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On the occasion of the XVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is held this Wednesday, April 21, in Andorra under the slogan 'Innovation for sustainable development-2030 Goal. Ibero-America facing the challenge of coronavirus', The Business Confederation The Spanish Social Economy (CEPES) has requested the collaboration of the governments of the Ibero-American community to promote the Social Economy business model in the countries that make up said community and create a favorable environment for the recovery and socioeconomic reconstruction of the region.

CEPES, Cooperativa de las Américas, CICOPA América and AMA have sent a manifesto to the Summit of Heads of State that meets these days in Guatemala to help build a prosperous, inclusive and sustainable Ibero-America through the promotion of the Social Economy.

This was confirmed in the meeting held between the president of CEPES, Juan Antonio Pedreño, and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean, Fernando García Casas, in which the CEPES proposals were presented to the V Master Plan of the Spanish Cooperation and the 44 Social Economy projects developed in 23 countries worth 13 million euros, which have improved the lives of 44,000 people and 9,500 families, helping them to build a more favorable environment in their countries. It was also found that the Social Economy companies are involved in the fulfillment of 14 of the 17 objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.

In the framework of the XXII Latin American Summit of Heads of State and Government, Juan Antonio Pedreño, president of CEPES, defend the importance of Cooperatives and Social Economy of Latin American Development