The Mexican Government Champions for Social Innovation and Impact (GCSII) Working Group aims to consolidate efforts and expedite the expansion of the global social innovation sector, emphasizing the active involvement of the government.
8th paragraph of the 25th article of the National Constitution
Social and Solidarity Economy Law
Ecosystem Catalysers (national or regional)
National Institute of Social Economy
Leading Ministries
Secretaría de Bienestar
Gov. Representatives in Charge
General Director of the National Institute of Social Economy
Flagship Programmes / achievements
1. NODESS National Network 2. National wide programme of social economy formation 3. Hosted twice the Global Social Economy Forum 4. Have created the Iberoamerican Social and Solidary Economy Foment Network
Sector Size
1,751,695 millions of employments in the sector. That is 4.5% of total national employment.
354,706 millions of pesos, 1.6% of national GDP.
Network organisations
There are two National Councils gather most of the organized sector: • COSUCOOP • MEXICOOP
Ecosystem
The sector’s ecosystem has been represented historically by the two major National Councils. In this administration, the National Institute of Social Economy has develop more than 500 entities formed by an upper education institute, a member of a sector and a public institution, for organize, promote, foment the social and solidarity economy. They have presence in all States of the Country and in the most important regions, creating a new ecosystem for the sector.
Biggest societal challenges
One of the biggest challenges is to promote the knowledge of what social and solidarity economy means, the culture that it involves and the possibilities for the achieving a more democratic economy, more equal and fair.