The Permanent Commission of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Science and Technology (CICYT) approved, at its meeting on June 28, 2001, the Work Program of the National Plan of R&D = I for the year 2001, within the National Plan Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation (2000-2003).

The Work Programme provides for the possibility of the IMSERSO to develop actions to finance research projects related to aging and rehabilitation technologies. The aim is to produce an increase in activities in the field of rehabilitation technology as well as in the field of studies linked to ageing. All this requires the conjunction of various interdisciplinary R & D actions, to meet the needs of products or services that integrate new technologies for the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities and older people.

To address these purposes, the IMSERSO has entered into its expense budget the appropriate credits.

Article 81.6 of the General Budget Law, as amended by Article 135 (4) of Law 13/1996, of 30 December, of Fiscal, Administrative and Social Order Measures, provides that the Ministers will lay down the appropriate regulatory bases for the granting of aid which, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure for the granting of public subsidies, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993, may be include in the call itself.

In its virtue, prior to the report of the Central Legal Counsel of the IMSERSO, I have:

Article 1. Object.

This Order establishes the regulatory bases, under competitive competition, of the granting of aid for the realization of research and development projects, within the strategic action on aging and the strategic action on health technology, linked to the technology of rehabilitation, which falls within the thematic content set out in the Annex to this Order and whose extremes are developed in the following articles.

The financing of these actions will be borne by the IMSERSO budget, which is recorded for the implementation of 487.7.9, programmes 034.38 and 32.32.

Article 2. Legal framework of the call.

The call for assistance will be carried out by Resolution of the IMSERSO Directorate-General. This Resolution shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Order; in the recast text of the General Budget Law; in the Rules of Procedure for the award of public grants, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993. In the case of law 13/1986, of 14 April, of the Promotion and General Coordination of Scientific and Technical Research and the other existing rules that apply.

The Call Resolution will prioritize the lines of research set out in the Annex to this Order.

Article 3. Applicants.

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(a) Entities having a research, legal or statutory purpose, their own legal personality, sufficient capacity to act and are not disabled for the purpose of obtaining state aid or grants, or to hire with the State or other public authorities.

(b) Companies intending to carry out a research project, having their own legal personality and sufficient capacity to work, and are not disabled for the purpose of obtaining State aid or for contracting with the State or other public Entes.

(c) Organizations of/or persons with disabilities or legally constituted older persons, who may be users or beneficiaries of the outcome of the research projects, and who participate or collaborate in the implementation of these projects.

(d) Natural persons integrated into the templates of the entities referred to in paragraph (a), when they submit research projects through their bodies and as expert investigators responsible for the implementation scientific-technical thereof.

For the implementation of research projects related to rehabilitation technology, it is necessary that the proposals be submitted by a group or consortium formed by the groups of entities mentioned in the (b) and (c). Such a group or consortium shall be represented by a coordinator.

Article 4. Formalisation of applications.

The applications, addressed to the Director General of the Institute of Migration and Social Services (IMSERSO), will be presented in the General Register of this Institute, Avenue of the Enlightenment, without number, with return to Ginzo of Limia, 58, 28029 Madrid, or in any of the registers and offices referred to in Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

Applications, which will accommodate the model that approves the Call Resolution, must accompany the following documentation:

(a) The applicant's national identity document and if it acts on behalf of the person or legal person represented.

(b) Technical memory appropriate to the model established in the Resolution of the Call for Aid.

(c) Preagreement in which the conditions under which the group or consortium is to be governed shall be laid down for the implementation of the project.

d) A certified photocopy of the tax identification card of each natural or legal person applying for the aid.

e) Documentation showing, in the form set out in the Orders of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of 28 April 1986 and 25 November 1987, that the natural or legal persons applying for the in the fulfilment of its tax obligations and for social security.

(f) Declaration of each person participating in the project which shows that, where appropriate, the economic aid received prior to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has been sufficiently justified.

If the application document did not meet the identification data, both of the aid requested and of the requesting entity and/or any of those provided for in Article 70 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November of Legal Regime of the General Administration and the Common Administrative Procedure, the applicant shall be required, in accordance with the provisions of Article 71.1 of the aforementioned Law, according to the wording given by Law 4/1999, of 13 January, so that within a period of 10 working days subsane the faults or accompany the required documents, indicating that if so do not do so, shall have it withdrawn from its request, upon a decision which shall be given in the terms provided for in Article 42 of that Law.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, at any time, throughout the procedure, the applicant may be urged to fill in any other requirement or to be omitted, in accordance with the provisions of Article 76 of the Law. 30/1992, of 26 November of the Legal Regime of the Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure, granting to that effect a period of ten working days from the day following that of the notification, with express warning that, if you do not do so, you will be able to declare your right to the processing of your application. However, the action of the person concerned shall be admissible and shall produce its legal effects, if it occurs before or within the day of notification of the decision in which the time limit is elapsed.

