• Thanks to the additional allocation of funds from the FSE Administrative Unit, the CEPES Board of Directors modifies its resolution of March 25, approving and expanding the financing of these projects within the framework of Investment Priority 9.5 of the Social Inclusion Program and Social Economy (POISES), relating to the promotion of social entrepreneurship and professional integration in companies of people in a situation or risk of social exclusion.
• With this new resolution, a total of 66 projects are approved, with a total cost of 13,125,569.70 euros, of which the ESF co-finances 9,463,809.77 euros.
• In total, after this new endowment, the Final Resolution of the CEPES 2020-2023 FSE Calls for Aid approves 123 projects that will invest 29,103,174.81 euros in the promotion of entrepreneurship, the creation and consolidation of social economy companies and the creation and maintenance of employment in the sector, of which the ESF provides 21,554,186.86 euros, within the framework of POISES.
• It is expected that 20,082 participants will be served, 1,158 new Social Economy companies will be created and that 2,075 other companies will improve their competitiveness, which will contribute to the creation of 3,334 new jobs and the maintenance of 3,238 vulnerable people in their jobs.
Madrid, May 7, 2021.- The Board of Directors of the Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES), as Intermediate Body of the 'Operational Program for Social Inclusion and Social Economy 2014-2020' co-financed by the European Social Fund (FSE), has approved 23 new projects and expanded the endowment of another 30 worth 3,076,892.31 euros, additionally awarded by the Administrative Unit of the European Social Fund in Spain, located in the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
This was done at the meeting on April 28 where the Final Resolution of the Call for FSE Aid published by CEPES was approved within the framework of Investment Priority 9.5 of POISES. This resolution modifies the one approved on March 25, 2021 and includes the additional allocation of said funds for social inclusion.
The call published by CEPES as a social agent of POISES (Operational Program for Social Inclusion and Social Economy), is intended to maintain the employment of people belonging to vulnerable social groups, especially people with disabilities and in a situation or risk of social exclusion, through of the business formulas of the Social Economy that facilitate the labor insertion of these groups, specifically, special employment centers, insertion companies and social initiative cooperatives.
The new projects and those that have now been able to expand their funding belonged to Region Categories A, B and C of the European Social Fund. The awards have been made following the rules governing CEPES calls, which provide for a reserve list to recover projects in the event of increases in the financial envelope (articles 5 and 15).
In accordance with the approved Resolution, in type A regions (Aragon, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Valencian Community, La Rioja, Madrid, Navarra and the Basque Country), 21 new projects have been rescued for an amount of 1,040,356.31 euros of ESF aid, since the financial envelope has been increased by 151% to 1,727,743.31 euros.
In type B regions (Asturias, Ceuta and Galicia) it has been possible to rescue two projects that could not be approved in the previous resolution and to expand the financing of 12 already approved for a total amount of 594,571.47 euros of ESF aid. In this case, the endowment has been increased by 49% to 1,814,204.46 euros. In Region Category C (Canary Islands, Castilla La Mancha, Melilla and Region of Murcia), four projects have been rescued and financing increased to another 25 for an amount of 1,441,964.54 euros of ESF aid, for a 36% increase in the initial financial allocation to 5,470,763.54 euros.
With this new resolution, a total of 66 projects are approved within POISES Investment Priority 9.5 with a total cost of 13,125,569.70 euros, of which the ESF through CEPES contributes 9,463,809.77 euros.
In global computation, combining the Final Resolution approved on March 25 and this new one, the CEPES Board of Directors has approved 123 projects with a total cost of 29,103,174.81 euros, of which CEPES subsidizes an amount of 21,538. 463.35 euros as ESF aid.
Assuming all the forecasts are met, 20,082 participants will be served, of which 8,473 are unemployed and of whom it is estimated 3,334 will obtain a job and 3,238 people in vulnerable situations will keep their jobs, thanks to this injection of ESF funds to the proposals presented by 114 social economy entities.
It is also expected that 1,158 new Social Economy companies will be created and that another 2,075 companies will improve their competitiveness.
This information was provided by the President of CEPES, Juan Antonio Pedreño, at the Ordinary General Assembly held on April 29, 2021.
The Final Resolution can be consulted at the following link: Resolution 2020-2023 calls - European Social Fund - CEPES
