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FICOBA, the Fair Ground of Gipuzkoa |
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The Ficoba project has been promoted by the Fair Ground of Bidasoa-Bidasoako Erakustazoka S.A., composed of the Town Hall of Irún (99.08%) and the Bidasoa-Txingudi Transfrontier Consortium (0.92%). An ambitious initiative whose purpose is to promote and push forward socioeconomic transfrontier exchange and to recover the area of Txingudi, which was the location of the former frontier of Irún, the main entry from Europe into the Basque Country.
In 1998, Irún, Hondarribia and Hendaye signed the constitution of the Bidasoa-Txingudi Transfrontier Consortium. With this agreement, the three municipalities were pioneers in Europe in setting up a narrow framework of economic and commercial exchange between transfrontier towns, cities and villages. Five years later, Irún has embodied that spirit of collaboration in the creation of Ficoba.
The month of February 2000 saw the beginning of the construction of the main building of the Fair Ground on the land of the former customs esplanade of Santiago. The all-round project has involved a final investment of €21 million, 11 of which correspond to civil works, 3 to town planning and the rest to equipment. This investment has been carried out mainly by the Town Hall of Irún (€7.3 million), with the collaboration of the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (€2.4 million), the European ERDF funds (€1.8 million), the IZARTU programme of the Basque Government (€1 million), the Bidasoa-Txingudi Transfrontier Consortium (€0.06 million) and short-term finance from banks (€1.75 million). The rest will be covered by potential increases in capital or financing from banks. |
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