Article 5. Memory.

The application must be accompanied by a technical explanatory note for the project for which the aid is requested, duly signed by the project manager and by each of the entities which, if appropriate, form or go to be part of the group or consortium.

Article 6. Concepts that can help.

The aid granted will be used to cover the following expenses provided that they are directly related to the implementation of the project:

1. Expenditure on staff supporting research, other than the related statutory or contractually linked to public authorities; the amount of which shall not exceed the amount of remuneration fixed by actual working days for the purposes of the corresponding groups of professionals in the Single Collective Agreement for the General Administration of the State except that, by direct application of other Conventions of the sector, they correspond to higher amounts.

2. Expenditure of inventorable and bibliographic material, including scientific and technical equipment for the implementation of the project, duly justified.

3. Costs of consumable material: stationery, computer, etc.

4. Travel allowances and travel expenses: Diets and travel expenses may be the subject of a grant in the amounts determined in the Single Convention for the employment staff of the General Administration of the State or, if they are more favourable, in the Collective Agreement of the sector.

5. Expenditure for the recruitment of 'field work' or for any activity related to the collection of information.

6. Other duly justified expenditure, which could not have been included in the previous paragraphs.

Article 7. Deadline for submission.

The call resolution shall set the time limit for the submission of applications.

Article 8. Competent bodies for the management and instruction of the file.

1. The Evaluation Committees shall be the competent bodies for the management and instruction of the respective dossiers.

2. Two Evaluation Committees will be set up to study the projects that are presented in relation to the rehabilitation technology and the studies on ageing.

3. These Commissions shall be chaired by the Deputy Director General appointed by the Director-General of IMSERSO and shall form part of each of the following vowels:

A person of recognized prestige belonging to the scientific community in the field of third age or disability, as appropriate.

A representative of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs appointed by the General Secretariat for Social Affairs.

A representative of the National Assessment and Prospective Agency (ANEP).

A representative of the Secretariat of State for Scientific and Technological Policy.

The Secretaries of these Commissions shall be assumed by the official or officials appointed by the Director General of the IMSERSO.

Each Commission will be able to collect as many expert reports as it deems necessary to develop its work, mainly in the evaluation of projects.

4. It corresponds to the Evaluation Commissions:

Make as many actions as you deem necessary for the determination, knowledge and verification of the data under which the relevant resolution is to be given.

Request as many reports as necessary to resolve or be required by the rule governing the convocation, as referred to in Article 2 of this Order.

Evaluate the requests made in accordance with the assessment criteria set out in Article 9 of this Order.

Evacuate, where appropriate, the hearing procedure, in accordance with the provisions of article 84 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

Formulate the motion for a resolution in accordance with Article 11.

5. The Evaluation Committees shall, as regards their operation, comply with the provisions of Title II of Law 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure.

Article 9. Criteria for the assessment of projects.

The award of the aid to be set out in the Call Resolution will be conditional, without the possibility of enlargement, on the amount of the overall budget included in the corresponding budgetary and budgetary concepts. for the following assessment criteria:

1. Referring to the activity of the applicants:

a) Scientific relevance for the implementation of the research project.

b) Accreditation of having previously carried out research activities in the field of rehabilitation and ageing technology, assessing both their scientific level and the transfer of knowledge and results to public entities, companies or socio-economic sectors.

c) Specialization in the attention to the collective to which the research projects are directed.

d) Justification of presenting a sufficient structure and capacity to carry out the tasks provided for in the project.

2. Referring to the proposal:

a) Scientific-technical quality and feasibility of the project.

b) Adequate and sufficient description of the problem to be solved with indication of the population affected by it.

c) An appropriate description of the background related to the research material and the object of the research.

d) Technical definition of the objectives, expected results, activities and tasks related to the proposal.

e) The new character of the proposal, at least from the national perspective.

f) The suitability of the participating entities and staff, due to their qualifications and experience, in relation to the subject of the investigation.

g) Adequation of the proposed technical means and schedule.

h) Efficiency and efficiency of the proposal. Adequacy of the planned budget to the expected results.

