| Date: | 2006- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | This programme finances social cooperatives that promote collective work projects that allow the labour insertion of people in situations of poverty, exclusion, social vulnerability and unsatisfied basic needs. The creation of jobs is developed collectively, in order to provide the opportunity for development and social inclusion to its members and the generation of income in a dignified manner. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Men and women, disabled people, ethnic minorities and any person in a situation of social exclusion and/or vulnerability. People who are unemployed or whose livelihood is irregular work. |
| Area of intervention: | Direct job creation (Support to social projects) |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Comments: | Up to 25% of the members can be people who are not in vulnerable conditions, who can bring more knowledge and experience to the group. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law 18407 (2008) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Uruguay |
1) Social Cooperatives
| Recipient(s): | Men and women, disabled people, ethnic minorities and any person in a situation of social exclusion and/or vulnerability. People who are unemployed or whose livelihood is irregular work. |
| Comments: | A group of 5 people (minimum) with a sustainable project is required to participate in the programme. |
| Description: | The Social Cooperative is an enterprise whose ownership is collective; it belongs to its worker-members, who make their decisions independently. The worker-member will receive the award established by the wage council of the activity to which the Cooperative is dedicated. It is also an educational tool that promotes the development of citizenship, as it is based on the principles and values of its cooperative identity. |
Las políticas públicas para la promoción de cooperativas en Uruguay (1935-2008). Entre el retroceso del Estado y el avance del mercado
| Author: | Martí Pérez, Juan Pablo |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Tesis Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales con especialización en Historia Económica |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Study |
Estudio de trayectorias laborales
| Author: | Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) / National Directorate of Evaluation and Monitoring (DINEM) |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Working paper No 61 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Study |
Cooperativas sociales. Resultados de Evaluación.
| Author: | Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) / National Directorate of Evaluation and Monitoring (DINEM) |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Working paper No 16 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Qualitative evaluation |
