The Canary Islands Government has officially decentralized the management of long-term care services to the municipality of Mogán in an attempt to alleviate the regional administrative backlog. According to the resolution published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands on April 27, 2026, the Ministry of Social Welfare has entrusted the southern municipality with the technical responsibility for assessing applicants' situations and developing their Individual Care Plans (PIAs). The regional government justifies this move by citing its own "insufficient personnel and resources" to meet legal deadlines, which currently far exceed the maximum of six months.
The administrative agreement, signed by Regional Minister Candelaria Delgado and Mayor Onelia Bueno, grants municipal professionals in Mogán the authority to apply the assessment scale directly in residents' homes. This agreement, valid until February 2029, does not involve any transfer of funds from the regional government to the town council. The Mogán Town Council assumes all personnel and technical logistics costs, including the provision of touchscreen computers for collecting digital signatures on-site.
The agreement emphasizes proximity as the key differentiator of this delegated management. Municipal social services, due to their daily contact with residents, are considered the ideal body to provide ongoing monitoring and offer rapid assessments tailored to the specific care needs of the community. In return for this local effort, the General Directorate for Dependency commits in writing to process applications submitted from Mogán within a maximum of 30 days, significantly accelerating access to assistance.
From a technical and security standpoint, the Mogán City Council will operate as the "Data Processor" for personal data, using the SIDECAN platform as a mandatory resource. Despite this operational transfer, the Regional Ministry of Social Welfare retains ownership of the authority and the ultimate power to issue the final administrative decision. This inter-administrative cooperation model is presented as the emergency solution to guarantee the right of dependent individuals to swift access to the public support system in the archipelago.