Article 10. Reports.

The Evaluation Committees may require applicants to extend the information contained in the technical memory, as well as to collect reports and opinions from technical bodies, in particular from the State Autonomy Centre. Staff and Technical Aid (CEAPAT) and the National Agency for Assessment and Prospective (ANEP).

The time limit for the issuance of the reports shall be ten working days, unless the Evaluation Commissions, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.2.a) of the Rules of Procedure for the granting of public grants, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993, taking into account the characteristics of the requested report or the procedure itself, request their issuance within a different time limit. In no case shall that period exceed two months.

Article 11. Resolution, notification and publication.

The Evaluation Committees will, in the light of everything, formulate the appropriate motions for resolutions.

These proposals, as set out in Article 5.4 of the Rules of Procedure for the granting of public subsidies, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993, will have to express the applicants for which the granting of the aid is proposed and the amount of aid, specifying its assessment and the assessment criteria followed for carrying out the aid.

The Director-General of IMSERSO, after audit of the dossiers, shall adopt the appropriate Resolution. The resolution shall be reasoned, in any event the grounds for the decision to be adopted shall be accredited, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.2 of the Rules of Procedure for the award of public grants, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993.

The Resolution will be issued within a maximum of six months, from the publication of the Resolution of the Director General of the IMSERSO of the call for aid, the applicants will be notified by registered mail and put an end to the administrative procedure, which may be brought against the same administrative-administrative appeal in the form and time limit laid down by the law governing that jurisdiction. Exceptionally, an extension of the maximum time limit for resolution and notification may be agreed in the terms and limitations laid down in Article 42 (6) of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the legal framework of the Public administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure, the agreement being communicated to the applicants.

After the maximum period for resolving the procedure, without any express resolution, the application may be understood to be dismissed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 44.1 of Law 30/1992 of 26 November 1992. Legal status of public administrations and the common administrative procedure.

To ensure the proper dissemination of this Resolution, it will be published in the "Official State Gazette" and will be displayed in the bulletin board of the Central Services of the IMSERSO (Avenue of the Enlightenment, without number, with The Commission has decided to grant the aid to the Commission for a decision on the aid granted to the Commission.

Article 12. Subscription of agreements.

The Director General of IMSERSO will sign an agreement with the beneficiaries to carry out the corresponding research project, in which they will establish the obligations that the parties contract, with the appropriate adaptation, in where appropriate, the objectives and tasks of the project, the amount of aid granted, the period of implementation of the aid (the date of commencement and the date of termination), the payment of the aid granted and the time limits and the form of justification for the aid.

In cases where the advance of a portion of the aid granted is agreed, the amount of the guarantee to be provided by the beneficiaries must be entered in accordance with the provisions of Article 81.6 (a) of the General Law. Budget, as amended by Law 13/1996, of December 30, of Fiscal, Administrative and Social Order Measures.

Article 13. Amendments to the agreements.

In general, the interested parties may request modifications of the agreements that are signed, provided that they are based on the occurrence of circumstances that alter or hinder the development of the research project.

The requests for modification must be sufficiently substantiated and presented by the investigator or, where appropriate, the coordinator of each group or consortium to the IMSERSO Directorate-General in advance, in all the case, at the end of the deadline for the implementation of the project, as determined by the agreement itself.

The resolution of the requests for modification shall be made by the Director General of the IMSERSO, within the maximum period of two months from the date of its filing in the register. After that period, without any express resolution, the request shall be deemed to be deemed to be in accordance with the provisions of Article 43.2 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of the Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

Article 14. Scheme and payment of aid.

The aid to be granted in the call will be lost and, in no case, will its amount be such that, in isolation or in competition with subsidies or aid from other public authorities or entities. public or private, national or international, exceeds the cost of the activity to be developed by the recipient or the recipients.

The interested parties will have to prove prior to the payment of the aid that they are in the current of their tax obligations and for the Social Security. They must have sufficiently justified the economic aid received prior to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

The payment of the aid may be made in one or several instalments, in accordance with the phases, modules or technical-economic milestones in which the project has been structured.

Article 15. Obligations of the beneficiaries.

