The Fundación Espriu is taking part in the World Cooperative Congress
The congress hosted a debate organised by the Fundación Espriu and by the International Organisation of Health Cooperatives.
The General Manager of the Fundación Espriu, Carlos Zarco, participated in the World Cooperative Congress, which was held in Seoul from the 1st to the 3rd of December. Dr. Zarco participated on a panel of experts along with representatives from the United Nationals and cooperative leaders from the sectors of housing, industry and insurance in which they analysed how to transfer the sustainable development policies of the UN into specific actions. The speakers defended the cooperative company model as a benchmark for sustainability and they detailed how the cooperative identity contributes in an intrinsic way to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Dr. Carlos Zarco, Chairman of the International Health Cooperatives Organisation (IHCO), was in charge of opening the session on how to experience the cooperative identity through integrated health and social care, and he explained how the pandemic had shown people’s concern about healthcare. “Patients want to receive the best healthcare at the lowest cost. Cooperatives allow patients to collaborate with the suppliers of healthcare services and to even become owners of the healthcare resources,” he indicated.
The congress also hosted a debate organised jointly by the Fundación Espriu and the International Health Cooperatives Organisation, IHCO. Representatives from health cooperatives from Japan, Colombia, Korea, Canada, Italy and Spain presented the health care cooperativism experiences in their countries, paying special attention to the important role that they are playing in fighting against the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the welfare of the population.
