Organization of American States Inter-American Council for Integral

Organization of American States Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) Third Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development

Prime Objective of the Secretariat for Social Economy ü Design, interlink, and evaluate social-economy promotion policies, favoring full integration for social actors and promoting local development and regional economies. ü Among the activities and measures that it pursues to carry out and meet its objectives, the SECRETARIAT promotes the development and strengthening of socio-productive projects by means of subsidies, microcredit, and technical assistance.

Program areas Microcredit • Funding for microcredit orgs (CONAMI). Social Responsibility • CSR Council • Labor Market Insertion • Buy Social • Domestic (Nuestra Tierra) Entrepreneurs Machinery and Inputs • Subsidies (Manos a la Obra) [Get to Work] • Provision of Tools • Productive Networks Marketing • • Fairs and markets Collective Brand Buy Domestic Single Social Tax Training • • Trade Training Enterprise Management Legal Assistance Professional Vocational Training

Mentoring and Strengthening Local Enterprise -UP W Productive LLO O Networks +F G IN Collective AIN R T Brand Machinery and Inputs Microcredit Tools Microcredit Vulnerable individual Enterprise Mercado CSR Buy Domestic Formal socioproductive inclusion Self-strengthening Self-development Self-strengthening Enterprise Self-development Single Social Tax + Fairs and Markets

NATIONAL SOCIAL ECONOMY PLAN BELIEVE AND CREATE “The social economy is part knowhow, part hope: a pinch of creativity with a sprinkling of belief …”

“BELIEVING AND CREATING” CONCEIVED AS A PLAN … FEDERAL TARGETING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DESARROLLO CALL TO SUBMIT CONVOCATORIA A DEVELOPMENT AND Y FORTALECIMIENTO DE STRENGTHENING OF PROYECTOS PROVINCIALES DE PROVINCES SOCIAL EMPRENDIMIENTOS LOCAL ENTREPRENURSHIP ECONOMY PLAN ECONOMÍA SOCIAL LOCALES GENERATING IMPROVED INCOMES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PORTAL WEB ENCUENTRO MEETING DE FEDERAL WEB PORTAL “CREER Y CREAR” LA ECONOMÍA SOCIAL “BELIEVE AND CREATE” ON SOCIAL ECONOMY Provinces submit a consolidated Comprehensive Social Economy Plan to be implemented in their territory. The Plans are designed to address local socialeconomy challenges and opportunities. Plan Financing: 70% by Ministry of Social Development and 30% by Provinces

BUDGET: WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS: 30% of the SES 2016 budget will be used to finance provincial projects. All the provincies and states of the Republic of Argentina will be direct recipients. 30% WHO BENEFITS Beneficiaries are all those people in situations of social vulnerability, defined as those having structural barriers to economic development.

*Training for the ENTREPRENEUR We will provide knowledge and technologies to enhance the sustainability of socialeconomy business enterprises and their impact on vulnerable populations. q On-site, in-the-field training. q Virtual classroom “FORMATE EN RED” q Audiovisual content on the CREER Y CREAR website Enterprise Management Popular Trades Sales/Collective Brand Microcredit Management

*EMPLOYABILITY Training The State’s Role E 1 Operator State as Investor Trainer State/Financing to NGO training and labor market insertion projects State as Linker Links trainer NGOs with enterprises that employ vulnerable populations Outcomes E 2 E 3 State as Linker and Investor Provides training under agreements with NGOs and/or universities + Links to enterprises/NGOs/State to employ those persons (CSR) Individuals have enhanced their employability and found jobs in the formal labor market

Web Site “CREER y CREAR” (“Believe and Create”) Communication platform for programs of the National Social Economy Virtual forum to share experiences and information on social-economy events at the provincial and local level Links to the virtual classroom “Formate en Red” and other training content Registration of social-economy entrepreneurs

Federal Social Economy Congress Annual congress organized by the Secretariat for Social Economy Provincial and local government officials and community leaders are invited to discuss challenges and opportunities for the social economy in Argentina Sharing of local experiences Projection toward a national regulatory framework on the social economy and social responsibility

SOCIAL ECONOMY National Plan “Creer y Crear” (Believe and Create) Training and Assistance Local Development and Regional Economies

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