The Fundacion is presenting the Spanish health cooperative model to the OCB
The Espriu Foundation organised an information session that helped strengthen ties with Brazilian cooperativism to promote a more social and sustainable healthcare model.
On the 1st of August of this year, the Fundación Espriu organised an informative session at the HLS Hospital Universitario Moncloa, aimed at a delegation of the Brazilian Cooperatives Organisation (OCB). Over 40 representatives from the 27 state divisions that structure the entity took part in the meeting.
Health cooperatives in Spain
The session included the intervention by the General Director of the Fundación Espriu, Dr. Carlos Zarco, who offered a panoramic view of healthcare cooperativism in Spain. Amongst other aspects, his presentation covered the composition of the Fundación Espriu and the entities that form it; the context of cooperativism, the healthcare system and health insurance in Spain; as well as the dimension and activity of Assistència Sanitària and ASISA, emphasising their impact on the development of social medicine. He also gave a review of the historic evolution of health cooperatives in our country.
The OCB, the organism that represents the Brazilian cooperative movement on a national and international scale, is aimed at promoting this model before the executive, legislative and judicial powers. Its work centres on making visible the benefits that cooperatives contribute to people, the economy and the planet, in line with the principles of sustainability and inclusion.
The meeting allowed links to be tightened between both organisations and the exchange of experiences regarding the role of cooperatives as drivers of social transformation to be strengthened.
