As announced, final and direct beneficiaries of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) received an additional €29 million last week, bringing the total disbursement to €4.673 million.
According to the latest monitoring report, this figure corresponds to 21% of the allocated and contracted amount and 25% of the approved amount.
The largest amounts were received by companies (EUR 1,767 million) and public institutions (EUR 1,140 million).
Next come state-owned companies (499 million euros), local authorities and metropolitan areas (414 million euros), schools (275 million euros), higher education institutions (195 million euros), families (171 million euros), solidarity and social economy institutions (114 million euros) and, finally, scientific and technical system institutions (97 million euros).
Project approvals, in turn, amounted to 18.489 million euros, which is 84 million euros more than last week.
The leaders in terms of the number of permits are companies (EUR 5.725 million), followed by government agencies (EUR 5.023 million), public companies (EUR 2.780 million), and local authorities and metropolitan areas (EUR 2.633 million).
This is followed by higher education institutions (€708 million), schools (€619 million), solidarity and social economy institutions (€442 million), scientific and technical system institutions (€344 million) and families (€216 million).
As of Wednesday, PRR had received 340,633 applications, up 220 from the previous week.
Currently, 227,228 applications have been analyzed, which means an increase of 12 applications.
The number of approved applications now stands at 182,300, down two from last week.
Brussels transferred a total of 7.772 million euros to Portugal.
Following the reprogramming of the PRR approved in September 2023, the allocation for the programme amounted to €22.216 million.
The PRR, which runs until 2026, aims to implement a range of reforms and investments to restore economic growth.
The plan aims not only to repair the damage caused by Covid-19, but also to support investment and job creation.