{"id":244325,"date":"2021-10-03T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T11:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=244325"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T11:59:22","slug":"social-and-solidarity-economy-plans-to-face-social-disadvantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/cuban-economy\/social-and-solidarity-economy-plans-to-face-social-disadvantages\/","title":{"rendered":"Social and Solidarity Economy plans to face social disadvantages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere are people who are disadvantaged and who need help. In order to close the inequality gaps, and to overcome social vulnerabilities.\u201d That was one of the points discussed in the videoconference on September 22 with Cuban governors and mayors led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel.<\/span>1<\/b> The head of state spoke of directing social work \u201cto everyone who has disadvantages,\u201d particularly pointing out dysfunctional families, women victims of violence, single mothers, young mothers or children who have some social disadvantage due to the conditions in which they live; young people disconnected from study and work; people with special needs due to physical or mental disabilities, the chronically ill, elderly people and those who do not have enough money to buy basic things, the malnourished \u201cwho can be in any of these categories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words, there are a number of social disadvantages that cause inequalities in society, which we have to immediately face and address; and I believe that the fundamental path is\u2026 that of social work,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, social workers can help diagnose these disadvantages, but they can unlikely eliminate the causes. Because eliminating the causes will inevitably require material resources, which are scarce. \u201cThe financial resources destined to support the most vulnerable,\u201d based on the budgeted state sector, are very stressed: the fiscal deficit planned for 2021 <\/span>is already 18% of the GDP<\/span><\/a>. It will require, above all, alliances between the different economic and social actors of the community. Welfare cannot be the only solution against inequality: it is necessary to redistribute resources from other sources or, better still, generate new ones and develop other services to dedicate them to reducing social disadvantages. And it is here where the Social and Solidarity Economy comes to play an essential role.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is a system of relationships that contributes to the development of the productive forces. It has the ability to mobilize production processes, creativity and innovation while breaking inertia, alienation and empowering workers. This new form of social relationship has a multidimensional character: political, ethical, economic, social and environmental. It is mainstreamed by cooperation, solidarity and social inclusion.<\/span>2<\/b><\/p>\n

The SSE contains Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR), understood as a way of business management and of any other institution, committed to generating value based on sustainable practices and in interaction with its context in favor of equity and social justice. But it goes beyond the ISR insofar as it is about transforming economic-social relations, mobilizing the local economy to generate jobs, promoting productive linkages and empowering actors, since it promotes and consolidates solidarity behaviors. Its logics structurally promote socialist solidarity relations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SSE is integrated into the socialist project to the extent that it has the human being as the center of development and seeks to satisfy the common needs of the population. It is at the service of society as it is committed to providing services. It recognizes the different forms of ownership and their articulation, prioritizes the society of people over the society of capitals. It is expressed above all at the territorial, local and community levels, directed by the municipal governments. It is structured in collectives and articulated networks to contribute to local development.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its relation to local development, the SSE allows:<\/span><\/p>\n