SPAIN – The AEIP, the European Association of Paritarian Institutions, is organising a pensions conference in Barcelona next month.

The event will be held in cooperation with MGC, the Mútua General de Catalunya.

The conference will be entitled: "Complementary pension plans and regional investment: Instruments for cohesion and development".

The objective is to study whether a social protection scheme organised on a territorial basis – such as Italy’s PensPlan - could serve as an example for other regions in Europe.

The AEIP says PensPlan is “based on solidarity and thus reconciles social needs, economic sustainability and efficiency and is a strong driving force for local development”.

Representatives of the Region Trentino/South Tyrol and "PensPlan" will present their project and share experiences with the Spanish regions of Catalonia and of the Basque Country. The conference is free of charge.

For more information: info@aeip.net or www.aeip.net