“Oh Recovery and elasticity policy (It will help financial help to PRR) (…) This should be a transformation force to maintain digital transformation but this opportunity is not well used“Because” countries do not have to prioritize actions that respond to their main digital needs, “the ECA argued today.
With a “cake” fund of 150 billion euros of 650 billion euros (2022 values), Digital part of recovery and elasticity policy is the largest tool of current financing for the digitization of the European Union .
“Like, Some member states have dedicated a small part of their financing Recovery and elasticity policy Its inadequate domains in its performanceThereby reducing its ability to effectively contribute to digital transition, ”the EU auditor added in his report.
Under the control of this mechanism, the Covid -19 has been created to help EU countries recover from the economic impacts of the epicenter, National PRRs are expected to allocate 20% of their financing to digital renovations and investments And according to the ECA such “properly applied”.
However, however, “We have found that the performance framework and indicators used to follow progress are not well connected with the digital strategy of EUThe court adds that the actual cooperation of these versions and investments is to limit your ability to measure the digital transformation “and, therefore, this ability may” not fully assess “.
Based on the ECA data suggested in the report about financing attributed to digital actions in national PRRs, In Portugal, December 2023, the fourth EU country allocated less fundsA total of 4.5 billion euros (equivalent to 21% of the Portuguese plan).
In the digital area, There are 2,460 Maros and 926 actions related to the digital area in Portugal’s PRR, with the current 25%implementation.
“Digital challenges to Portugal have the need to invest in digital transformation. It is very relevant in Portugal, where the economy is classified by micro -institutions concentrated in traditional sectors“You can read on the European Commission website about Portuguese PRR.
In total, the value of this plan is 22.2 billion euros, 16.3 billion euros discounts and 5.9 billion euros loans from recovery and elasticity mechanism, which are related to 376 investments and 87 rebuilding.
At the moment, The country has already received 8.49 billion euros grants and 2.9 billion euros loans and the planning rate of 32%.
