📋 Tender Overview
The Minister of Social Development, Alejandro Sciarra, participated in the opening table; the Director of Care, Florencia Krall; the IDB representative in Uruguay, Luiz Ros; and the president of INACOOP, Martín Fernández. Authorities from the aforementioned organizations and Personal Assistants from all over the country accompanied the activity.
During her speech, Florencia Krall indicated that this activity in seminar mode seeks to make visible the change in the management model of Personal Assistants; show the strategic lines of work aimed at strengthening the Care System and betting on collective provision.
He said that there are already 16 cooperatives that are operating in six departments of the country, with a coverage that exceeds 6,000 binomials (caregivers). He asserted that the Secretariat supports the training and professionalization of caregivers so that the service is of quality and announced that an impact measurement will be carried out that shows the benefits of creating or joining a care cooperative.
For his part, Luiz Ros valued the collective effort with the IDB as a strategic partner to achieve such a significant change in the personal assistant management model. He said that Uruguay is a regional leader by having a National Integrated Care System as a State policy and that serves different populations, such as children, older adults and people with disabilities, which is why it stands out from other countries in the region. .
