The Catalan government reported in a statement that 97% of Catalan companies benefiting from Next Generation Funds are small and medium enterprises (Pymes), and they have received 56% of the committed amount.
In total, Catalonia has approximately 52,500 beneficiaries of European funds from the Recovery and Resilience (MRR) Mechanism, who will receive more than €5,390 million.
The business sector benefits from 51% of the resources – with 12,439 companies receiving more than 2,748 million euros – followed by local companies (more than 1,000 million, 20% of the total), and research and training centers (18). %, more than 980 million) and non-profit organizations (5%, more than 270 million).
The state confirmed that it had mobilized 86% of the 3,363 million euros it received from the Next Generation Organization, of which 56% had been committed.
Centrally governed
The government asked the Ministry of Economy to “correct” the published data on the distribution and implementation of funds through the Elisa tool, because, according to him, the results are biased.
The Catalan Executive confirmed that “the publication of ELISA only created confusion, because an insufficient methodology was used that led to errors regarding the distribution of funds carried out by the public mandate.”
Instead, the government has promoted an interactive tool containing information about the “real impact” of these funds in Catalonia: among other things, it allows you to consult their regional distribution and identify their beneficiaries.
Distribution of funds
Among the projects benefiting, the state highlighted projects related to electric vehicles, such as the Lotte Energy Materials Factory, which produces the electric battery component; and the new Seat assembly line in Martorell (Barcelona), and the Silenci battery subscription service and charging station.
As well as creating the infrastructure that will be implemented by Openchip & Software Technologies; Lhyfe Hydrogen’s green hydrogen projects; Accelerating the value chain of Bunge Ibérica’s alternative protein and agri-food innovation of the FG2H program – from green to healthy.
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