The Maresme Foundation holds it second 'Inspiring Council' to chart its strategy for the next two years

On 24 November, the Maresme Foundation held the second edition of its Inspirador Council in Mataró, a space for reflection designed to help guide the organisation’s strategy for the coming years. The meeting brought together members of the Board of Trustees, the management team and the group of experts who make up this working body, created to provide an external, professional and multidisciplinary perspective to support the Foundation’s strategic decisions.

The working group is composed of professionals from different sectors in order to bring a broad and cross-cutting view. Among the experts are Joan Guanyabens, Director of the TIC Salut Social Foundation, and Lluís Torrens Mèlich, Technical Director of the Productivity and Innovation Initiative (IPI) at the Cercle d’Economia, a specialist in social innovation and public policy.

The group also includes the perspectives of Núria Valls Carol, President of Fundesplai and Director of the Observatorio Brechas Digitales; Ramon Cunillera Grañó, Manager of the Health Corporation of Maresme and La Selva and President of the Catalan Society of Healthcare Management; Claudia Danesi, Head of Transfer, Innovation and Enterprise at TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme; and Albert Cañigueral Bagó, a technology and data expert at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Anticipating needs and identifying new opportunities

The session served to align the Foundation’s understanding of the current needs of the people it supports and to identify new challenges that will require strategic action in the years ahead. The Council discussed the importance of driving innovation in the social sphere, harnessing the opportunities offered by new technologies and anticipating the demographic and social changes that directly affect the most vulnerable groups.

The discussions resulted in a two-year roadmap, which includes the aim of exploring the use of artificial intelligence in supporting people with disabilities. It also reaffirms the commitment to move towards an integrated model of social and healthcare services, and to strengthen the organisation’s technological development to enhance the support it provides. In addition, the Foundation is considering the incorporation of hybrid professional profiles that combine care training with digital skills, as well as studying the feasibility of adapting the concept of the digital twin—commonly used in healthcare—to the social field.

With these objectives, the Maresme Foundation expresses its vision of generating shared value within society by continuing to grow through innovation, while keeping its focus firmly on its commitment to the people and families it supports.