Consorcio Galego de Igualdade e Benestar

What Consorcio Galego de Igualdade e Benestar does

Consorcio Galego de Servizos de Igualdade e Benestar is a public consortium entity established in 2006 under Galician regional law, jointly owned and governed by the Xunta de Galicia (holding 51% of General Assembly votes) and 285 member municipalities plus 5 mancomunidades (holding 49%). Headquartered in Santiago de Compostela, it manages one of the largest public social service networks in Galicia, operating across 286 municipalities.

The consortium delivers a portfolio of core services including early childhood education through 80+ infant schools (Escolas Infantís, ages 0–3), day centers and residential homes for elderly and dependent persons, community housing (Vivendas Comunitarias), a home meal delivery program (Xantar na Casa), youth affective-sexual advisory centers (Centros Quérote), social inclusion offices (Oficinas de Inclusión), adapted transport services, and emergency centers for women victims of gender-based violence. Its digital platform is built on W3C WAI Level A accessibility-compliant web technology with XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS2 valid markup, supporting service information, public tendering, and citizen subscription.

The revenue model rests on three streams: public administration funding from the Xunta de Galicia and municipal member contributions, regulated public fees paid by users for day centers, residential care, and infant schools, and European Union co-financing through FSE+ Galicia 2021-2027, FEDER, REACT-EU, and Next Generation EU funds for social inclusion, training, and infrastructure projects. Go-to-market is direct service delivery through publicly managed centers combined with a municipal delegation model in which municipalities retain facility ownership while outsourcing operations to the consortium.

Name

Consorcio Galego de Igualdade e Benestar

Legal name

Consorcio Galego de Servizos de Igualdade e Benestar

Website

https://igualdadebenestar.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Public consortium jointly owned by the Xunta de Galicia and 285+ Galician municipalities that manages a regional network of social services including early childhood education, elderly day and residential care, social inclusion, youth advisory, and gender violence support centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child Care Services (6244), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Public & Affordable Housing Programs (Subsidies, Vouchers, Public Housing) (BPAIANAA), Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Public social services
• Elderly care services
• Early childhood education
• Social inclusion programs
• Gender violence support

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago De Compostela

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Administration Funding: Core funding from the Government of Galicia (Xunta de Galicia) and municipal contributions from member councils. The consortium receives government investment for infrastructure improvements and operational costs.
2. Public Fees for Services: Public pricing regulations for day centers and infant schools. Users pay regulated fees for services according to established public pricing schedules.
3. European Union Funding: Cofinanced programs through European funds including FSE+ Galicia 2021-2027, FEDER, REACT-UE, and Next Generation EU funds for social inclusion and infrastructure projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The consortium directly manages and operates a public network of social welfare facilities across 286 Galician municipalities, including early childhood education centers (Escolas Infant\u00eds, ages 0-3), day centers for elderly and dependent persons, residential homes, community housing, the Xantar na Casa home meal delivery program, Qu\u00e9rote youth advisory centers, social inclusion offices, adapted transport services, and gender violence emergency and recovery centers. Services are provided to citizens under regulated public pricing and are funded primarily by the regional government and EU structural funds.

Product overview

Consorcio Galego de Servizos de Igualdade e Benestar is a public consortium managing a network of social services across Galicia, Spain. The organization operates as a platform of interconnected services including early childhood education (Escolas Infantís 0-3), day care centers (Centros de Día), residential homes (Fogares Residenciais), community housing (Vivendas Comunitarias), home meal delivery (Programa Xantar na Casa), youth advisory centers (Centros Quérote), social inclusion offices (Oficinas de Inclusión), and gender violence treatment centers. These services are delivered through public procurement contracts, EU co-funded projects, and direct management across 286 municipalities and 5 mancomunidades in Galicia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escolas Infant\u00eds (Galician Infant School Network)
• Centros de D\u00eda (Day Care Centers)
• Fogares Residenciais (Residential Homes)
• Vivendas Comunitarias (Community Housing)
• Programa Xantar na Casa
• Centros Qu\u00e9rote
• Oficinas de Inclusi\u00f3n (Social Inclusion Offices)
• Servizo de Transporte Adaptado (Adapted Transport Service)
• Centros de Tratamento da Violencia de X\u00e9nero (Gender Violence Treatment Centers)

Quantifiable outcome

• Equal access to social services across all Galician territories
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Federación Galega de Municipios e Provincias (FEGAMP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022On March 1, 2022, the consortium and FEGAMP signed a framework agreement for the Investment Plan for the construction, reform or expansion of public municipal social facilities, funded by European recovery and resilience mechanism funds under the Convention of August 27, 2021 between the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 and the Autonomous Community of Galicia.
• Xunta de Galicia (Regional Government of Galicia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Government of Galicia is a founding member of the consortium and holds 6 representatives in the General Assembly with voting power equivalent to 51% of the total. The regional government funds infrastructure improvements and operational costs across the consortium's service network.
• Galician Municipalities (286 concellos)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner286 municipalities and 5 mancomunidades are members of the consortium. Municipal representatives hold 49% of voting power in the General Assembly. Municipalities delegate social service management to the consortium while maintaining facility ownership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eulen Servicios Sociosanitarios: Spanish private operator providing direct social services and socio-sanitary care (elderly care, child services, social inclusion) competing for public contracts in the same Galician and broader Spanish markets where the consortium operates.

Others

• Accem: Large Spanish nonprofit providing social services including refugee support, vulnerable population assistance, and inclusion programming that overlaps with the consortium's 'Oficinas de Inclusión' and at-risk population service lines.
• ISS / Apleona Spain: Global facility services and workplace experience provider operating in Spain with adjacent social infrastructure services that overlap parts of the consortium's facility management and adapted transportation service lines.
• Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales (IMSERSO): National Spanish public agency responsible for elderly and dependent-person services policy, including teleasistencia and tourism programs; the consortium operates regional implementations of services that IMSERSO plans and partially funds at the national level.

Broad incumbents

• Clece (ACS Group): Major Spanish social services and facilities operator owned by ACS Group, running elderly care, childcare, and social inclusion programs under public contracts across Spain, making it a broad private incumbent competing for the same municipal and regional tenders.
• DomusVi: One of Spain's largest private operators of elderly residential homes, day centers, and home care, providing essentially the same service categories that the consortium runs through fogares residenciais, centros de día, and Xantar na Casa.
• Orpea España: Major European private operator of residential elderly care and dependent-person services with a Spanish footprint, running facilities under public-private arrangements comparable to the consortium's residential homes and community housing.
• Sodexo Iberia: Global facilities services and social services operator active across Spain, providing elderly care, childcare, and community services comparable to those managed by the consortium, with broader portfolio scope.

Regional players

• Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Drets Socials: Regional government body in Catalonia that commissions and oversees social services, similar in role to Xunta's Consellería de Política Social and a cross-regional comparable that organizes analogous elderly care, childcare, and social inclusion services at the autonomous community level.
• Xunta de Galicia - Consellería de Política Social: Galician regional ministry that funds and oversees the consortium and designs broader social policy in Galicia, making it the closest upstream governance counterpart and a precedent for comparable regional bodies in other autonomous communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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