The Government of Spain has launched a tool called ELISA, which provides citizens and analysts with up-to-date information on the execution of the investments of the Recovery Plan.
This tool, accessible through the Recovery Plan website, allows monitoring the execution of European funds through the analysis of public data from the National Grants Database (BDNS) and the Public Sector Contracting Platform (PLACSP), which are exploited through automated web scraping and machine learning techniques.
In this sense, the ELISA tool allows to monitor the calls for tenders and grants with Next Generation EU funds, as well as their resolution of those managed directly by the General Administration of the State and those transferred to the Autonomous Communities through the Sectoral Conferences and those executed by the local corporations.
Almost half of the beneficiaries in La Rioja are microenterprises and SMEs
A total of 4,339 companies, entities and citizens of the Community of La Rioja already have 258 million euros of European funds from the Recovery Plan. 49% of the beneficiaries in La Rioja are microenterprises and SMEs, followed by foundations with 39%.
Of these funds, 188 million euros come from calls made by the General Administration of the State, 42 million from those resolved by the Autonomous Community with the resources allocated at the Sectorial Conferences and 28 million tendered by the municipal corporations.
Of the 328 million euros allocated by the Government of Spain to the Community of La Rioja for its direct management, it has convened a total of 110 million and has awarded 42 million, with a resolution rate of 39%. For their part, the municipal corporations have summoned 51 million euros and resolved 28 million euros.
The largest volume of investment has been allocated to urban and rural agenda projects, with 34%, followed by sustainable infrastructure projects, with 31%, and modernization of the industrial fabric, with 15%.
Recovery Plan funds are reaching the real economy
At the national level, around 34.4 billion euros have been allocated to companies and households, having already reached the real economy.
The information obtained through this database confirms that the funds of the Recovery Plan are reaching cruising speed to the real economy. Specifically, a total of 627,237 citizens, institutions and companies have received funds from the Recovery Plan until the end of February, of which 38% are microenterprises and SMEs.
We are halfway through the implementation period of the Recovery Plan and around 50% of the approximately 70 billion euros allocated to Spain in the first phase of the Recovery Plan have already been awarded.