The Buenos Aires government also has a resilience office

In record time, the national government created and eliminated the Under-Secretariat for Resilience Argentina.

Initially, the new office had been created with the aim of mitigating the “globally catastrophic and subjectively traumatic” impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on society, as evidenced by a resolution signed by Chief of Staff Juan Manzur.

The idea was short-lived. Manzur himself abandoned the creation of the undersecretariat and announced that the tasks for which it had been planned will be assumed by the Ministry of Health. It happens that a measure involving a new extension of the State at a time when Congress is debating an adjustment as a result of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund generated a strong controversy that the Government is not willing to accept at this time.

The controversy triggered search engine queries about what resilience is. The Royal Spanish Academy gives two definitions. The first seems to be the most appropriate to describe the frustrated government intention: “The ability of a living being to adapt to a disturbing agent or an adverse state or situation”.

Quick to reflex, the Kirchnerist militancy did not let the subject pass and this morning recalled on social networks and Telegram groups that an area with similar characteristics operates in the City of Buenos Aires. This is the Resilience Department, led by David Groisman, under the General Secretariat and International Relations, led by Fernando Straface.

According to the official website of the Buenos Aires government, the office aims to “promote a more integrated, sustainable city that is committed to gender equity and provides opportunities to all its neighbors, focusing among the most vulnerable population”.

It has five axes:

- Diversity, gender and coexistence: Promote the full development of women and diversity as an identity value.

- Innovation, talent and opportunities: Quality inclusive education for the jobs of the future and generation of opportunities for innovation and economic development.

- Environment and sustainability: Promote green infrastructure, sustainable energy and a comprehensive urban waste policy.

- Social and urban integration: Improve access to quality housing, sustainable mobility and promote coexistence and enjoyment of public space.

- Security and Risk Management: Preparing the City for the impacts of climate change, building safer spaces and an informed citizenship to meet these challenges.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Groisman took office in 2015. Before that, he worked at the World Bank and was coordinator of the Government Policy and Management Program of Cippec. In addition, he held a position at the head of the national cabinet between 2006 and 2008, with Alberto Fernández as chief.

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