“We consider ourselves strategic allies for the sustainable development of Uruguay, and in that sense, we summarized the proposals in nine ideas that we presented last Saturday,” assured Informativo Uruguay the president of Cudecoop, Alicia Maneiro.
In this regard, the president stressed that “States must generate public policy to promote the different cooperative modalities,” stating that they are an important sector that should participate in the co-management of public policies to deepen the participation of cooperativism.
Among the proposals put forward by the sector is the construction of a social economy cabinet under the leadership of Inaccop, the deepening of strategic cooperative development programs by expanding financing, the promotion of development policies for the most marginalized sectors, and the creation of a public information system between the registration and control agencies.
On the other hand, they also aim to promote the incorporation of cooperatives into the public procurement system, to increase education and training initiatives in formal education and among public officials and cooperatives, and to incorporate the gender, generational and territorial dimensions.
The Chamber of Industries’ approach
At the beginning of May, the four most important business chambers in the country agreed to point out the problem of exchange rate lag and the concern generated by the possible repeal of the social security reform, when performing an analysis of the current state of Uruguay and present their initiatives for the election year to leaders and pre-candidates during the traditional lunch of the Marketing Managers Association.
Besides the competitiveness and the possible effects of the plebiscite of PIT-CNT, The representatives also discussed the reduction of the workday and the economic activity.
In that scenario, the president of the Rural Association of Uruguay, Patricio Cortabarría, He stated that “the agriculture contributes almost 21% of the GDP and the employment which generates an impact on 17% of the total wage bill.” The agricultural union representative reflected that “Uruguay It was expected to grow by 3% in 2023, but ended up growing by 0.4% as a result of the drought”. “This demonstrates the impact that the agricultural sector in the country,” he said.
Cortabarría estimated the deficit of the sector at 1.8 billion dollars, separating it into approximately a thousand in the agriculture, 258 in cattle of meat, 145 in lost prairies, 136 in dairy, 43 in fruit trees and 12 in viticulture.
Source: Ambito
