| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S167S267S367S467S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 67 (adopted, lapsed before 31 Dec 2025, not renewed)
No SE strategy document exists; the national instrument for the social and popular economy was the Programa Nacional de Inclusión Socio-Productiva y Desarrollo Local 'Potenciar Trabajo' (Res. MDS 121/2020), replaced in 2024 by Volver al Trabajo and Acompañamiento Social (Decreto 198/2024). Under the author ruling, programmes dismantled in 2024 count as lapsed: 'adopted but lapsed before 31 Dec 2025, not renewed'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 67 (SE chapter or pillar with measures in an adopted broader strategy, or dedicated regional strategies only)
The instrument scored in S1 (author ruling: end-2025 state, programme lapsed in 2024) is the Programa Nacional de Inclusión Socio-Productiva y Desarrollo Local 'Potenciar Trabajo', approved by Res. MDS 121/2020 (adopted by ministerial resolution). FLACSO (Informe 42, 2023) gives its concept as 'Economía social / Economía popular / Empleo registrado' and describes it as working 'desde una perspectiva de desarrollo local y de economía social', with several measures (complementary social wage, grants and credits for socio-productive units), so SE is a pillar with several measures, not a single measure; it is a social-inclusion programme, not a dedicated SE strategy: 'SE chapter or pillar with measures in an adopted broader national strategy'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 67 (measures with named responsible bodies)
Res. 121/2020 sets components (Salario Social Complementario; non-reimbursable subsidies and credits to Unidades de Gestión) and names the Secretaría de Economía Social as responsible where the units are NGOs, but sets 'no numerical targets or specific budget amount': 'measures with named responsible bodies'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 67 (monitoring body or indicator set in place)
Res. 1625/2021 created a special unit for Potenciar Trabajo 'con el objetivo de la coordinación, el seguimiento, la gestión y la evaluación de dicho Programa' (FLACSO 2023, p. 5), evaluation units were created within the programme in July 2022 and university audits began in August 2022; the ministry published open datasets on the programme, but no progress or evaluation report was found: 'monitoring body or indicator set in place'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
Social and popular-economy organisations appear only as implementing Unidades de Gestión (FLACSO 2023 cites the CTEP's articulation with the State 'for implementing' the programme); no record shows SE organisations in a drafting group or monitoring body of Potenciar Trabajo, and no consultation statement was found. The Consejo de la Economía Popular y el Salario Social Complementario (Ley 27.345, Arts 3-4: three ministries and three registered social organisations) sets guidelines for the social-emergency law, not for the programme: 'no evidence'. Not settled whether that council monitored the programme. · source 1 · low confidence
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I1100I267I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 100 (a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE)
The Instituto Nacional de Asociativismo y Economía Social (INAES), a decentralised body under the Ministerio de Capital Humano, remained in place at end-2025 (board designations by Decreto 997/2024; 2025 budget ARS 21,870 m): 'a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 67 (several types (e.g. cooperatives and mutuals))
INAES's remit covers cooperatives (Ley 20.337) and mutuals (Ley 20.321); the Ministry of Social Development's social-economy secretariat and its programmes were dismantled in 2024: 'several types (e.g. cooperatives and mutuals)'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
Cooperar's Memoria 61 (Apr 2024-Mar 2025) records no dialogue body with the national government on the sector: the Executive designated the cooperative and mutual members of the INAES board (Decreto 997/2024), a governing body, and Cooperar suspended its participation in some state spaces, including an INAES gender council (details not found). The Consejo de la Economía Popular y el Salario Social Complementario (Ley 27.345 Arts 3-5, 'ámbito institucional permanente' with three representatives of registered social organisations) is a co-decision body for the social-emergency law whose existence at end-2025 was not found: 'none'. Judgement call: 67 if that council is counted as a consultative body with SE organisations and still constituted. · source 1 · low confidence - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
No inter-ministerial coordination on SE was found at end-2025; INAES's Consejo Federal coordinates with provinces, not ministries: 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P133P2100P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 33 (social considerations allowed in general (criteria, conditions))
