The director of the Impulsa Foundation and coordinator of the expert committee of the Table of the Pact for Sustainability, Antoni Rierahas estimated that changes in the Balearic tourist policy will begin to be seen in a period of between five and ten years.
He has said this Monday in statements to the media after participating in the first ordinary session of the Balearic Islands Board of Trustees of this 2025.
Asked about Decree of Tourist Measures approved by him Government After agreeing with VoxRiera has pointed out that his work is not to value political decisions but act as a doctor.
«I have always said that the Balearic Island coronary problems or infarction. Then the patient does what he wants, but I have to remember that the Balearic Islands has difficulties in producing well -being and, therefore, I think it is necessary to start a Transition process», Said Riera.
In his opinion, the document ‘Bases of the Balearic Transition Agenda’ arising from the first phase of the sustainability pact puts “the foundations of that process.”
«Now containment measures have been submitted. I want to think that, as this process progresses, then we will begin to truly travel and therefore I want to think that in a period of between five and ten years we will begin to see changes in this policy, especially so that the citizens of the Balearic Islands can enjoy a higher level of well -being, ”he said.
Although he has defended that the patient “has not yet started treatment,” if he has celebrated that he is “more aware” and that more and more companies are implemented.
Roadmap
At the Board of Trustees, in which the president of the Government has been present, Marga Prohensthe ‘roadmap of the transit to a circular tourist system in the Balearic Islands has been presented. Horizon 2025-2035 ‘the first circular roadmap of the archipelago.
This document seeks to be a “practical and pioneering instrument” that translates the ‘transition strategy to a circular tourism system’ in 187 concrete and viable actions, has indicated promotes balears in a statement.
In addition, a process in which 77 regional actors through 12 sessions of the ‘Ágora-Impulsa ‘in which objectives have been aligned, priorities have been defined and their acceptance has been guaranteed.
“It is a decisive step to materialize, with rigor and consensus, the ‘vision-region 2050’, which guides the commitment of the foundation with a more sustainable, resilient and regenerative future for the islands,” said Riera.
These actions, the director has detailed, are focused on areas such as water, energy, materials, waste, food, mobility and territory. “For us the circular economy is not only a lever that minimizes the environmental impact, but also of efficiency, innovation and sustainability,” he said.
All this, Riera has continued, to get something that the archipelago has not achieved in the last two decades, «that the economic growth we have, which is even higher than the Spanish average, translates once and for all in all of welfare».
In a message posted on your account of the Social network xProhens has considered that this tool will be «very useful in the transformation towards circularity ».
“Congratulations on offering new mechanisms to move towards this transformation in the same line of action of this Government, both with our economy – through the sustainability pact – and with the commitment of these the side of our economic sector and our companies in these moments of international uncertainty,” he added.
Other matters of the meeting
With the aim of responding to this new scenario, the Board of Trustees has approved a statutory modification to expand the functions of the Foundation towards training, innovation and research.
In that line, he has reinforced the collaboration with the University of Les Illes Balears (UIB) Around the ‘UNESCO Chair for Business Management and the Environment’ to deploy academic training in the field of economic intelligence and circular economy.
The composition of the Executive Committee has also been renewed and the creation of a Labor Commission that acts as “internal knowledge engine, innovation channel and cooking space has been approved.”
Likewise, the annual accounts of 2024 have been approved, which present a “solid” patrimonial situation and demonstrate the commitment of the employers – of which 19 have renewed today their mandate – with the project.
