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Fernández Carriedo explained that the Community expects to obtain at least 5,000 million European Funds, 6% of the 84,000 million euros of the Next Generation EU program destined for Spain, of which half must be managed by the Board and the rest by the state. Likewise, he stressed that the Board is the first autonomous government that encourages more participation to promote initiatives related to the Next Generation Funds.
September 24, 2021
Castile and Leon | Ministry of Economy and Finance
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Carlos Fernández Carriedo, presented today in the session of Active Audiences of the Economic and Social Council (CES) the presentation on 'Castilla y León in the face of the opportunity of the new European Funds', in which he explained the work being done by the Junta de Castilla y León regarding European funds and the rest of European financial instruments to face the challenges posed by the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
The European Next Generation EU Recovery Plan will promote digital transformation, sustainable development and the green challenge, objectives that coincide with the modernization strategy being carried out by the Junta de Castilla y León, and which includes economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Community, advancing in rural development and the demographic challenge.
5,000 million
In this sense, Fernández Carriedo explained that Castilla y León aspires to receive, at least, 5,000 million euros from the Next Generation EU program, so that of the 84,000 million that Spain could receive in subsidies, the Community should reach no less 6%. Likewise, the counselor has argued that half of this money that would have to reach Castilla y León from these funds - 2,500 million euros - should be managed directly by the Board, while the management of the rest would correspond to the State. The Government of Spain has confirmed so far an initial allocation of 1,554 million from the funds.
On the other hand, the Junta de Castilla y León has been the first autonomous government that encourages more participation with political representation through a working group to analyze the funds and monitor the distribution and management of European reconstruction funds after COVID-19.
458 projects and more than 6.8 billion
The Junta de Castilla y León, in order to undertake the reforms that allow economic recovery and reactivation and overcome the effects of the crisis, is approaching the management of funds from coordination and participation.
Thus, after the signing in June 2020 of the Pact for Economic Recovery, Employment and Social Cohesion in Castilla y León, signed by the Government of the Community and most of the political forces with parliamentary representation in the Cortes, in September created the European Union Fund Coordination Office with the aim of optimizing coordination in the management of European funds. In addition, the Board prepared the document 'Recovery