DNU 1091/2024 (12 Dec 2024, BO 13 Dec 2024) replaced Art. 25 inc. d) of Decreto 1023/2001 with nine apartados and dropped apartado 10, which the considerandos describe as contracts 'con personas físicas o jurídicas que se hallaren inscriptas en el Registro Nacional de Efectores de Desarrollo Local y Economía Social'; on 31 Dec 2025 no reservation or preference for SE entities or disadvantaged workers' operators remained (Ley 26.816 Art. 29 f and h only tasks the authority to promote sheltered workshops as preferred suppliers). Social considerations remain allowed: Decreto 1030/2016 Art. 36 lets pliegos include sustainability criteria, and ONC Disp. 26/2023 applies the disability-hiring requirement and tie-break preferences for firms employing persons with disabilities or trans workers: 'social considerations allowed in general (criteria, conditions)'. No Article 77-type reservation. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 100 (national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses or the SE share)
ONC Disposición 26/2023 (29 Jun 2023, BO 7 Jul 2023), applying Decreto 312/2010 Arts 7-8, Ley 22.431 Arts 8 and 8 bis and Ley 27.636 Art. 10, amends the Pliego Único so that bidders undertake to hire persons with disabilities 'no inferior al CUATRO POR CIENTO (4%)' of the staff assigned to the service, with a fine of 0.5% of contract value for non-compliance, plus tie-break preferences; ONC Disp. 25/2023 also issued sustainable-procurement fichas citing social criteria: 'national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses' (treated like Brazil's 8% quota for women in situations of violence). No repeal found; end-2025 application not confirmed (a 2025 CONICET tender's particular conditions defer to 'las normas sobre preferencias que establezca la normativa vigente'). · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
No national figures or reported cases on the use of social clauses or of direct contracting with registered efectores were found: the ONC practical guide on direct contracting with efectores gives procedure only, and the FACPCE/CECyT review of sustainable procurement across Argentine administrations (Nov 2025) reports no national data: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
The only capacity material found is an undated ONC 'Guía práctica' on direct contracting with registered efectores (procedure steps in COMPR.AR, no training or helpdesk), made obsolete by DNU 1091/2024; the FACPCE/CECyT review (Nov 2025) identifies no national training programme on sustainable procurement, and Cooperar reports no national support beyond one disability-awareness training: 'none'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D10D20 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 0 (nowhere (a lapsed draft counts as nowhere))
No national legal or policy definition of the social economy or SE; laws define cooperatives and mutuals only (single forms), and a federal SSE bill circulated only as an open draft (UNLP workshop, 2025), not as a bill before Congress: 'nowhere'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 0 (none of the three, or no definition)
No definition counted in D1: 'no definition'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 2 of 3Registro Nacional de Efectores de Desarrollo Local y Economía Social (Decreto 189/2004), linked to the Monotributo Social category; no national SE/SSE framework law · sources 1 2 3 4 5 6L1100L250L3100L4100L550 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 100 (in force)
- L2 · Scope: 50 (one type or several types only)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 100 (all adopted, or none required)
Decreto 189/2004 Art. 2 (as amended by Decreto 1031/2010) leaves registration requirements to the social development ministry; these are set by ministerial resolution (RESOL-2020-157 annex, amended by Resolución SNNAyF 603/2024 of 3 September 2024, which imposed re-registration via ANSES in September 2024 and new removal grounds). Resolución MCH 630/2024 removed the state subsidy of the health-insurance component. No outstanding implementing act identified. - L4 · Status or register: 100 (operating, entities recognised)
Register operating throughout 2025 at much reduced scale: 230,800 'monotributistas sociales' in May 2025 against 651,200 in May 2024 (-64.6%; STEySS SIPA report, data May 2025). Other counts: 673,200 (Nov 2024) to about 302,700 (Dec 2024) after re-registration (UNL Observatorio de Economía Social); 267,000 reported in March 2025. Eligible activities cut from over 1,200 to 101. No closure found to end-2025. - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 50 (not foreseen)
Decreto 189/2004 creates no council or agency. INAES (Decreto 420/1996) supervises cooperatives and mutuals under separate laws.
