Más de 70.000 personas se han beneficiado de los itinerarios de inclusión vinculados al Ingreso Mínimo Vital

More than 70,000 vulnerable people have benefited from the 34 inclusion pilot projects that the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration promoted during the last term linked to beneficiaries of the Minimum Vital Income, as well as recipients of minimum income.

The implementation of these projects, financed from the Next Generation funds of the European Union within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, ended yesterday, the last day of November.

These itineraries have been deployed throughout the territory, through autonomous communities, municipalities and third sector entities. In addition, most of the social dimensions that affect inclusion have been addressed, such as measures aimed at digital training, access to employment, educational reinforcement, reduction of absenteeism and school failure, mental health or energy poverty, among others. The youth and child population and single-parent families, led mostly by women, have been the main beneficiaries. We have worked with groups from different areas, such as people with disabilities, gypsies and homeless people.

In the words of the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, “guaranteeing vulnerable people minimum income coverage is essential but it is not enough. People need support in the inclusion process, as we have seen through the implementation of these projects and, in most cases, multiple actions that address the different deficiencies that coincide in each life story, whether linked to housing, health, lack of training or self-esteem.”

The minister had the opportunity yesterday to visit the teams that have launched the itineraries in the General Secretariat of Inclusion, to whom she dedicated a few words of gratitude for the involvement and success of the program.

These pilot projects have been developed with pioneering research methodologies in our country in the field of social policies. In fact, the start-up of the laboratory has been internationally recognized. Precisely this week, the Peer Review meeting of Experimental Methodology for Impact Assessment on Social Policies was held in Madrid, in which different member states and academic institutions of recognized prestige such as CEMFI or JPAL have participated.

Once the period of execution of the projects has ended, the evaluation phase begins, which will end in the first quarter of 2024 with the presentation to the European Commission of at least 18 good practices. The evidence obtained will be decisive to determine the effectiveness and viability of the measures implemented, as well as to guide future decision-making around public policies aimed at combating inequality and eradicating situations of poverty and social exclusion.