Fundación Ataretaco

About Ataretaco

Fundación Canaria para la Formación Integral e Inserción Sociolaboral (Ataretaco) is a nonprofit based in the Canary Islands. It provides comprehensive education, especially vocational and occupational training, as well as employment and reemployment programs for people and groups facing economic and social exclusion, with an emphasis on prevention.

Services and areas of work

• Vocational and occupational training.
• Social services and guidance for workers facing social exclusion.
• Environmental services, including education and awareness, waste management, and secure, confidential document destruction.
• Quality and environmental management.
• Information about Social Security contribution credits, reductions, and other benefits.

Transparency and organization

The foundation publishes organizational, institutional, and financial information, including annual accounts and audit reports from 2015 through 2025, contracts, agreements, grants, its code of conduct, and its quality and environmental policies. It has a compliance and crime-prevention plan and an equality plan for 2023–27. Ataretaco is part of Grupo Universo Ataretaco.

Projects and partnerships

Ataretaco runs projects funded by the Canary Islands Employment Service (SCE) and European Social Fund (FSE), the SCE and Spain's State Public Employment Service (SEPE), the regional Department of Social Rights, the Tenerife Island Council, the Santa Cruz City Council, and foundations. It also participates in European Voluntary Service and Erasmus+ programs. Recent initiatives include AGROGOTERAS 2025–26, a comprehensive support program for benefit recipients in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, and employment programs such as Actívate 2025–26.

Recognition

The organization and its businesses received strong results in the 2024 transparency assessment and hold the Digital Transparency Quality Seal in the Canary Islands.

Contact

Phone: 922 202 100. Email: comunicacion@ataretaco.org; alternate email: tarqui@ataretaco.org. Website: ataretaco.com. Social media: X/Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.