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 websiteit makes it possible to monitor the implementation of European funds by analysing public data from the National Grants Database (BDNS) and the Public Sector Procurement Platform (PLACSP), which are exploited through automated web scraping and machine learning techniques.
In this sense, the ELISA tool allows to track calls for tenders and grants with Next Generation EU funds, as well as their resolution, both 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 local corporations.
As the delegate of the Government in Navarra explained, this tool “represents another step, a very important step, to increase transparency and communication in terms of the execution of European funds; and it will also allow us to identify more effectively the possibilities for improvement”.
Alicia Echeverría has pointed out that the data confirm the positive impact that the Recovery Plan is having, for example, “in modernization, in job creation in sectors with higher added value, or in the increase of the Gross Domestic Product”. In addition, he said, “it is promoting private investment and is providing a present and future opportunity for our community and for the country as a whole.”
Almost half of the beneficiaries of the funds in Navarre are SMEs
A total of 9,871 companies, entities and citizens of Navarre already have 750 million euros of European funds from the Recovery Plan. 49% of the beneficiaries are micro-enterprises and SMEs.
Of these funds, 646 million euros come from calls made by the General Administration of the State; 100 million come from those resolved by the Foral Community with the resources allocated at the Sectorial Conferences; and 5 million have been tendered so far by the municipal corporations.
The largest volume of investment has been allocated to sustainable infrastructure projects, with 36%, followed by modernization of the industrial fabric, with 21%, and energy transition, with 12%.
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 Recovery Plan funds are reaching 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 micro-enterprises 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.