Third Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development 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.

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

Mentoring and Strengthening Local Enterprise Machinery and Inputs Microcredit Productive Networks Collective Brand Enterprise Self-development Self-strengthening TRAINING + FOLLOW-UP Mercado CSR Buy Domestic Formal socio-productive inclusion Tools Microcredit Vulnerable individual 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 CONVOCATORIA A PROYECTOS PROVINCIALES DE ECONOMÍA SOCIAL CALL TO SUBMIT PROVINCES SOCIAL ECONOMY PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF LOCAL ENTREPRENURSHIP DESARROLLO Y FORTALECIMIENTO DE EMPRENDIMIENTOS LOCALES TARGETING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT GENERATING IMPROVED INCOMES PORTAL WEB “CREER Y CREAR” ENCUENTRO FEDERAL DE LA ECONOMÍA SOCIAL WEB PORTAL “BELIEVE AND CREATE” FEDERAL MEETING ON SOCIAL ECONOMY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 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

WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS: 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%

*Training for the ENTREPRENEUR 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 Enterprise Management Microcredit Management Popular Trades Sales/Collective Brand

*EMPLOYABILITY Training The State’s Role Operator Outcomes E1 Trainer State/Financing to NGO training and labor market insertion projects State as Investor E2 Links trainer NGOs with enterprises that employ vulnerable populations Individuals have enhanced their employability and found jobs in the formal labor market State as Linker E3 State as Linker and Investor Provides training under agreements with NGOs and/or universities + Links to enterprises/NGOs/State to employ those persons (CSR)

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

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