Undergraduate Diploma in Social, Solidarity, Popular and Community Economy

Created by RCS No. 339/2020.

Academic Coordination: Martha Sánchez Miñarro and Lavih Abraham

Technical Secretary: Dr. Eugenio Rositto

:: RATIONALE:

In the last decades of the XNUMXth century and the beginning of the current one, alternative economic experiences to the capitalist and market economy and salaried labor insertion gained strength in Latin America. The productive restructuring and the consolidation of the neoliberal model resulted in greater job insecurity, unemployment, increased poverty and social polarization. But at the same time, new socioeconomic subjects and new social actors emerged. It is these actors who, based on different conceptualizations and positionings, propose the Popular, Social, Solidarity and Community Economy (or equivalent denominations) as a socio-economic strategy to promote the generation of income with dignity in the unemployed or elderly sectors. vulnerability, or as a key strategy in generating an alternative economic development to the current one, even with counter-hegemonic characteristics against the dominance of capital and its logic.
These alternative initiatives are based on an integrative conception of the economy that rejects the divorce of the economic sphere from family, social and community life, and even the environment. They include among their objectives both strict economic sustainability and democratic participation, social equity and respect for the environment, among other values ​​and principles. Therefore, public policies to promote them and contribute to their strengthening go beyond the traditional field of economic policies, as well as that of social policies and employment policies. On the contrary, policies to promote the social, solidarity, popular and community economy recover elements of all of them. The promotion of local socio-economic development, in general, and the social, solidarity, popular and community economy, in particular, requires complex, articulated and intersectoral approach strategies. And on the other hand, it requires areas of social intervention, trained workers to accompany the processes of promoting these initiatives from a broad, plural and interdisciplinary perspective.
On the other hand, in a global context of crisis of salaried work typical of a turbulent XNUMXst century, it is imperative in public policy to redefine work and approach it from a more integrative sense, which transcends mere employment in a dependency relationship mediated by a salary. , and strengthen and enhance self-managed work understood both individually and collectively, from ethical values ​​and principles such as solidarity, cooperation, exchange and mutual help.
Finally, in Argentina, in the same historical period, we have gone from a development paradigm centered on national states to a model where subnational levels, and in particular cities, assumed increasing relevance in the economic, social and political. Rosario is a clear example of this: in the face of the context of adversity suffered in recent years, and the consequent complexity of citizen demands, the city has been displaying important political and institutional dynamism, leading the implementation of socio-economic policies. innovative, and promoting local development strategies.
In this sense, the Municipality has been working, since 2015, to make visible and improve the socio-economic conditions of Rosario entrepreneurs, mostly women, in a multiple way. On the one hand, providing access to simple and practical tools that strengthen their family businesses and their opportunities for insertion in the market, recognizing their work in all its dimensions (productive, reproductive, cooperative), facilitating articulation between peers, and economic empowerment. of entrepreneurs.
In this context, the purpose of this Diploma is to strengthen the capabilities and competencies of the workers of the Municipality of Rosario linked to the policies of promoting social, solidarity, popular and community economy, providing conceptual and management tools that allow the design, approach and implementation of territorial strategies for human, social and community promotion, in coordination with other social actors, focusing on the support, strengthening and consolidation of self-employment projects and aiming at improving the socio-economic autonomy of the target population.
This training will take the form of an Undergraduate Diploma, according to the options provided for in Ordinance No. 742/19 of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The proposal is aimed both at providing tools for reflection on the dynamics, particularities and characteristics of the social, solidarity, popular and community economy sector, and at improving the technical skills of the participants, stimulating reflection on their own. practice and innovation based on the exchange with others, their views and experiences.

:: DURATION AND MODALITY: In-person

::GOALS: 

– Strengthen the capabilities and competencies of municipal government workers and teams in the management of Social, Solidarity, Popular and Community Economy policies and programs.
– Contribute to the economic and commercial sustainability of Popular, Social and Solidarity Economy projects and entrepreneurship, through training in conceptual tools, support and practical management, within the framework of an integrative public policy.

::RECIPIENTS: 

Municipal workers linked to the Secretary of Human Development and Habitat who have among their tasks and functions to accompany socio-productive initiatives linked to ventures with the population with which they work (priority will be given to workers linked to the Undersecretary of Social Economy, and workers of Nueva Oportunidad).
Municipal agents who work in contact with families or organizations that participate (or are linked) to popular or social economy experiences.
References, companions and teachers of productive projects or ventures created within the framework of public policies developed by the municipal government.

::PROGRAM: 

The Diploma is made up of 9 modules, organized in 3 blocks.
Block 1: It is aimed at theoretical-conceptual training in the field of knowledge on which the Diploma is based.
Block 2: Support tools for productive projects and ventures.
Block 3: Tools for the management of public programs and policies in the field of social, solidarity, popular and community economy.
The minimum contents and workload of each of the modules are detailed below.
Block: Theoretical-conceptual training
Module I: Introduction. Conceptualizations and currents of the social, solidarity, popular and community economy.
Contextualization of the field of social, solidarity, popular and community economy, with special emphasis on Latin America. Globalization and transformations in the world of work. The social economy in the XNUMXst century.
The economy as a system of institutions and practices. Definitions and implications, approaches, target audiences. Social, social and solidarity economy, popular and solidarity economy, gift economy, among others
Module II: “Work” in the XNUMXst century.
Work, salaried employment, self-employment, individual and collective self-management, rights and obligations of the self-managed worker. Work in the Popular Economy
Module III: Gender and social, solidarity, popular and community economy. Feminist economics
Concept and approaches. The notion of sustainability of life. Economy and care. Public policy experiences.
Self-management and social economy from a feminist perspective.
Module IV: Approach to the territory. Territorial dynamics and local actors. Constitution of groups and accompaniment techniques.
The configuration of the territories. Methodologies for the territorial approach. Actor maps and power map. Situational questions.
From the individual to the group. Personal trajectories and group constitution. From the group to the work team. Identity and collective objectives. Forms of collective organization.
Block: Support tools for productive projects and ventures
Module V: Family economies. Financial education and good practices.
Characteristics and singularities of economies linked to family businesses.
Financial education for good administration and management practices. Women and debt. Progressive steps towards community finances.
Module VI: Organizational forms of the social economy
Forms of collective governance (legal and non-legal) in social organizations, centered on self-management.
Cooperatives. Types and approaches, with emphasis on work cooperatives. New forms of cooperative work, social cooperatives.
Management of cooperatives. Basic legal aspects of cooperatives. Basic accounting and tax aspects of cooperatives. Mutuals.
Tools for formalizing small economic units. Local, provincial and national tax system.
Module VII: Management tools for the social, solidarity and popular economy.
Forms of market organization. Market analysis tools. Forms of marketing. Productive chains and solidarity markets.
Communication of the productive project and its products. Identity and brand. Definition of target audiences. Digital marketing and social networks.
Block: Tools for the management of public programs and policies
Module VIII: Collective self-management: recovered companies.
Contexts of emergence, idiosyncrasies, characterization, forms of management, support strategies. Public policies oriented to the sector.
Module IX: Public policies and project management for the social economy
Approaches, scope, approach strategies, intervention tools.
Current support and financing tools for public and private actors.

:: REPORTS: maestriaecosocial@gmail.com / eugeniorositto@gmail.com

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RCS 339 20 – Diplo Pg in Social, Solidarity, Popular and Community Economy