The acceptance by the beneficiaries of the aid means that they are subject to the obligations arising from the existing rules on aid or public subsidies. The recipients of the aid, in addition to the provisions of the following Article, will be obliged to:

a) Perform the activity that bases its concession in the form, conditions and deadline set for each project.

b) Deliver the result of the investigation to the IMSERSO in the manner determined taking into account the object of the investigation.

(c) Credit to the entity the performance of the activity that gave rise to the approved aid, as well as the fulfilment of the requirements and conditions that determine the enjoyment of the aid, as set out in the Article 81.4 b) of the Recast Text of the General Budget Law, according to new wording given by Law 13/1996, of December 30.

d) Submit to the actions of verification, monitoring and inspection of the implementation of the aid.

e) Communicate to the authority immediately grant the grant of grants or aid for the same purpose from other public or private, national or international authorities.

f) To record the funding of the IMSERSO in its references to the projects supported, as well as in the publication of the results derived from these projects.

g) To provide information as required by the Court of Auditors.

h) Enter the total amount of the aid into an open bank account exclusively for the income and payments made from the aid received.

i) Reinvest, in the same research project, any interest accrued on the aid received up to the time of the expenditure or, where appropriate, to compensate for financial costs generated by credits granted to carry out the project's activities, from the moment of notification of the granting decision to the aid recovery, without, in any event, the compensation for financial costs to be able to exceed the cost of the legal interest of the money in force during the reporting period. If the possible interests are not applied to the alleged cases, they will be returned.

Article 16. Monitoring and justification.

1. Monitoring.

The control of the compliance of the object, conditions and purpose of the aid will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the recast text of the General Budget Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1091/1988, of 23 of September.

The Unit responsible for monitoring the aid granted shall be the General Subdirectorate of the IMSERSO whose powers correspond to the project object.

The beneficiaries will be required to provide regular reporting on the degree of compliance of the approved research projects, in accordance with the timetable and follow-up instructions given to these effects by the monitoring.

2. Justification.

The recipients of the aid are required to justify the costs incurred in respect of the grant received, in accordance with the instructions received from the IMSERSO. All justifications must have been submitted before the end of the calendar quarter following the date of completion of the project.

The supporting documentation of the expenditure incurred shall be accompanied by a supporting statement for each approved expenditure concept.

2.1 Documentation to be provided on a general basis.

Certification of those responsible for each project on the record:

The realization of the project's object activities.

The obtaining or not of another grant or aid from the Public Administrations or public or private entities, national or international. In the case of a positive case, the amount obtained and the purpose of the aid shall be provided.

The interest accrued on the aid received up to the time of the expenditure, with indication of its imputation to the approved project.

2.2 Specific documentation for different types of expenditure.

Staff expenses:

(a) In the case of personnel with employment contract, copy of the contract and receipts of the signed payrolls.

(b) In the case of specific recruitment of services, copies of such contracts, and receipt of the amount paid for the service provided, as well as a copy of the high in the Economic Activities Tax registration, if it is appropriate and justified to have paid for the last period payable by that tax.

c) Justification of the withholding and entry into the Delegation of the State Agency of Tax Administration of the amounts corresponding to the Income Tax of the Physical Persons.

Original invoices or receipts relating to the expenditure incurred in the execution of the approved project, which must meet the requirements laid down in the regulations of the duty to issue invoices by employers and professionals.

Any other documentation aimed at the best justification of the expense.

Article 17. Supporting memory.

The recipients of the aid will have to submit to the IMSERSO a supporting report on the application of the aid granted and explanatory to the implementation of the subsidised project, within one month of the date of total funding for the project.

The Memory must contain at least the following aspects:

1. The designation of the investigator or the entities that have been part of the group.

2. The name of the project.

3. The period of execution.

4. An economic summary (subsidised amount; state of liquidation broken down by source of funding and by concepts of expenditure).

5. The methodology or instruments used.

6. The objectives envisaged, quantified as far as possible.

7. The results obtained from the project, quantified and valued as much as possible.

8. Conclusions.

Together with the memory, the result of the investigation shall be presented, where appropriate, in the manner determined taking into account the object of the investigation.

The IMSERSO will propose to the Monitoring Committee that the corresponding declaration on the success or failure of the project should correspond to the fulfillment or not of the intended objectives.

Article 18. Default.

The recipients of the aid provided for in this call are subject to the system of penalties laid down for administrative infringements in respect of grants in the recast text of the General Law. Budget.

