BUILT IN LA MATANZA.

CARE FOR NON-PUNISHABLE ABORTIONS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS.

1,700 NURSES INCORPORATED TO NEW HEALTH SYSTEM. (TRAINING PLAN EVA PERON). INCORPORATED OVER 150 AMBULANCES AND HOSPITALS WERE PROVIDED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

EDUCATION

34% OF THE PROVINCIAL BUDGET. THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS ALLOCATES THE

HIGEST NUMBER OF FUNDS TO EDUCATION IN ARGENTINA.

THESE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO: 22,000 SCHOOLS 330,000 TEACHERS 4,700,000 PUPILS

A 180% WAGE INCREASE TO SCHOOL TEACHERS AND A 200% INCREASE TO HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS.

2,227 INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEM INCLUDING NEW ESTABLISHMENTS.

DIGITAL LITERACY: 2,870 SCHOOLS WITH INTERNET ACCESS. INITIAL EDUCATION FROM 4 YEARS OF AGE. 5 NEW NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES (MORENO, MERLO, JOSE C PAZ, FLORENCIO VARELA Y AVELLANEDA) 1 NEW PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY IN EZEIZA. 350 TECHINCAL SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN OPERATION.

FINISH PLAN TO STAY AND FINISH SCHOOL FOR ADULTS WITH OVER 300,000 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS.

1 MILLON NETBOOKS HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY “CONNECTED EQUALITY PLAN”. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

SECURITY

JUSTICE DECENTRALIZATION: CREATE 9 DETENTION CENTERS. WE INCORPORATED THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS FOR SOCIAL REINSERTION (WE WILL BUILD 3 MORE BEFORE END OF YEAR). 74 PROSECUTORS, 47 OMBUDSMAN OFFICES, 20 ASSISTANTSHIP PROSECUTORS AND APPOINT 807 JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

TRAINING: 17 DECENTRALIZED POLICE ACADEMINES, WHIT UNIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION, WHERE 5,000 NEW LAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE GRADUATED.

46 LAWS WERE ENACTED TO STRENGHTHEN CITIZEN SECURITY: LAGRANCE REGIME FOOTAGE VALIDITY AND 911 CALLS SEXUAL OFFEDNERS’ REGISTRY. MUNICIPAL POLICY BILL WAS PRESENTED. JURY TRIALS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE LOWER HOUSE JUDICIAL POLICE WAS CREATED COMMUNITY POLICE BILL

DRUG TRAFFICKING PLAN: SEIZURE OF 9,000 KILOS OF COCAINE, 65,000 KILOS OF MARIJUANA AND 500 THOUSAND DOSES OF PACO. WE HAVE ARRESTED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF GANGS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE.

DISARMAMANET PLAN: 47,500 GUNS HAVE BEEN IMPOUNDED

OVER 9,000 LAW ENFOPRCEMENT AGENTS WERE HIRED, 7,500 PATROLS AND 10,000 CAMERAS INSTALLED IN THE 120 SURVEILANCE CENTERS.

NIGHT LAW: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING ATTENDED IN HOSPITAL ER´S HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 90%. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

SOCIAL INFRAESTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORKS

SEWERS AND WATER PROVISION GREW FROM 42% IN 2007 TO 75% BENEFITTING 2,300,000 INHABITANTS.

PROVINCIAL ENERGY PLAN : SUBSTATION IN LA PLATA, THERMAL PLANT IN ENSENADA, MANUEL BELGRANO POWER PLANT AND ENERGY PARK MODERNIZATION IN VILLA GESELL.

WATER PLAN: MORE THAN 350 SCALE WORKS INCLUDING, ARROYO FINOCHIETTO, DON MARIO IN LA MATANZA, SOTO IN HURLINGHAM AND ITUZAINGO, UNAMUNO IN LOMAS DE ZAMORA, DITCHING MARTINEZ IN MORON AND IN TANDIL.

380 WATER AND SANITATION WORKS FOR PEOPLES RURAL AND GAS SERVICE 40´S OF THE INTERIOR TOWNS.

WATER PROJECT IN CAPITAL REGIONS (LA PLATA, BERISSO AND ENSENADA).

WE HAVE IMPROVED 5,000 KMS OF ROADS.

OVER 100,000 STREETS HAVE BEEN ASPHALTED

ATLANTIC INTEGRATED ROAD SYSTEM IN EXTENSION 1,150 KMS, AIMING TO PROMOTE THE CONNECTION TO AND FROM 50 TOWNS IN THE COASTLINE OF THE PROVINCE.

NEW LOW-LEVEL STEPS IN QUILMES (QUILMES), EL JAGÜEL (E. ECHEVERRÍA), BOULOGNE (SAN ISIDRO), JOSÉ C. PAZ, MALVINAS ARGENTINAS AND ESCOBAR INVERSION OF U$D 196,5 MILLION IN WORKS OF COMPLETION AND MODERNIZATION OF THE 180 KMS OF THE ROUTE 6 THAT CONNECTS THE PORTS OF ZARATE, CAMPANA AND LA PLATA, BERISSO AND ENSENADA. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

SOCIAL INFRAESTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORKS

WE FINISHED THE ESTADIO UNICO THE MOST MODERN LATIN AMERICAN STADIUM.

