The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, today encouraged associations, foundations and other non-profit entities of the community to request the aid that comes from convening the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory for activities related to the restitution of the memory of the victims of the Civil War and the Dictatorship.
Pedro Blanco explained that this line of aid, published today the Official State Gazette (BOE), has a budget of 895,000 euros, is aimed at associations, foundations and other private non-profit entities, as well as universities and public research bodies that have incorporated, among their objectives or activities, those related to the recovery of the Democratic Memory and the recognition of the victims of the Civil War and the Dictatorship.
In particular, up to 12,000 euros may be requested for studies and #research relating to the recovery of the Democratic Memory, as well as the moral recognition of the victims of the Civil War and the Dictatorship; up to 10,000 euros for activities of collection, conservation, study and dissemination of the written, oral, audiovisual (photographs, posters, sound recordings, films...) or intellectual (artistic, musical, literary manifestations...) heritage of the Civil War and/or the Dictatorship, and up to 5,000 euros for publications or the organization of courses, conferences, exhibitions and other events of a scientific and/or informative nature.
The deadline for applications is 15 days from the day following its publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE)
The government delegate insisted on the importance of fighting historical oblivion. “Only by learning from our past can we avoid repeating it,” he said. In the same vein, he stressed that this type of actions constitute “an act of reparation for the justice and dignity of all the victims of Franco’s regime, as well as their families” and are “a symbol of the freedom and democratic values that our government defends” through actions such as the approval of the “Law of Democratic Memory” there is more than a year.
Pedro Blanco recalled that from 2020 until today, the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory financed activities for more than 435,000 euros in Galicia, almost 50% through the Xunta in the Sectorial Conferences, “which means an average of 103,000 euros a year for research, publications and exhumations, money that accounts for the commitment of this Government to the restitution of the memory of the victims of Franco’s regime and dictatorship.”