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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.

The United Nations has placed the Social Economy as one of the priorities in global reconstruction policies in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. This is one of the conclusions that were presented at the Meeting of Heads of State held last week, in which, among others, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres; the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez; the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau; as well as leaders of 57 states, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

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.

The European Social Economy and the EU institutions will analyze "the role of the Social Economy in the future of employment" at the international conference in Gothenburg (Sweden) on 16 November and its conclusions will be moved to the Summit of Heads of State of the EU to be held in the Swedish city the following day with the aim of approving the European Pillar of Social Rights.

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