The Consell de Ibiza and the Balearic Government have signed this Monday a general protocol of action that establishes a framework of co-management as a previous step to the transfer of the competences of the residences of Can Blai, Can Raspalls and Sa Serra, currently managed by the Foundation of Attention and Support to Dependency and Promotion of Personal Autonomy.
The agreement was signed by the Councilor for Families, Social Welfare and Dependency Care, Sandra Fernández; the president of the Consell de Ibiza , Vicent Marí; and the manager of the Foundation, Sira Fiz. The protocol activates a previous phase of strategic planning, considered essential to ensure that the transfer is carried out with a solid structure, well planned and with stability for all parties involved.
During the event, Councilor Fernandez highlighted the good institutional coordination with the Consell de Eivissa and stressed that the aim of the protocol is to “avoid reproducing the problems of the past“. In this sense, she remarked that strategic planning is key in a “complexoperationof transferring essential services“, such as social and healthcare residences. Fernández insisted that the process must be carried out with all the guarantees both for the workers, protecting their labor rights, and for the users, ensuring the best possible care.
For his part, the president of the Consell, Vicent Marí, has valued the agreement as the “first stone” to start the transfer of competences, thanking the collaboration of a Govern that, as he has pointed out, “listens and understands that this process is only possible with adequate and realistic funding“. Marí explained that this protocol marks the beginning of a phase of shared management between the two administrations that will allow the compilation of the necessary data to guarantee a definitive transfer with sufficient resources, legal security and absolute respect for workers and users.
The island president stressed that this phase will allow real assessments before assuming full management of the centers and defended that the process is the result of “years of rigorous work” during the legislature. “We have not been in a hurry, we have been responsible,” said Marí, who recalled that the residences “are not just buildings, they are also homes” and require a close, stable and committed management.
Currently, the Foundation of Care and Support for Dependency of the Government manages in Eivissa the three residences under the protocol, whose workers represent 42% of the staff of the entity. In this context, Sandra Fernández recalled that in the last two and a half years, steps have been taken to guarantee equal rights for the citizens of Eivissa, such as the creation of the “difficult coverage bonus”, which will become a definitive complement, and the creation of the figure of the insular director of the Foundation, aimed at strengthening the presence and decision-making capacity on the island.
