Promoción, desarrollo y auditoria de Cooperativas Sociales (Promotion, development and auditing of Social Cooperatives)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Working age group
Programme Details
Programme objectives
This programme funds social cooperatives that promotes collective labour projects that allow the labour insertion of persons living in poverty, exclusion, social vulnerability and with unsatisfied basic needs. Labour positions are created collectively to make possible development and social inclusion opportunities for its members and decent income generation.
Programme components
Start date
2006
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Target groups
Men and Women, persons with disability, ethnic minorities, and every person in poverty or social vulnerability situation. Persons without employment or with irregular work as subsistance income.
Eligibility criteria
A condition for participating in the programmes is to be a group of five persons(minimum) with a sustainable project. Until 25% of the members can be persons who are not in conditions of vulnerability, which can bring more knowledge and experience to the group.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Direct job creation (Support to social projects). The Social Cooperative is a company which owning is collective; it belongs to the associate-workers, who take independently their decisions. The associate-worker perceive the wage established by the salary council for the activity area of the cooperative. It is also an education tool and promotes citizenship development because its own principles and values base as cooperative.
