According to the order published this Wednesday in the newspaper Diário da República, the presidents of the regional commissions for coordination and development (CCDR) will, from January 1, have a gross salary equivalent to that of the prime minister.
For the same degree, CCDR VPs will receive 90% of the same salary.
The diploma established that the gross monthly salary of CCDR board members corresponds to the percentage of the standard value for group A of public managers.
According to the General Directorate of Administration and Public Employment, the head of group A currently receives 100% of the prime minister’s salary of 5,966.48 euros, plus 40% of the base salary for administrative expenses. total amount 8,353.07 euros gross.
Vice-presidents receive 90% of the salary of the respective president, in this case a total of 5369.83 euros, in addition to entertainment expenses of 2147.93 (40% of the gross base salary), for a total of 7517.76 euros gross.
As part of the process of decentralizing the powers of the central administration, CCDRs were converted into public institutions with special treatment in June, giving the president and members of the board of directors the emolument status established in the public manager statute.
According to the order issued on Wednesday, CCDRs are classified in Group A of this remuneration status, taking into account the “complexity, requirements and responsibilities of the respective functions.”
Among the functions “which involve particular complexity, diversity and involve high financial responsibility” are “the implementation of national and European public policies in matters of regional development in the areas of the environment, cities, economics, culture, education, health, spatial planning.” nature conservation, agriculture and fisheries, as well as in matters of local government, European territorial cooperation and hinterland improvement.”
The functions of the CCDR are to monitor and monitor the use of European funds, manage regional programmes, implement agriculture and fisheries, agri-food and rural policies, and ensure planning and coordination in the use of relevant national and European funding. .
They are also involved in the management of the Integrated Strategic Plan for Agricultural Policy (PEPAC), the program that manages the European Agriculture and Fisheries Funds, and monitor the implementation of contracts for regional development programs, formulating national public policies with their operationalization and implementation at the regional level. level.
CCDRs must also identify and implement strategies to promote integrated development of the area, implement, evaluate and monitor spatial planning, urban planning, environment and conservation policies, operate a one-stop shop for license requests and support local authorities.
The CCDR restructuring law was approved on March 2 by the Council of Ministers and promulgated on May 19 by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Following the unveiling, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa warned of the lack of clarity in the strategic plan for the transfer of powers from the state to these bodies regarding the objectives and timetable for the transfer of powers from the state to the CCDR, “outside the three areas already known (Agriculture, Culture and Economy).”
The head of state also considered that “some measures” of the new legal regime are “difficult to reconcile” with the ongoing process of decentralization of local authorities.
The President of the Republic also drew attention to “another precedent created with the salaries of CCDR directors”, which in one case reach the salary of the Prime Minister, and in others exceed “the salaries of the ministers in charge of various areas”.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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