The government will mobilize "
100 million euros between 2020 and 2022
" to support the associative sector, strongly penalized by the health crisis and little affected by the measures of the recovery plan, announced Thursday the Secretary of State for Youth and Engagement, Sarah El Haïry.
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“
No association should be forgotten by the recovery plan.
It is the mother of all battles to preserve the richness of the French associative fabric
”, estimated Sarah El Haïry in an interview with the newspaper Les Echos, announcing“
additional provisions
”to“
complete
”this plan.
Equity and cash flow
The government unveiled at the beginning of September a stimulus plan of 100 billion euros over two years to help businesses and households overcome the crisis.
At the time, the lack of measures to support associations was deplored by the sector.
These 100 million euros "
additional
" will count 45 million which will be devoted to measures to help the cash flow of associations by 2022 through France Active, a public structure that helps entrepreneurs in the economy social and solidarity.
In addition, another 40 million euros "
will be targeted at larger associations to strengthen their own funds - often insufficient - to enable them to invest in their long-term development projects, and to access credit.
», Detailed Ms. El Haïry.
Applicants must submit a project to the Banque des Territoires.
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The remaining 15 million will be allocated to the Youth and Popular Education Cooperation Fund (Fonjep), which provides aid to youth and popular education associations to support the employment of an employee on specific projects. .
They will be included in the 2021 finance bill, presented on Monday.
The associative sector in France represents some 1.5 million associations, which employ two million people, or nearly one in ten private sector employees.