The Government Delegate in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, has reported that the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) of the Government of Spain has involved a global investment of 95 million euros in Melilla.
As the head of the delegation explained, of this amount 47 million come from calls and tenders of the General Administration of the State and 48 million have been allocated in sectoral conferences. Thanks to these funds, a total of 983 beneficiaries have been favored in the city.
Moh has detailed that this investment “reflects the firm commitment of the Government of Spain to the transformation and modernization of Melilla in multiple key areas such as health, mobility, housing, education, employment or tourism.”
Execution of the AGE
In the area of sustainable and digital mobility, 3.3 million euros have been allocated to actions such as the new planning of García Margallo Street, the Plazoleta del Rastro, and different sections of Conde Alcaudete, Pedro Navarro and Alfonso Guerra streets.
In addition, 1.2 million euros have been invested in the partial rehabilitation of the Accumulated Trade Union Heritage building, within the program of rehabilitation of public buildings.
In terms of culture, 500,000 euros have been allocated for the conservation and enhancement of the Spanish cultural heritage. On the other hand, the Kit Digital program has allowed 685 SMEs and self-employed people to access technological tools, with an investment of 2.4 million, in addition to an endowment of 360,000 euros for portable devices that help reduce the digital divide.
In addition, two SMEs from Melilla have benefited from CERSA’s guarantee program, obtaining funding worth 140,000 euros.
Autonomous execution: sustainability, housing and care
The Autonomous City has received 7.6 million euros for sustainable mobility projects, among them the improvement of accessibility in school environments, with an investment of 1.4 million euros, the pacification of traffic on the roads of the Alcazaba -with 800,000 euros - and the airport -400,000 euros; or the purchase of electric vehicles -with 1.2 million euros - and expansion of bike lanes -1.1 million euros.
Under the MOVES III programme, 730,000 euros have been allocated to promote the use of electric vehicles, of which 40% have been implemented. 1.1 million have also been allocated to self-consumption and residential storage, with an execution of 41%, and have been invested in renewable energies in industry and services -136,000 euros - as well as in energy rehabilitation -480,000 euros.
One of the projects has been the rehabilitation of the student residence with 2.5 million of the Autonomous PIREP program. To this is added the investment of 2.14 million of the PERTE of digitization of the Water Cycle.
Employment, equality and social services
Moh has also highlighted the impact on employment and social inclusion, with 2.9 million for personalized itineraries aimed at women, 3.6 million for the First Professional Experience in Public Administrations program and 3.1 million for the Social Services Modernization Plan.
In this area, the financing of the Co-responsible Plan with 373,000 euros and 1.76 million euros has also been included to adapt public equipment to the new model of long-term care.
The investment in housing includes 1.41 million for the construction of 48 social rental homes and 1.4 million for rehabilitation in neighborhoods, benefiting 62 homes.
In education, 1,084 new VET places have been created, IT equipment has been invested - EUR 360,000 - and the PROA+ programme has been subsidised with EUR 400,000 to reduce school dropout in 14 public schools.
In the field of health, the completion and inauguration of the new hospital in Melilla, managed by INGESA, stands out, with an investment of 30 million euros, in addition to a Data Lake health project worth 267,000 euros to improve the management of clinical data.
Tourism: boosting the sector in a sustainable key
Tourism has also been a strategic axis of the PRTR in Melilla, with 10 million euros for the Tourism Sustainability Plan in Extrapeninsular Territories, which has financed 18 actions, including cultural promotion, modernization of the tourist offer and the promotion of tourism of events and conventions.
In addition, 1.5 million euros have been allocated to the improvement of historical heritage with tourist use, 167,000 euros to energy efficiency in tourist companies, 58,000 euros to the Digital Skills Plan in Tourism and 11,000 euros to plans for the social sustainability of tourism.
Sabrina Moh stressed that these data show "the investment effort of the Government of Spain so that Melilla does not remain on the margins of the transformation that our country is experiencing, betting on a fairer, sustainable and future development model".