THE IMPETUS PLAN FOR THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY 2016 – 2019

This document, titled The Impetus Plan for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Barcelona, is the result of a municipal initiative. Its aim is to offer a transformative socio-economic vision of the urban reality. It includes an action programme and aims to contribute towards reducing social and territorial inequalities, while promoting an economy at the service of people and of social justice.

The Impetus Plan comprises a diagnosis, the development process and the set of actions desired to be carried out in the city over the coming years. It is structured into the following parts:

— The social and solidarity economy in Barcelona: analyses the reality of the transformative socio-economic fabric of the city and its roll-out across the territory

— The Planning Process: explains the process involved in drafting the Plan and related co-production and co-responsibility dynamics.

— Contents of the Plan: describes the general and specfic objectives, lines of work, measures and actions to be implemented.

— Development of the Plan: indicates the different agents involved in the Plan’s execution and spaces for joint and participatory work.

— Budget, Monitoring and Evaluation: details the budgetary allocations, as well as the impact assessment criteria used.

— Annex. Towards a New Socio-Economic Policy: o ers an overview of the plural economy and of the proposal for the city’s socio-economic transformation.