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Factsheet for measure ES-2020-38/2000 – measures in Spain
Country |
Spain
, applies regionally
|
Time period | Open ended, started on 17 September 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery
– Support for spending, stimulus packages |
Author | Carlos Molina (UAB) |
Measure added | 16 August 2021 |
The central objective of this comprehensive project is to maintain and strengthen basic services, such as health, education, social rights and housing, so that no one is left behind by the crisis, especially the most vulnerable groups. In addition, the Plan for Reactivation aims for the Canaries to get out of this situation with its different sectors strengthened, with recovered employment, with greater integral sustainability thanks to the application of the 2030 Agenda, with more competitive tourism, with more access to public housing, with a more modern administration and with the maximum possible development of key legal texts for the Canary Islands, such as the new Statute of Autonomy and Economic and Fiscal Regime (REF), whose reforms were approved in October 2018, as well as the reinforcement of the condition of the Canary Islands as an outermost region (OR) in the European Union (EU).
The Plan for the Social and Economic Reactivation of the Canary Islands (Plan Reactiva Canarias), conceived to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, foresees an initial investment of €5,725.7 million in the Islands from this year until 2023.
Of the €1,425 million for 2020, the maintenance of basic services and the strengthening of health and social-health capacities will have the sum of €440.4 million.
Other strategic blocks, such as attention to the most vulnerable population sectors (the elderly, women, child poverty, victims of abuse, the disabled, dependents, migrants, LGTBI groups, etc.), will have €45 million in 2020. However, the main efforts will be directed at economic activity, employment and administrative streamlining. Thus, €547.38 million are reserved for the economic and business impulse, while for the recovery and maintenance of employment they are €190.84. Administrative simplification and coordination, meanwhile, accounts for €200.5 million, with which it is intended to facilitate projects and licenses, save bureaucratic steps and thus boost the economy and employment. The investment is completed with €500,000 for the 2030 Agenda of the Canary Islands.
No information available.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Applies to all workers | Applies to all businesses | Applies to all citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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Social partners jointly
Local / regional government |
European Funds
National funds Regional funds |
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative |
Form | Direct consultation outside a formal body | Direct consultation outside a formal body |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The involvement of social partners in designing the plan was sought by the regional government. The organisations involved were those most representative at regional level; CCOO and UGT on the union side, and CEOE on the employers side. Social partners will not only participate in designing the plan, but also in implementing it.
As social partners negotiated the document, their views on the plan were positive.
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Plan for the Economic and Social Reactivation of the Canary Islands, measure ES-2020-38/2000 (measures in Spain), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/ES-2020-38_2000.html
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