The amounts to be reintegrated will have the consideration of income from public law, resulting from application for their collection as provided for in Articles 31 to 34 of the recast text of the General Budget Law, approved by Real Legislative Decree 1091/1988 of 23 September.

The recovery of the amounts received and the requirement of interest for late payment from the time of payment of the aid shall be carried out in the following cases:

(a) Failure to comply with the obligation of justification.

b) Obtaining the aid without meeting the required conditions for it.

c) Failure to comply with the purpose for which the aid was granted.

(d) Failure to comply with the conditions imposed for the granting of the aid.

The procedure for reimbursement is governed by the provisions of Article 8.2 of the Rules of Procedure for the granting of public subsidies, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993 and in the Order of 23 of July 1996.

The declarative procedure for non-compliance and the origin of the refund will be initiated on its own initiative as a result of the initiative of the convening body, once the supporting documentation of the expenditure of the grant and not found complete and compliant in whole or in part, or in the face of the detection of any of the remaining causes of drawback.

It shall also proceed to the initiation of the procedure as a result of a higher order, of the reasoned request of other bodies having or not assigned powers of inspection in the matter, or of the formulation of a denunciation.

In any of the cases, the opening of the procedure shall be preceded by the prior steps of review or verification of the concurrency of the cause of initiation, and may be provided for a period not exceeding 20 days. for the remedy of omissions and/or defects in the justification submitted by the subsidised entities.

The processing of the procedure will ensure, in any case, the right of the person concerned to the hearing.

The declarative resolution of non-compliance and the origin of the drawback will end the administrative route, and may be brought against the same administrative-administrative appeal, in the form and time provided for by the Law regulatory authority of that jurisdiction.

If there is no express resolution passed six months after the initiation, taking into account possible interruptions of its computation for reasons attributable to the legal persons concerned, the without prejudice to the notification of the judgment, declaring that circumstance of revocation and ordering the file of the proceedings with the effects provided for in Article 92 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the legal system of Public administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure.

The proceedings shall be terminated and the proceedings shall be closed without further processing if the entity concerned has remedied the defects identified in the justification for expenditure or voluntarily reintegrate the quantities for which the the application is incorrect, and thus accrediting it to the convening body at any time in the proceedings before the declaration of a declaration of non-compliance and the origin of the refund is issued.

If the procedure has been initiated as a result of facts which may constitute an administrative infringement, they shall be brought to the attention of the competent body for the initiation of the relevant procedure. sanctioning.

Once, if applicable, the declarative resolution of non-compliance and of the origin of the refund, this will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Recast Text of the General Budget Law, approved by the Royal Decree Legislative Directive No 1091/1988 of 23 September 1988 and concordant provisions.

Single additional disposition.

The provisions of Articles 81 and 82 of the recast text of the General Budget Law and Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993 on the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the European Parliament on the Procedure for the Concession of Grants and Public Aid.

Final disposition first.

The Director General of the Migration and Social Services Institute may provide instructions, if necessary, for the proper implementation of the provisions of this Ministerial Order.

Final disposition second.

This Order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, 15 January 2002.

APARICIO PEREZ ANNEXE

Theme content of the actions to be developed in the Research Projects supporting the IMSERSO

A. The field of rehabilitation technology (TR).

Technical aids for persons with disabilities are included, as well as products and systems adapted or accessible to them, which includes the standard UNE-EN ISO 9999.

A relationship is the following:

Aid for assessment, treatment and training.

Orthesis and exoprosthesis.

Aid for personal care and protection.

Aid for housework.

Furniture and adaptations of the home and other buildings.

Aid for communication, information and signage.

Aid for handling goods and goods.

Aids and equipment for the improvement of the environment, tools and machines.

Aid for leisure and leisure time.

In Spain and, by extension, in the EU, the TR appears as an element related to the concept of the Society of Welfare and, in this sense, as a way to develop the social commitment to improve the quality of life, autonomy and integration of disabled people.

Taking as an objective to improve personal autonomy and reduce the care cost of people with disabilities, the Rehabilitation Technology, understood not as a medical technology, but as one that, besides facilitate the rehabilitation process, supports the existence of the person rehabilitated in his daily activities, provides solutions of various kinds of an unquestionable social and economic value. In line with this value, the actions of scientific research, development and technological innovation related to improvements in these products, systems and services will be prioritized.

