Cartagena becomes the new epicenter of the Work4Progress (W4P) program, a global social innovation initiative led by the La Caixa Foundation and the Social Grupo Foundation, with the support of the Visa Foundation.
The project It seeks to generate sustainable and inclusive employment for women and young entrepreneurs, with an investment that will exceed 3 million dollars in Colombia.
After its advances in necoclí, work4prass It arrives in the capital of Bolívar with the purpose of promoting business ideas in sectors such as sustainable tourism and rural development.
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The program will offer entrepreneurs access to financing, training, technological innovation and markets, with a special approach to vulnerable communities.
The initial call will be aimed at networks of Colombian and international organizations that present proposals to accelerate the generation of employment in Necoclí and Cartagena.
Cartagena is integrated into the global work4prass, which already operates in Necoclí and in countries in Asia and Africa.
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The initiative, already implemented andn India, Mozambique and Peru, is distinguished by its social innovation methodology: It is not limited to the incorporation of new technologies, but places communities in the center of transformation
In Cartagena, it will be articulated with the work that the Social Grupo Foundation It has advanced since 2014 in commune 6, focused on improving the quality of life of its inhabitants.
The president of the Social Grupo Foundation, Juan Carlos Gómez Villegas, said that with the Arrival of Work4Progress to Cartagena is renewed the commitment to work shoulder to shoulder in commune 6, where there is talent and determination to build a different future.
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For its part, Sar La Infanta Cristina, director of the International Area of the La Caixa Foundation, said – cited by Work4Progress – that the alliance with Visa Foundation and Social Grupo Foundation It is a sample of the transforming power of collaboration, capable of generating sustainable economic opportunities adapted to local realities.
The initiative, already implemented in India, Mozambique and Peru, is distinguished by its social innovation methodology:
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Finally, Najada Kumbuli, vice president of investments and alliances of the Visa Foundation, said that Small businesses are anything but small, and stressed the importance of continuing to facilitate access to capital and skills so that disadvantaged entrepreneurs participate fully in the global economy.
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With this step, Cartagena is integrated into the global work4Progress network, which already operates in Necoclí and in countries in Asia and Africademonstrating that entrepreneurship can be the key to overcome poverty and open sustainable development paths.
Constance Gómez Guasca
Economy and Business Writing
