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Work invests more than 10 million in social economy and self-employment

The award of the 2022 grants It has already been resolved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. The amounts reach 10.4 million euros and will be invested in promoting the self-employment, social economy and corporate social responsibility.

Since 2021, a series of substantial improvements have been introduced in the management procedure of this call with the aim of achieving a higher efficiency and efficiency of some aid, whose concession has been advanced two months with respect to previous annual payments. This measure also contributes to the beneficiary organizations having the funds sooner, as detailed by Labor.

Most of the aid for the promotion and operation of these entities (38%) goes to the Social Economy. “Strengthening Social Economy entities is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. It is an opportunity to establish a business model that creates stable and quality work»has assured the Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz.

One of the lines of action of these grants is aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, either self-employment or through the creation of cooperative societies that act in areas related to sustainable development, the improvement of living conditions in rural areas, cooperativism housing or consumption, but also care services for the elderly

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Facilitate generational change

The beneficiaries of this aid also include entities or companies that facilitate the incorporation into the labor market of people with disabilities or at risk of social exclusion.

Facilitate generational change and the incorporation into the labor market of women and groups with greater access difficulties such as young people, long-term unemployed people or people over 45 years of age also appear in the scope of action of these aids.

With regard to self-employment, 29% of the aid has been allocated to the promotion and expense of financing its actions, while corporate social responsibility accounts for 18% of the subsidies.

Under the umbrella of the social economy in Spain there is more than 43,000 companieswhether cooperatives in all economic sectors, as well as labor companies, insertion companies, mutual societies, fishermen’s associations, special centers of…

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