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The European Commission has introduced a new rule allowing projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that are at least 90% complete to be verified for milestones and targets, ensuring continued funding proportional to their execution status.
With only four months remaining until the European recovery fund deadline, the Minister of Infrastructure reports that 20,000 of the planned 26,000 houses have been completed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Pedro Dominguinhos, head of the PRR evaluation commission, warns that staff shortages and payment delays at the Climate Agency are hindering the implementation of projects funded by the Environmental Fund.
The Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) funding period concludes in August, but construction projects may not be finished by then.
Social sector institutions have requested an extension until December for the deadlines of construction projects integrated into the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that cannot be completed by July 31, suggesting a complementary financial solution in these cases. In an open letter addressed to the President of the Republic, the President of the Assembly of the Republic, and the Government, the institutions...
The National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) has sent a new letter to Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, requesting an urgent solution for municipal projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that are unlikely to be completed by the end of August, including projects in schools, health centres, public housing, and citizen shops.
The Portuguese government has purchased two satellites from Finland to enhance monitoring capabilities over the Atlantic Ocean.
The head of the agency responsible for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is visiting Guarda to oversee the progress of projects currently reshaping the region.
The European Commission has given the green light to the reprogramming exercise of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that Portugal submitted at the end of March. Initially, 516 million euros were on the table, but the final amount reached 592 million, largely due to the 73 million euros that the Rubi Line...
Pedro Dominguinhos asked the Government for “humility” in accepting recommendations. The Porto Metro Rubi line and continuing care are among the critical investments without reprogramming.
Investment is in a “worrying” state. The PRR monitoring committee states that it is necessary to strengthen the capacity to process payment requests and close files.
According to the National Monitoring Commission (CNA) for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), 33% of the European recovery fund measures are in a critical (14%) or worrying (19%) state, with particular focus on housing, health, equipment and social services, the expansion of the Porto metro network, and the digitalisation of companies. The qualitative assessment of...
Infraestruturas de Portugal has already fulfilled all milestones and targets of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) associated with payment requests. “IP has already met all the milestones established in the four financing contracts signed under Components 7 – Infrastructure and 15 – Sustainable Mobility,” an official source told ECO.
The head of the Azorean executive stated that the region is fulfilling, “with an institutional and practical sense, in line with the timeline, objectives that do not belong to the Government, but to the people and the future.”
The effects of bad weather and the reassignment of contractors to repairs have delayed ongoing works. These issues do not jeopardise PRR investments, assures the president of Infraestruturas de Portugal. In an interview with Antena 1, Miguel Cruz announces that 1,300 extraordinary inspections will be carried out on bridges, viaducts, and tunnels. Regarding the Western Line, he maintains there were no contradictions in deadlines with Minister Miguel Pinto Luz.
The Minister of Economy acknowledged today that some Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) projects are at risk due to the impact of the bad weather, but reiterated that solutions will be found to ensure they can continue.
There are works funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that “will be at risk because of these storms,” acknowledged the Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion. These projects “will have the same treatment as others,” meaning they will be excluded from European funding. “If they are not completed, they must be excluded.”
The chair of the Audit and Control Committee for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) admitted on Tuesday in parliament that the body will not be able to verify all the milestones and targets in the latest payment requests. “We can't get everywhere. Up to the eighth payment request, we ensured the verification of ...”
The chairman of the National Monitoring Committee (CNA) for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), Pedro Dominguinhos, says the country may move forward with a reprogramming of European funds once the damage and impacts of Storm Kristin have been assessed, indicating a timescale of about two months. “We can only carry out the reprogramming after ...”
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said today that Portugal will carry out all ongoing investments under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), despite the trail of destruction caused by the passage of Storm Kristin across mainland Portugal.
With the election campaign shaped by the devastating effects of Storm Kristin, António José Seguro has been visiting — albeit without journalists — some of the municipalities most affected, especially in the districts of Leiria and Santarém, and has also taken the opportunity to offer suggestions to the Government and to criticise the lack of aid to the affected communities.
Because of Storm Kristine, António José Seguro is urging the Government to extend the PRR deadlines. The mayor of Leiria criticises 'political opportunism' during the election campaign. The Army is deploying teams.
The European Commission will not accept extending the deadline for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), even taking into account the damage caused by Storm Kristin, which claimed five lives. “The Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) cannot and will not be extended,” an official Commission source told ECO. This mechanism "is subject ...
Presidential candidate António José Seguro suggests the Government should ask Brussels to obtain an extension of the deadline for completing some works financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). “I would like to make a suggestion to the Government: in the context of the PRR negotiation, if the European Union could grant an extension ...”
The European Commission has given a positive preliminary opinion on the payment request submitted last November by the Government.
The European Commission has given the green light to the payment of €1.16 billion related to the eighth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). With this disbursement, the country reaches a 61% implementation rate of the EU recovery package. Portugal submitted the eighth payment request to the European Commission on 14 November.
Responsible for almost €250 million of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), he is charged with safeguarding the country’s most emblematic monuments. In his first interview since taking office, João Soalheiro takes stock.
Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) completed this Thursday the cross-border link between Vinhais and Bragança, a target of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that had to be secured by 31 December this year, the president of IP told ECO. The project involves an investment of €36.65 million, provided by the component ...
