The 1st Call for Social Impact Contracts of the Sitawi announces its winners. In the FAPERJ category, the Secretariat of Science, Technology, Innovation and Higher Vocational Education of Nova Friburgo was chosen, while in the General category, with national coverage, the Secretariat of Social Assistance and Development of Campo Limpo Paulista won first place. The projects will be awarded with the analysis of adherence of the social problem to the social impact contract by the methodology developed by Sitawi and will receive an award certificate on behalf of the State or Municipality.
“These are two projects that address the issue of Productive Inclusion, a topic of great relevance for Brazil today. However, the approach of both is complementary. Nova Friburgo focuses on promoting entrepreneurship, while Campo Limpo Paulista focuses on the inclusion of people in situations of social vulnerability”, commented Bruno Pantojo, Specialist in Social Impact Contracts at Sitawi.
The Nova Friburgo Secretariat presented a project whose objective is the professional inclusion of people with a high level of qualification. Given the low dynamics of the local economy, people who qualify end up leaving the territory, a classic case of adverse selection, when the non-qualified remain in the city. This problem has worsened in recent years with the expansion of higher education in the city. The objective is to develop an effective strategy to support new local businesses and to develop an entrepreneur support network.
The winning project in the General category aims at the professional insertion of people in social vulnerability in the Municipality of Campo Limpo Paulista. The idea is to find alternatives to the model offered today, something very close to the work fronts. The population involved is mostly at the intersection between the need for social assistance and work. Thus, the objective is to combine training and inclusion of this population.
“After the results are published, in a timetable agreed according to the current context, we will start working together with the winning governments, delving deeply into local realities and evaluating the adherence of the proposed social problems to the Social Impact Contracts model”, pointed to Bruno.
In all, the Call received 17 applications from projects linked to municipal and state governments throughout Brazil. There were entries from four regions of the country and the topics were quite varied, ranging from issues such as selective collection, park management and popular housing to alcoholism and employability.
The Call for Social Impact Contracts
the 1st call Sitawi of Social Impact Contracts, launched in April 2019, seeks to recognize and support projects with high potential for social impact, developed by the government in any thematic area that is suitable for implementation as a social impact contract (CIS). The objective is to encourage public managers to contribute to the modernization of the management of their governments and the improvement of public services offered to the population. The projects classified in 1st place in the General category and 1st place in the Rio de Janeiro category will be awarded with the analysis of adherence to the social problem to the CIS by the methodology developed by the Sitawi Finanças do Bem and with a certificate of the award in the name of the State or Municipality.
Learn more about Call Sitawi of Social Impact Contracts here.
