The president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands and of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), Astrid Pérez, participated this Friday in the working group on "Health inequalities in European social and health systems," held at the Palazzo Lombardia in Milan (Italy), where she presented the vision of the European regions in the face of the challenges of the aging population and the role of technological innovation in improving care.
"Our commitment as regions must be clear: to put innovation at the service of human dignity. Europe's challenge is to scale up in technologies without losing social sensitivity," the president stated before representatives of various European legislative assemblies.
The session, presided over by Federico Romani, president of the Consiglio regionale della Lombardia, and moderated by Carlo Borghetti, coordinator of the CALRE working group, focused its analysis on services and new technologies aimed at the population over 65 years of age, a growing segment that, according to Eurostat data, will increase by 16 million people over the next decade.
Likewise, he cited the work carried out in the Canary Islands, which participates in socio-health innovation programs such as ACTAge, aimed at transforming traditional care models into comprehensive systems that combine physical, mental, and social health. "Technological innovation only makes sense if it leaves no one behind," Pérez said.
Astrid Pérez concluded her speech by appealing to the common commitment of the European regions: "The regions are at the forefront of designing policies that combine innovation and proximity. Technology cannot replace the tenderness or humanity of care."
The meeting in Milan is part of the activities promoted by the CALRE to foster cooperation between European regional parliaments in the areas of health, social cohesion, and innovation.
