Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Spain: Castile and León

Fundación MAPFRE is committed to the rural environment as a space for opportunities, and is organizing this meeting in which representatives of public administrations, the private sector and the most vulnerable groups in the rural environment of Castile and León will provide the keys to promoting the development of innovative solutions adapted to the environment through two fundamental factors:

• Independent living. Promoting self-reliance and well-being in the home.
• Settlement strategies for returnees and migrants.

In collaboration with:

PROGRAM

• 9:45 am – Opening session
  • Institutional Welcome – Mr. José Antonio Díez Díaz, Mayor of León.
  • Institutional Opening – Ms. Isabel Blanco Llamas, Vice-president of the Castile and Leon Regional Government and Councilor for Family and Equal Opportunities.
  • Mr. José Mª Romero Lora, Representative of Fundación MAPFRE at Centro.
  • Ms. Mª Dolores Moya Serrano, director of Social Funds at Fundación MAPFRE.

• 10:15 am – Round table: Access to health and social care services and long-term care.
  Focus: Independent living. Promoting self-reliance and well-being in the home.
  • The public sector perspective. – Mr. Eduardo García Brea, Director General for the Elderly of the Castile and León Regional Government.
  • The private sector perspective. – Mr. Jorge Saínz, President of Lares Castile and León.
  • The perspective of the representatives of vulnerable groups. – Ms. Teresa Villanueva Delgado, responsible for the Elderly and Aging Program at Cáritas Española.

    
    Moderator: Elena Lozano, editor of the newspaper El Español-Invertia.

• 11:15 am – Round table: Employment in the rural world. New sources and opportunities.
  Focus: Settlement strategies for returnees and migrants.

• • The public sector perspective. – Mr. Carlos Escudero Martínez, Managing Director of the Foundation for Business Anchoring and Training for Employment in Castile and Leon.
  • The private sector perspective. – Ms. Yolanda García Viadero, CEO of Bodegas Valduero.
  • The third sector perspective. – Ms. Lorena Huerta Sagüillo, coordinator of Diaconía León.
  • The perspective of representatives from the rural sphere. – Ms. Henar García Ramón, Mayor of Peranzanes.

    
    Moderator: Elena Lozano, editor of the newspaper El Español-Invertia.

• 12:15 pm – Institutional close – Mr.Gerardo Álvarez Courel, Presidente of the Diputación de León.

• 12:25 pm – End of the event and Spanish wine tasting.