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Commission pays an advance of €100 million to Spain for recovery efforts following the storm DANA

The Commission has today paid an advance of €100 million from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to Spain to help finance its recovery efforts following the October 2024 storm DANA in Valencia. This is the maximum amount allowed under the EUSF as an advance payment.  The Commission is currently assessing the formal application for compensation […]

Commission allocates €99 million in emergency support to farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia and Hungary

Today, Member States gave a positive opinion to the Commission proposal to mobilise €98,6 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support farmers in Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia and Hungary who have been impacted by exceptional adverse climatic events and natural disasters since spring 2024. The Commission will distribute €68 million to Spain, €16,2 million […]

Spain is the third country that has obtained the third largest grant in the first years of Horizon Europe

Spain has consolidated its position as the leader in collaborative R&D&I projects, and the second in number of participations. Spanish entities have obtained 3,416.9 million euros in the calls awarded in the first three years of Horizon Europe, the European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2021-2027. Spain is the third […]

Spain's fourth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of 60 out of the 61 milestones and targets linked to Spain's fourth payment request for €10 billion (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. The payment request covers important steps in the delivery of 34 reforms and 26 investments […]

EU boosts zero-emission mobility with over €424 million in funding for 42 projects

The European Commission is announcing today the selection of 42 new projects deploying alternative fuels infrastructure that will receive over €424 million in EU support. The projects will aid the installation of electric recharging points and hydrogen refueling stations, as well as the electrification of airports, taking Europe closer to its Green Deal goals. Financing […]

Spain: EIB and Otua sign €40 million loan to back the construction of a waste recycling plant in the Basque Country

The project, backed by the InvestEU programme, will making it possible to recover reusable materials from automotive waste. The investment contributes to the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and to “Circular Spain 2030” the Spanish national strategy to develop a circular economy. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Basque Country-based Otua Group have signed a […]

Mobility Funding Guide to Spain for artists 2023

Mobility Funding Guide to Spain for the international mobility of artists and culture professionals. 2023 Edition Jordi Baltà Portolés and Danielle Bishop Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain, 2023 This funding guide includes two kinds of mobility opportunities for artists and culture professionals: outgoing and incoming. The outgoing opportunities are for people based […]

EU EIB and Vitalia sign a €90 million loan agreement to improve social and health care services for the elderly in Spain #InvestEU

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Vitalia have signed a €90 million loan to finance new facilities like residential and outpatient care centres, mainly for the elderly, in seven Spanish regions. This agreement supports Spain's public dependency care framework. The financing is backed by the InvestEU programme, which aims to trigger more than €372 billion […]

EIB approves €550 million loan to Adif to increase capacity at Madrid’s Atocha Station

The operation is part of the EIB’s €740 million framework loan to Adif for improving infrastructure at the Madrid rail hub. Developments in Atocha and its surroundings will include a new through station and the connection of the Madrid-Levante and Madrid-Barcelona high-speed lines. The project promotes investment in sustainable transport and is in line with […]

Spain will receive €1.12 billion from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027

Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 with Spain, the Commission has adopted the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) programme for Spain, to implement the EU common fisheries policy (CFP) and EU policy priorities outlined in the European Green Deal. The total financial allocation for the Spanish programme 2021-2027 is €1.57 billion, […]

Training for employment in local ESF+ entities | Spain

Resolution of October 17, 2023, of the General Directorate of Autonomous and Local Cooperation, approving the first call for the selection of employment training projects promoted by local entities, for financing through the Employment Program, Education, Training and Social Economy, from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), for the 2021-2027 programming period.

Commission endorses Spain's €163 billion modified recovery and resilience plan #NextGenerationEU

Today, the Commission has given a positive assessment of Spain's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €163 billion (€83 billion in loans and €80 billion in grants) and covers 111 reforms and 142 investments. Spain's REPowerEU chapter consists of a new reform, a scaled-up investment drawing […]