On 15 October 2026, the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, and the president of Fundación „la Caixa“, Isidro Fainé, in Seville signed an agreement to continue joint programmes in social affairs, science, education and culture. The foundation will provide a total of €76 million for 2026 – eight million more than in 2025. Both parties announced this on the same day.
The priorities are the continuation and expansion of projects designed to operate across the region: CaixaProinfancia to combat child poverty in all eight provinces of Andalusia; the Incorpora programme for the social and professional integration of disadvantaged groups; support for people with advanced illnesses; and services for older people in the 62 Active Participation Centresworking with the Junta. Funding calls for social projects will also be expanded; as a benchmark, the foundation reports that more than 288 projects were supported in Andalusia there.
Fundación „la Caixa“ says the investment will be increased to align its impact with social needs. Juanma Moreno described the agreement as an important complement to public policy, with a focus on tackling poverty, supporting people as they age and integrating them into the labour market. Both parties highlighted closer cooperation with public bodies and civil society organisations in the region.
Official documents cite the previous year’s figures as a basis for these expectations: according to the figures, CaixaProinfancia reached more than 16,000 children and over 9,500 families in Andalusia in 2025. The Incorpora network enabled around 8,200 people to find work in cooperation with more than 2,800 companies in the region. These figures serve as an indicator of the potential reach of the funding in 2026.
The agreement provides a short-term increase in the funding available to non-profit organisations and strengthens the model of public-private cooperation in Andalusia. It remains unclear how the additional funds will be distributed across sectors and among the eight provinces, and what specific monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are planned to assess their impact. The published summaries do not fully clarify these points, which are likely to be the subject of further announcements and parliamentary questions.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).