Proposal for a matrix for social risk management Propuesta de una matriz para el manejo social del riesgo

Abstract

The objective of the article is to identify some of the problems of the Social Protection Model and propose an application matrix that can serve as a guide when using it. The Colombian Social Protection model is based on the concept of Social Risk Management (SRM), an approach rooted in globalization and the free market economy, as a prevailing system in modern society; aiming to reduce poverty rates in the most vulnerable population, directing its actions towards the proper identification of risks, their management and subsequent use of them. Ultimately, it seeks to help people learn to take risks and take advantage of them, so that they can improve their socioeconomic conditions. It is important that people linked in some way to the Social Protection System know the foundations of the M.S.R, the objectives it seeks and the ways it uses to achieve them. Logically, the model also has flaws and its correct application requires knowledge of them.