SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Governing Council has authorized the signing of the addenda for the extension and modification of the cooperation agreements signed between the Autonomous Community -through the Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth and the Ministry of Health-, and the councils of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife, to finance or co-finance the construction of infrastructures and the reform of existing ones, aimed at the creation of new social health centers.
In the 2020 annuity, the crisis produced by the global pandemic caused the slowdown of the works as a result of the declaration of the state of alarm and the supervening economic situation. This situation has continued to condition their progress in this year, although, little by little, the rhythm is beginning to recover.
As a conclusion of the different monitoring commissions held, it was agreed to initiate the processing of a fourth addendum to extend and modify the agreement. This action aims to include, on the one hand, the new legislative framework that introduces the financing of projects and programs from Next Generation EU funds (except for the Island Councils of Fuerteventura and La Gomera whose financing is exclusively from the Canary Islands Government own funds) and, on the other, readjust the amounts of the 2022 and 2023 annuities, as well as the amounts corresponding to a new 2024 annuity.
The II Social Health Infrastructure Plan foresees a global investment in the period 2017-2021, extended until 2024, of almost 263 million euros, of which the Government of the Canary Islands contributes more than 161 million and the Cabildos the remaining 100 million. Given the situation of pandemic, which forced the paralysis of the Department of Social Rights, the period of execution of the aforementioned Plan has been extended.
The II Plan for Social and Health Infrastructures of the Canary Islands contemplates the creation of new health care centers and the improvement of existing resources, with the expansion and increase to a total of 5,466 new care places, both in residential resources and in day centers. for the elderly and people with disabilities.
