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 Design, interlink, and evaluate social-economy promotion policies, favoring full integration for social actors and promoting local development and regional economies. 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 Machinery and Inputs Marketing Social Responsibility Training Fairs and markets Collective Brand Buy Domestic Single Social Tax Subsidies (Manos a la Obra) [Get to Work] Provision of Tools Productive Networks CSR Council Labor Market Insertion Buy Social Domestic (Nuestra Tierra) Entrepreneurs Trade Training Enterprise Management Legal Assistance Professional Vocational Training Funding for microcredit orgs (CONAMI).

Machinery and Inputs Microcredit Productive Networks Collective Brand Enterprise Self-development Self-strengthening TRAINING + FOLLOW-UP Mercado Mentoring and Strengthening Local Enterprise Tools Microcredit CSR Buy Domestic Vulnerable individual Formal socio- productive inclusion 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 GENERATING IMPROVED INCOMES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONVOCATORIA A PROYECTOS PROVINCIALES DE ECONOMÍA SOCIAL DESARROLLO Y FORTALECIMIENTO DE EMPRENDIMIENTOS LOCALES ENCUENTRO FEDERAL DE LA ECONOMÍA SOCIAL PORTAL WEB “CREER Y CREAR” Provinces submit a consolidated Comprehensive Social Economy Plan to be implemented in their territory. The Plans are designed to address local social- economy challenges and opportunities. Provinces submit a consolidated Comprehensive Social Economy Plan to be implemented in their territory. The Plans are designed to address local social- economy challenges and opportunities. Plan Financing: 70% by Ministry of Social Development and 30% by Provinces Plan Financing: 70% by Ministry of Social Development and 30% by Provinces CALL TO SUBMIT PROVINCES SOCIAL ECONOMY PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF LOCAL ENTREPRENURSHIP FEDERAL MEETING ON SOCIAL ECONOMY WEB PORTAL “BELIEVE AND CREATE”

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

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

The State’s Role OutcomesOperator E1E1 State as Investor Trainer State/Financing to NGO training and labor market insertion projects Individuals have enhanced their employability and found jobs in the formal labor market State as Linker State as Linker and Investor Links trainer NGOs with enterprises that employ vulnerable populations E2E2 E3E3 Provides training under agreements with NGOs and/or universities + Links to enterprises/NGOs/State to employ those persons (CSR) *EMPLOYABILITY Training

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

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

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