The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, highlighted the government’s boost to the social economy of Galicia, through the “unprecedented” investment of the PERTE of the Social Economy and Care, which already mobilized 160 million euros in the Community. Pedro Blanco expressed his satisfaction with the impact in Galicia of this PERTE, which “is the biggest bet made by a Government for the transformation of the productive model and care”.
The delegate made this announcement during a visit to the center of the Galician Confederation of People with Disabilities (COGAMI) in the neighborhood of La Farixa, in Ourense, where he was accompanied by the subdelegate of the Government in the province, Eladio Santos. There he toured the facilities with the first vice-president of COGAMI, Ramón Sestayo; the president of the Provincial Federation DISCAFIS-COGAMI Ourense, Miguel Ángel Quintas, and the coordinator in Ourense, Mónica Limia.
During the tour, the delegate approached the job orientation service for people with disabilities offered by COGAMI in this center. Pedro Blanco congratulated those responsible for this initiative that reached 800,000 euros in funding from the Ministry of Labor through two calls from the Xunta. Pedro Blanco pointed out that one of these grants received by the Employment Service of COGAMI was the Consolidated Social Economy Bond, and recalled that the Xunta has published a new call for applications for this year.
The delegate encouraged all entities of the social economy to apply for this aid, which is managed by the Xunta and which finances with 2.7 million euros approached by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. In COGAMI, the delegate claimed the role of the entities of the social economy to consolidate economic progress with greater justice and social cohesion, and pointed out that the Government works to strengthen that role, with investments such as the PERTE of the Social Economy, transfers to the autonomies and with normative news, such as the future Law of Impulse to the Social Economy: “We need to have all of you in this process of building a bigger, more important and stronger Galicia. We’re not leaving anyone behind.”
According to data from the Ministry of Labor, at the end of 2024, 1,468 social economy entities in Galicia were registered in the Social Security, in which more than 10,800 people worked.