In accordance with what is expressed, applications may be submitted to develop research, development and innovation projects in the area of rehabilitation technology that, among other fields and topics, focus on:

1. Adapted vehicles and transport support systems.

2. Wheelchairs and seats.

3. Adapted furniture.

4. Access to the computer and other devices.

5. Development of accessible communications.

6. Information and guidance systems.

7. Assistance, training and remote work.

8. Perception of images by blind people.

9. Access to information written by blind people.

10. Virtual reality for people with disabilities.

11. Robots.

12. Home adaptations and technical aids for daily life.

13. Special footwear.

14. Support for sport, leisure and access to culture.

15. Task resolution.

16. Special actions to support technological and research development on the social integration of disabled people through the use of scientific and technical advances, as well as studies for the definition and analysis of the provision of accessibility and technical assistance.

B. Scope of studies linked to ageing.

Research on ageing in its different areas and from a multidisciplinary perspective has been a priority in developed countries for a few years.

The diversity of disciplines affected by the lines of research referred to in this strategic action (geriatrics, neurology, psychology, sociology, economics, demography, architecture, law, etc.), makes it difficult to achieve of a closed and structured design of the research proposals. The main lines of study that can be addressed from this call are therefore suggested.

1. Promoting healthy ageing.

Research on prevention and promotion of healthy habits among older people in aspects such as:

Physical activity.

Eating Habits. Consumption of tobacco and alcohol.

Intellectual activity with special attention to memory maintenance.

Psychological and social welfare.

Study on the effects of the participation of the elderly in social and cultural life as well as their active contribution in the different areas that require this participation: Voluntary organizations, associations, multi-generational initiatives, etc.

Research on learning potential in older people.

Effects of training and "education for life" initiatives in adults in their last work and post-work phase: Improving the conditions under which older workers are engaged in their work acquisition of new skills, adaptation and preparation for retirement, etc.

Longitudinal research on lifestyles and predictors of healthy aging.

2. Improvement in the management of diseases related to aging.

Studies on the identification and early detection of the main pathologies affecting the elderly: cardio and cerebrovascular diseases, chronic diseases of the ostearticular system, dementias and others Neurodegenerative diseases.

Treatment and rehabilitation of these diseases that contribute to improving the quality of life of people who suffer from it.

Technological development to promote the autonomy and mobility of older people: Elimination of barriers to public and private spaces, design of products and technological processes for all ages, housing Sustainable use throughout life, alternative accommodation, etc.

Research in the field of long-term social and health care: Community and institutional resources and services, alternative accommodation systems, respite services, etc.

Progress in model management of social and health programs and programs that improve their effectiveness and efficiency.

Studies on non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions with people suffering from dementia or other cognitive impairment.

Advances in non-pharmacological rehabilitation interventions in other pathologies associated with aging.

Research on the evolution of the incidence of dependence among older people. Comparative analysis of these trends in other countries.

Research on the evolution of causes that produce disability and dependency among older people.

3. Improvement of the political and planning bases.

Demographic studies that advance in the population projections for the next few years.

Research on the different socioeconomic dimensions related to current and future older people: Family models, housing, perceptions, and social representations, needs, demands, etc.

Demographic and epidemiological studies on disability-free ageing.

Research on the characteristics and dimensions of the informal support system in Spain, their needs and their demands.

Development of programs and services to support informal caregivers, as well as other measures that can facilitate the dignified realization of their care tasks, development of guides, manuals and other materials supporting the family carers.

Explore models of protection and financing of situations of dependency, with particular attention to the objective assessment of these situations and to the feasibility of public and private insurance.

Evaluation of plans, programs, interventions and social-health services aimed at the elderly. Design and validation of standardized instruments of assessment of the different aspects mentioned.

Research that will advance the improvement of the quality of the social and health services: Elaboration of standards, information systems, accreditation systems, etc.

Research on the future of social protection for the elderly: Pensions, health care, accessibility to services, equity etc.

Study of the ethical and bioethical aspects related to old age, with special attention to the situations of abuse among these people.

Progress to ensure the legal protection of older people and avoid discrimination on the grounds of age.

Innovative models and experiences of providing services in rural areas with special attention to the use of new technologies for this purpose.

Development of good practices that make possible "a society for all ages", the main objective of the Second World Assembly for Ageing.

Development of studies on female ageing and planning of interventions that take into account the gender perspective.

Provision of social-health tele-care services to facilitate and complement care for older people in their homes.

Promotion of good practices and innovative initiatives of social and health coordination and/or integration of services that guarantee continuity in the care of dependent persons.