WE BUILT THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM; THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST WITH 7000 M2.

WE PROVIDED OVER 180,000 HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

61,213 HOUSEHOLDS WERE BUILT BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT , THE PROVINCE AND THE MUNICIPALITIES.

6 HOSPITALS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN MAR DEL PLATA

BASIN IN DEL SALADO. 8 MILLION ACRES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED, U$D 215 MILLION INVESTED .

RECONQUISTA RIVER PROYECT: SEWAGE WORKS FOR U$D 230 MILLION. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

EMPLOYMENT

250,000 NEW JOBS WERE CREATED. UNEMPLOYMENT WAS REDUCED IN THE PROVINCE AND UNREGISTERED JOBS WERE DECRESED BY 6.5%.

UNINTERRUPTED WAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES FOR 6 YEARS.

638,440 PUBLIC AGENTS IN THE PROVINCE (DOCTORS, NURSES, POLICEMEN, AUXILIARY TEACHERS, ETC) WITH A WAGE BASE OF U$D 8,2 BILLION.

PRODUCTION

WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL PARKS, TODAY WE HAVE MORE 60.

STRENGHTHEING OF COOPERATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED PRODUCERS, PROTECTING MARKET VARIABLES WITH THE CREATION 10 "PRODUCER CONSUMER CENTRES”

RÍO SANTIAGO SHIPYARD, PRODUCES AND EXPORTS LARGE VESSELS. RECENLTY EVA PERON SHIP WAS LAUNCHED AND THE FRAGATA LIBERTAD WAS OVERHAULED.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST CONTAINER TERMINAL IN LA PLATA PORT BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN THE COUNTRY.

TODAY LA PLATA PORT ALLEVIATES MONTEVIDEO PORT TRAFFIC AND IS A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT POINT IN THE MARKET . BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

THERE ARE 128 AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS WITH 30 THOUSAND STUDENTS AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FIGHTING MONOCULTURE

LIVESTOCK PLAN (CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS) IT WILL ALLOW US TO ADD 800 THOUSAND HEADS IN 5 YEARS

TOURISM AND SPROTING ACTIVITIES

PROMOTION OF A RECORD SEASON 2012-2013 WITH MORE THAN 13 MILLION TOURISTS IN OUR BEACHES, MOUNTAINS AND RURAL TOURISM.

WE REOPENED THE PROVINCIAL HOTEL IN MAR DEL PLATA.

BA GAMES / EVITA GAMES WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION OF PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES.

536 SPORTS CENTERS WERE CREATED.

IMPROVEMENTS ON 2,800 NEIGHBOR CLUBS. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

RIGHTS AND EQUAL CONDITIONS

CREATION OF THE OBSERVATORY FOR INCLUSION.

UNIQUE DISABILITY CERTIFICATE.

WOMEN FOR PEACE CAMPAIGN "ZERO ABUSE".

MODERNIZATION OF “THE CALL CENTER FOR VICTIMS” SYSTEM.

OBSTETRICAL VIOLENCE LAW PROJECT.

INAUGURATION OF 55 WOMEN POLICE STATIONS AND FAMILY CARE AND 67 OFFICES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

CREATION OF A PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

CREATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND CRUEL TREATMENT.

ECONOMIC REPAIR OR PENSION TO FAMILY AND VICTIMS OF MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS. BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

FOOD CARD: REPLACES FOOD BAGS FOR EACH BENEFICIARY TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE.

“ENVION” PLAN: 42,355 STUDENTS WERE GIVEN GRANTS TO FINISH SCHOOL.

“MAS VIDA” PLAN: MILK IS PROVIDED ON A DAILY BASIS TO 426, 590 BENEFICIARIES FOR U$D 75,7 MILLION A YEAR.

CHILD ALLOWANCE WITH 1,2 MILLION BENEFICIARIES.

2,6 MILLION RETIRED AND PENSIONERS.

ENVIRONMENT

261 OPEN DUMPS WERE CLOSED.

SOLID WASTE PLANS HAVE BEEN SET UP.

APPROVAL AND PASSAGE INTO LAW OF LANDSCAPE PROTECTION IN TANDIL. CONTACT

LIC. GERARDO M. HITA

UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION WITH STATES AND INTERNATIONAL CREDIT ORGANISMS Tel. | +54 221 4294489 E-mail | [email protected] Web | http://www.ec.gba.gov.ar/UCO/index.php

LIC. LORENA CAPRA

DIRECTOR OF BILATERAL AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCING | SCEOCI Tel. | +54 221 4294731 E-mail | [email protected] Web | http://www.ec.gba.gov.ar/UCO/dpfib/introduccion.php

SUBSECRETARÍA DE COORDINACIÓN CON ESTADOS SCEOCI Y ORGANISMOS DE CRÉDITO INTERNACIONALES BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIA