Article 8 of Law 5/2011, of 29 March, on the social economy states that the public authorities, within the framework of their respective competences, shall have as one of their objectives the development of policies for the promotion of the social economy.
In its seventh additional provision, it urged the government to approve, within six months of the entry into force of the law, a programme for the promotion of social economy organisations.
The first Spanish Social Economy Strategy 2017-2020 was approved by agreement of the Council of Ministers on 29 December 2017, following the completion of this programme. Following the expiry of the previous strategy, the current Spanish Social Economy Strategy 2023-2027 (EEES) was approved by the Council of Ministers on 11 April, renewing the Spanish government's commitment to the Social Economy.
The new EEES 2023-2027 updates the previous strategy and builds on the needs identified in the impact assessment of its predecessor. At the same time, it adapts to the current economic and social context in which it must act as a driver of change.
The various agents of this unique social, productive and economic ecosystem have been actively involved in its elaboration, so that the EEES seeks to meet the demands on which there is the greatest consensus.
The EEES intervenes by planning up to 146 concrete actions. These are grouped into 17 lines of action around four thematic axes:
Action lines to improve the visibility of social economy:
Action lines to increase competitiveness of social economy:
Action lines for the strengthening of social entrepreneurship in general and in emerging sectors of the social economy:
Action lines to promote social and territorial sustainability in the social economy:
