Alberto Fernández is shown with governors for a plan that tries to create 750 thousand jobs in the midst of the pandemic

06/02/2020 - 12:07

• Clarín.com
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Alberto Ángel Fernández will be shown this Tuesday with several governors to add them to a plan that tries to create 750 thousand jobs in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

This initiative, to which Formosa and Misiones have already joined, are the federal programs "Argentina Construye" and "Argentina Construye-Solidaria", which together plan to generate 750,000 jobs.

This Tuesday, together with Alberto Fernández and the Minister María Eugenia Bielsa will be the leaders Gustavo Bordet (Entre Ríos), Omar Perotti (Santa Fe), Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires) and there is speculation that Jorge Milton Capitanich will join, governor of Chaco who is very complicated with coronavirus cases in his province.

The agreements will be signed by the President and the Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat of the Nation, María Eugenia Bielsa.

Both plans were launched last month within the framework of the national government's emergency measures to face the coronavirus pandemic and, also, its health and economic and housing consequences,

The Federal Program Argentina Construye Solidaria aims to "grant subsidies for the purchase of materials for the renovation of the physical spaces of non-governmental organizations, civil associations, foundations, cooperatives, mutuals and ecclesiastical entities and covers an amount of 4,000 subsidies for this year and a projected investment of 800 million pesos throughout the country and hopes to generate 28 thousand jobs, "said sources from the Casa Rosada.

The agreements constitute "the initial kick to start the tasks of executing the programs that will be implemented by the provincial and municipal agencies with the technical and financial support of the Ministry of Territorial Development and Habitat for the purposes of specifying the programs included" , was explained.

"It attends to the improvement of the headquarters of community organizations, to the construction of housing, improvements, expansion, installation of a natural gas network, development of sanitary centers and home connections to public infrastructure for housing," they completed.

The Argentina Build Solidarity Program is intended for entities that have not received another subsidy and who carry out neighborhood and community assistance tasks in all the provinces and municipalities of the country, whose activities are linked to food, education, health, the environment, culture, inclusion of people with disabilities, access to land, housing and habitat, respect for gender identity and preservation of original cultural identities.

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