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project info
Start date: 1 October 2019
End date: 30 September 2022
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 2 768 736,20 €
EU contribution: 2 353 425,80 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Ministerul Fondurilor Europene
European Commission Topic

Strengthening economic and social cohesion in South-Muntenia and Central Region

The general objective of the project is to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the South-Muntenia and Centre regions in order to combat poverty and socio-economic integration of people belonging to vulnerable groups. The project proposed for funding will create added value on 3 levels as follows: 1. Development of certified skills for 104 people wishing to set up a social enterprise/integration social enterprise in the two development regions targeted by the project; 2. Creating 105 jobs in the social economy to increase employment with a focus on people from vulnerable groups (people aged 55+; persons with disabilities; people at risk of poverty and social exclusion; people from marginalised communities, etc.); 3. Developing a social entrepreneurship ecosystem by funding 21 social enterprises/integration social enterprises. The project proposed for funding covers 6 major strands of action aimed at supporting the achievement of the general objective of the project, as follows: I. Performing a set of two analyses on the social economy area at the level of each development region targeted by the project. The first analysis is a diagnostic analysis on the social economy field in the two development regions that aims to support the project implementation process by adapting the implementation process to the up-to-date situation on the ground. The second set of analyses, analyses carried out at the end of the implementation period, envisages the monitoring over time of the evolution of the social economy in the two development regions, at the end of the implementation of the projects financed by this call for proposals. I-I. Developing 6 partnerships with relevant labour market actors (business associations/hubs/clusters), education/health/social work/employment services or local administration, in order to increase involvement in the provision of services to vulnerable groups. These partnerships are to ensure the connection of the 21 social enterprises/social enterprises of integration into the socio-economic environment of the two regions ensuring the sustainability of investments over time and facilitating the achievement of the social goal of the supported enterprises. III. Improving professional skills for 104 people wishing to set up social enterprises/social enterprises for integration in the two project implementation regions, certified professional skills in the field of social entrepreneurship (Social Economy Entrepreneur or Social Enterprise Manager) and a second set of professional skills certified by completing an individualised vocational training programme, depending on

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