The Minister of the Presidency stated this Tuesday that the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is the one with the largest investment in the social area, maintaining the objective of lifting 700,000 people out of poverty between now and 2030.
On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Government made a public presentation of the new action plan (2022-2025) of the National Strategy against Poverty, which took place at the Johnson Academy, in Buraca, in Amadora.
Mariana Vieira da Silva took the opportunity to highlight that the national PRR has, among the different European countries, “the most significant participation in the social area.”
Currently we have the largest PRR dedicated to the social area and we have, for example, in this State Budget the greatest growth in social measures that we have had in recent years,” he highlighted, in statements to journalists.
The minister stated that yes maintains the goal of lifting 700,000 people out of poverty by 2030remembering that this is a goal defined in 2021, but for which a step has already been taken in 2022.
We have a budget that cannot be compared to the past and, therefore, now we have to organize these resources with this new figure, but also a much stronger coordination between the central administration and the municipalities to be able to continue each Ministry with the measures. that he put it there,” defended Vieira da Silva.
Asked about the budget for this action plan, the minister said that it was not possible to give a value, justifying that A five-year goal implies saying that the “path (…) will require financial resources”.
We know that we have, for example, 2,000 million euros in the PRR dedicated to housing, and this (…) is one of the fundamental dimensions for people to live with dignity,” he highlighted.
He also highlighted the budget dedicated to degrees or higher education as instruments in this fight, in addition to the approximately 2,000 million allocated to the social area, recalling that “the transformation of all health centers into family health units is a gain.” additional health care.” , proximity.”
Source: Observadora
