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With an eye on sustainability and future evolution, the Cabildo is also working on obtaining regional
financing (FDCAN) and new lines of European and/or national funding.

The framework of work and collaboration in FECAM (Canary Federation of Municipalities) and FECAI
(Canary Islands Federation) also has great value, allowing local entities to establish a coordinated
and organized framework in the territory, which is more sustainable and offers possible economies
of scale.

Communication and contact with the private sector is also constant, a potential generator of services
following the path that the Cabildo de El Hierro is opening with its projects.

In short, the involvement of the different economic, social and political agents, added to the
Cabildo's commitment, guarantee the continuity of a smart island strategy in El Hierro.

3.7 Key factors and barriers to implementation

The success factors include:

• Involvement and commitment of the different economic, social and political agents.
• External financing for the development of projects.

• Coordination and agreements between administrations and entities for the execution and
systems operation.

• Good management and orderly work: Project methodology, planning, coordination, monitoring,
document generation, etc.

• Information and its dissemination (internally and to the public).

• Training to operate and use the services.

Barriers found:

• Execution difficulties in a remote territory (double insularity). Project execution costs, logistics
and execution times.

• Few internal human resources for management and operation.

• Administrative procedures and times of public procedures (in the Public Administrations)
associated with agreements between Administrations or the necessary tenders for the project
execution.
• Contingencies derived from the situation around COVID-19.

In July 2015, Red.es launched public grants for Smart Islands, for local Public Administrations in
the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands. The initiative El Hierro en Red, presented by the Cabildo of

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