Building a new country: European funds at the service of social innovation

Institutional appointment organized by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 of the Government of Spain in which twenty social innovation projects are presented, involving more than one hundred pioneering organizations in processes of social transformation, in the field of care and support for the elderly, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, children and youth and models of community care in rural areas.

The aim of these projects is to enable people in situations of vulnerability and social exclusion to choose and develop their life project. The initiatives presented involve historic funding of 156 million euros from the Government of Spain and in particular from the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

Program:

10:15h. Opening of doors

10:45h. Doors close

11:00h. Welcome and inauguration

Mrs. Ione Belarra Urteaga. Minister of Social Rights and Agenda 2030.
D. Gerard Quinn. Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities.
11:20h. Social innovation at the service of people. Moderator: Mr. Jesús Martín Blanco. Director General for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Mrs. Melania Álvarez García. Councilor for Social Rights and Welfare of the Government of Asturias.
Mrs. Carmen Garmendia Lasa. President of the Board of Trustees of Matia Fundazioa.
Ms. Carmen Laucirica Gabriel. President of Plena Inclusión España.
D. Pedro Puig Pérez. President of Aldeas Infantiles.
Mr. José Manuel Caballol. General Manager of Hogar Sí.
12:05h. Coffee Break
12:35h. Table 1: Elderly people. Moderator: Mr. Luis Alberto Barriga Martín. General Director of Imserso.

Mrs. Pilar Rodríguez Rodríguez. President of Fundación Pilares and Director of the AICP.COM Project.
Mr. Javier del Monte Diego. Coordinator of the project "Communities of Care: cohousing and other neighborhood support networks".
Mr. José Augusto García Navarro. President of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Mrs. Erkuden Aldaz Arroyo. Co-Director Matia Institute.
Mrs. Carmen Cárdenas García. CRECE Project Coordinator - Red Cross
Ms. Tamara Balboa García. President COCEDER.
13:10h. Table 2: People with disabilities. Moderator: Mr. Jesús Martín Blanco. General Director of Rights of People with Disabilities.

Mrs. Elena Antelo García. Rumbo Project Group: COCEMFE Director.
D. Manuel Reyes Santaella. Compass Team Project Mi Casa: a life in community.
13:25h. Table 3: Childhood and youth. Moderator: Ms. Lucía Losoviz Adani. General Director of Childhood and Adolescence Rights.

Mr. Josu Gago Palacios. Technical Director of the Specialized Foster Care Program.
Ms. María Areces Espolita. Coordinator of the social and labor insertion program "Empleo Conciencia".
D. Chema Vera Villacián. Executive Director UNICEF
D. Andrés Conde Solé. General Director of Save the Children in Spain
Ms. Paloma Garrido Velasco. Deputy Director of FEPA.
Ms. Guadalupe Juárez Pérez. Technical Coordinator of the PIPII Program
Mrs. Mª Teresa Molina. Territorial Director of SOS Children's Villages.
14:05h. Table 4: Homeless people. Moderator: Ms. Patricia Bezunartea Barrio. General Director of Family Diversity and Social Services

Ms. Susana Hernández Ortiz. President of Faciam.
Ms. Maribel Ramos Vergeles. General Deputy Director and Innovation Director of HOGAR SÍ.
14:20h. Closing. Mr. Ignacio Álvarez Peralta. Secretary of State for Social Rights