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E10E20E30E40E50 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 0 (none)
Author ruling (end-2025 state; national SE programmes dismantled in 2024) confirmed: Cooperar's Memoria 61 (Apr 2024-Mar 2025) states 'no se registraron durante el ejercicio políticas relevantes de promoción del sector por parte del Estado Nacional' and describes 'un momento de retroceso del papel promotor del Estado Nacional'; CONAMI's microcredit programme ended for lack of renewal and Decreto 1094/2024 dissolved it; the only national training it reports is one disability-awareness session with ANDIS; technical assistance came from Cooperar itself: 'none'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 0 (none)
No national support programme operating at end-2025 (see E1), so no territorial coverage: 'none'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 0 (none)
No national support programme to fund at end-2025 (see E1): 'none'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 0 (none)
The 2020-2023 programmes were interrupted in 2024, so none was operating on 31 Dec 2025: 'none'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 0 (none)
No national programme description to assess (see E1): 'none'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F10F20F367F40 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 0 (SE not mentioned)
F1 refers to the EU's multiannual indicative programme for the country. Argentina is programmed under the regional MIP for the Americas and the Caribbean 2021-2027, whose Argentina priorities are 'fostering economic modernisation to advance a green and socially inclusive recovery' and 'supporting the digital transition', with no occurrence of social economy, solidarity, cooperatives, social enterprise or entrepreneurship (draft of 30 Apr 2021); the EUROsociAL+ diagnosis (2021) is technical assistance, not programming: 'SE not mentioned'. Final MIP text not opened. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 0 (none)
The EU Delegation's civil-society call of 28 Oct 2022 (EUR 6.136 m) had themes biodiversity, just energy transition, sustainable waste management and sustainable agriculture (lot 1) and digital rights and open government (lot 2), without social economy, popular economy, cooperatives or social entrepreneurship; no SE grantee and no EU financial instrument for SE in Argentina were found: 'none'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 67 (government as co-partner)
The EUROsociAL+ action was technical assistance to the Ministry of Social Development as counterpart: 'government as co-partner'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 0 (none)
The only EU action on the SSE found is the EUROsociAL+ diagnosis for the Ministry of Social Development (2021), a study with no SE beneficiaries; no SE take-up of EU grants was found: 'none'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N167N267N3100N433 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 67 (dedicated line for one type (e.g. WISE subsidies, a cooperatives fund))
INAES's Programa de Asistencia Financiera (Res. 1287/15) funds 'proyectos de desarrollo cooperativo o mutual' for cooperatives and mutuals only; the social-economy microcredit fund (Ley 26.117) was dissolved by Decreto 1094/2024: 'dedicated line for one type (e.g. ... a cooperatives fund)'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 67 (two types)
'Los tipos de apoyos financieros que el INAES puede otorgar son préstamos o subsidios': 'two types'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
The line scored in N1 is INAES's Programa de Asistencia Financiera for cooperatives and mutuals (loans or subsidies, Res. INAES 1287/15; page live since 19 Sep 2018, modified 30 Sep 2024), financed by the Fondo para Educación y Promoción Cooperativa; INAES's budget carries transfers to the private sector every year, including ARS 8,914 m in the 2025 budget proposal: 'five years or more'. Budgeted continuity only; execution collapsed in 2024-2025 (see N4). · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 33 (budgeted or announced only)
No 2024-2025 awards under INAES's financial-assistance line were published: Cooperar 'no recibió subsidios del INAES' in Apr 2024-Mar 2025 (an aid approved for it 'no se hizo efectiva'), and INAES executed only about ARS 14 bn of the ARS 68 bn collected under Ley 23.427 in 2024 (Cooperar; deputies' information request 1378-D-2025). The INAES-resourced Fondo Compre Local of the Red de Municipios Cooperativos (90 credits, ARS 551.6 m since its start) is a municipal-network fund and does not count: 'budgeted or announced only'. · source 1
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