Cooperation agreement to expand markets

A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE

A1 - Title in original language
Convenio de colaboración para ampliación de mercados

A2 - Title in English
Cooperation agreement to expand markets

A3 - Location of GP (national)
Spain

A4 - Location of GP (regional)
Andalusia

A5 - Economic field of activity
P Education

A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To address legal or financial exclusion
To enable adaptation to new realities
To improve social cohesion/inclusion

A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (large scale)

A8a - Start date
September 2012

A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
Ongoing

A9 - Short description of the GP
The good practice consists on the alliance between Suplá y Suara that commit to set up a temporary consortium in case they are awarded a significant tender in Andalusia. It has been also a way to give room to social enterprises to this market. Otherwise, they would not be able to compete with national big companies.

A10 - Key words relating to the GP
cooperative
temporary consortium
alliance
expansion
insertion enterprise

A11 - Objectives of the GP
To increase the market from a social perspective, giving priority to persons over the economic aspects.

A12 - Activities that have taken place
Previous and ongoing market research. A memorandum of understanding between the two entities has been signed and a good number of institutional contacts made to let know the initiative.

A13 - Achievements of the GP
Memorandum of understanding and possibilities to access to new market segments.

B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The big tenders impose conditions that escape the possibilities of the insertion enterprises. The fact that this kind of enterprise signs an agreement with a more competitive and less restricted one makes it overcome the exclusion.

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?
It is in a rather initial phase. Nevertheless, it can be advanced that 100% of employments would be local.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The initiative responds to adaptation to reality. The tenders are monipolised by non-social companies. Thanks to this type of actions the social companies would access to competition.

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?

B1f - Amenities for local people
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Management of kindergarten with all services included.

B1g - Educational opportunities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Suplá counts on its own educational model. Its pedagogy boost interaction among school, teachers and family.

B1h - Crisis response
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
It is a reaction agains the harsh circumstances stemmed from the crisis.

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The partner Suara will back financially the operation.

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE

C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Project is entirely/almost entirely governed by beneficiaries
Comments and learning points
There are two participating companies that take into account the persons over the benefits.

C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers?
Not known
Comments and learning points

C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
A great deal of partnership working within sector only
Comments and learning points
It is the result after 6 months holding meetings for both companies to know each other.

D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY

D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public

D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?

D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
The initiative is liable to be transferred to other sectors and regions very easily.

E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY

E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12

E1b - How is this made up?

E1c - Details of human resources

E1d - Details of technology

E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage

E1f - Details of external support

E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?

F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

F1 - Who set up the GP?
Individual or group of individuals

F2 - Who runs the GP?
Partnership (please give details)

F3 - Short description/comments
0

F4 - Contact
Rafael Corpas Reina
Suplá Empresa de Inserción S.L.
Calle Don Lopes de Sosa, nº 20.
Córdoba
Telephone (+34)957761269
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www.suplasl.es
Any other contact people
José Manuel González Aranda