{"id":2589,"date":"2026-03-30T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:54:38","slug":"cataluna-y-occitania-firman-un-acuerdo-para-reforzar-la-cooperacion-sanitaria-en-emergencias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/cataluna-y-occitania-firman-un-acuerdo-para-reforzar-la-cooperacion-sanitaria-en-emergencias\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalonia and Occitania sign an agreement to strengthen health cooperation in emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">The Government of Catalonia and the Occitanie <em>Regional Health Agency<\/em> (ARS) have signed a landmark agreement on cross-border cooperation in health emergencies, which will enable the <em>Sistema d\u2019Emerg\u00e8ncies M\u00e8diques<\/em> (SEM) and the <em>Service d\u2019Aide M\u00e9dicale Urgente<\/em> (SAMU) to work together on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Although the agreement is not formally part of the <strong>SA-URG<\/strong> project, the collaborative work carried out over the years by its partners has been key to creating an environment of trust, technical coordination, and strategic alignment that has made the signing of this agreement possible\u2014one of the project\u2019s main objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The agreement was signed in the <strong>fourth quarter of 2025<\/strong> and represents a decisive step toward providing a faster, more efficient, and better-coordinated response to emergencies in the Pyrenean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-03-30_acuerdo-FOTO-2-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2590\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.111376010825091;width:846px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-03-30_acuerdo-FOTO-2-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-03-30_acuerdo-FOTO-2-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-03-30_acuerdo-FOTO-2-2000x948.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-03-30_acuerdo-FOTO-2-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The <strong>territorial scope<\/strong> of the agreement covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the <strong>Autonomous Community of Catalonia<\/strong>, especially the areas of the Catalan Pyrenees and bordering regions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>Occitania Region<\/strong>, particularly the departments bordering Catalonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>main objective<\/strong> The agreement prioritizes patient care over administrative borders, enabling the closest and most appropriate healthcare resource to intervene, regardless of the country in which the emergency occurs. Within this framework, the intervention of emergency services (SEM and SAMU) is authorized in the Pyrenean cross-border areas when they are the most suitable resource to attend to an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Among the <strong>key steps and measures<\/strong> outlined in the agreement are the creation of joint technical protocols, the use of shared mapping, direct and secure communication between the SEM and SAMU coordination centers, as well as training and joint drills. In addition, a <strong>joint monitoring committee<\/strong> is established to evaluate the results and improve the agreement\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">With an <strong>initial term of four years, subject to renewal<\/strong>, this agreement strengthens emergency healthcare services along the entire Catalonia\u2013Occitanie border and lays the groundwork for a cooperation model that can be replicated in other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Gobierno de Catalu\u00f1a y la Agence R\u00e9gionale de Sant\u00e9 (ARS) Occitanie han firmado un acuerdo hist\u00f3rico de cooperaci\u00f3n transfronteriza en emergencias sanitarias, que permitir\u00e1 la actuaci\u00f3n conjunta del Sistema d\u2019Emerg\u00e8ncies M\u00e8diques (SEM) y el Service d\u2019Aide M\u00e9dicale Urgente (SAMU) a ambos lados de la frontera. Aunque el acuerdo no se enmarca formalmente en el &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/cataluna-y-occitania-firman-un-acuerdo-para-reforzar-la-cooperacion-sanitaria-en-emergencias\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catalu\u00f1a y Occitania firman un acuerdo para reforzar la cooperaci\u00f3n sanitaria en emergencias&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions\/2592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sa-urg.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}