Payments to beneficiaries of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) approached R$12 billion by April 1 and companies continue to lead, according to the monitoring report.
Until April 1st, the PRR disbursed 11,917 million euros, 95 million euros more compared to the previous week.
Total payments now correspond to 54% of the contracted and approved amount.
With the highest amounts received are companies (R$4,233 million), public entities (R$2,487 million) and city halls and metropolitan regions (R$1,821 million).
Next are public companies (1,291 million euros), schools (617 million euros), higher education institutions (457 million euros), institutions of the solidarity and social economy (385 million euros), institutions of the scientific and technological system (320 million euros) and, finally, families (306 million euros).
The execution of the PRR remains at 61%.
In turn, project approvals stood at 24,583 million euros, above the 24,151 million euros previously reported.
Leading the way are companies (8,015 million euros), followed by public entities (4,948 million euros) and local authorities and metropolitan areas (4,753 million euros).
Public companies (2,813 million euros) and higher education institutions (997 million euros) round out the ‘top five’.
Then come schools (987 million euros), institutions of the solidarity and social economy (853 million euros), institutions of the scientific and technological system (751 million euros) and, at the bottom of the table, families (467 million euros).
Until April 1, the PRR received 505,708 applications, of which 470,287 were analyzed.
The approved applications reached 374,341, plus 2,523.
The president of the Recover Portugal Mission Structure, Fernando Alfaiate, assured, in an interview with Lusa, that the PRR will be implemented at 100%, without loss of money, but identified critical areas, such as housing.
Fernando Alfaiate also admitted that, ideally, the PRR will not have any further revisions, but guaranteed to be aware of potential new impacts, such as the war in the Middle East.
“Ideally, for us, this would be the last [revisão]. Based on the data I have, I wouldn’t need another one, but the world changes every day and there are many unpredictable circumstances and I can’t guarantee that”, he stated.
Last Tuesday, Portugal presented a review of the PRR to Brussels, with the reallocation of 516 million euros.
Out of the PRR were the Braga surface metro and the Balcão Único for the licensing of renewable energies, the execution of which is not possible until the end of August.
Adjustments were also made to investments associated with education, housing and health infrastructure, as a result of the storms that hit Portugal in January and February.
The PRR intends to implement a set of reforms and investments with a view to recovering economic growth.
In addition to having the objective of repairing the damage caused by covid-19, this plan aims to support investments and generate jobs.
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