The CSD count in 2021 with 251 million budget, the largest amount of the century for Spanish sport

• The president of the council, Irene Lozano, explained in the congress that the total figure is a 95% higher than the Last Olympic year, 2016, if you count 9.4 million Agency dedicated to the Spanish Protection For health in sport (AEPSAD)
• The strength of the sports federations amounts to $66.8 million euros (12.7 billion euros more than this year), to which is added 17 million derived from revenues from the sale of media rights pursuant to Royal Decree Law 5/2015
• Woman programmes and sport and sports federations inclusive bend its allocation with an increase of 112% and the social assistance to women sportsmen experience an increase of 73%. Grow allocations and the COE CPE
• For the government, sport is one of the ten motor levers that structured the future of our country and therefore go to this sector nearly 50 EUR mill. funds from the Economic recovery Plan of the UE

Madrid, 06 November 2020. The president of the High Council of sports (CSD), Irene Lozano, has detailed today, in his appearance before the committee of culture and Sport of the congress of Members, economic resources destined for Spanish sport within the Bill pressupostos generals of the state approved by the cabinet.

As explained by the secretary of state for sport, the CSD will have a total allocation of 251.179,97 million euros, with the addition of 9.4 for Spanish agency of health protection in sport (AEPSAD), 95% over the budget of 2016 Olympic last year.

“ from the Olympic Games of Barcelona 92 never a bet as strong and solid by the sports sector. We are facing a historical data, the highest number of this century dedicated to sport Spanish. And is that for this government sport is a public good, an essential tool for the development of our society, something that can be seen not only with the figures of these budgets, also with the role and position preminente in which the Government has situated sport throughout the pandemic ”, has assured Lozano.

The operating budget for 2021 of CSD will be 174,3 million euros. This implies 63.6 million more than in 2020, 57% increase. With respect to the 2016 Olympic year, the increase was 85 million euros, 95% more.

More resources for sports federations and the COE

The sports federations will receive in 2021 a total of 66.8 million euros, 12.7 billion euros more than this year, representing an increase of 23.5%.

To this allocation must add transfers in compliance with the Right Decreto-ley 5/2015 arising from revenues from the sale of media rights, whose breakdown is as follows: 11 million for Social security contributions of high-level sportsmen, 5 million for aid to athletes representing Spain in international competitions and other two million in different types of aid.

53% Increase aid to athletes by results, 42% the departure for operating expenses and activities of the centres of high performance and Sophistication. Furthermore, the strength for the national programme for technicization Sports and Sports Promotion is increased by 33% and doubles the transfer to sports facilities and equipment.

As a novelty, within transfers to the sports federations, incorporates in these accounts for the production of sports broadcasts audiovisual formats with 3 million euros and another for the development of international cooperation programmes and preparation of athletes and technicians with 700 thousand euros.

The allocation for the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) in 2021, Olympic become year, grows in 3.8 million which translates into a total of 4.7 billion, an increase of 441%. The Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE) increases 375% at 1.9 million, with a rise of 1.5 million.

This year, the CSD has contributed 62% of the resources DESIGNED Plan. In its appearance of today, Irene Lozano has ensured that “ no sportsman English will be left without their Scholarship ADO. We are going to make what is necessary to cover all and each one of aid so that our athletes can concentrate Solely on your workouts and competitions. We Want To give them certainties and tranquillity, ” added.

Bet for the Sport and Inclusive

Accounts filed bend current budget destined for Sport and Inclusive. The total allocation reaches 2.5 million for projects related federations Woman and Sport and Sport Inclusive. It Is an increase of 112%, to add growth of 73% in the social assistance to women athletes.

Moreover, in this draft budget envisages two items that were not included specifically on the previous. Are transfers to federations to sport activity in school age and for trips to international competitions school and university, equipped with a million and a half a million each.

As regards transfers to the Autonomous Communities planned strength grows 30% and reaches 14.6 million euros. For the improvement of its sports facilities, municipalities and provinces will be increased aid of CSD in a 876%, from 517.000 5 million euros.

Sets a new allocation to the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces for promotion of sports programmes for reducing inequality within the framework of the Agenda 2030 by which goes to dispose of half a million euros.

Moreover, the draft budget has created new envelopes as the development of programs of physical activity to generate healthy habits and the promotion of physical exercise among the population.

In relation to centres high-performance sport (CAR), Madrid will increase its budget by 9.5%, reaching EUR 8.5 mill. and the CAR of Majorca Cugat will receive 4 million, 60% more than last year. In Addition, the strength of the CAR lion stands at 9.9 million euros, an increase of 18% and the Sierra Nevada grows 10% reaching $2.8 million.

AEPSAD

The line to Spanish Agency of health protection in sport (AEPSAD) grows in these budgets to 9.4 million euros, 700,000 euros over the past year. This increase meets the requirement of realization of a greater number of doping controls for the spanish athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games of Tokio.

Increases the strength to the foundation Young Sport and scientific support to the sport of universities and private entities.

Within the recovery plan for the UE

Sport will be one of the levers of transformation of our country and will be one of the ten towing policies that will restore the future of our country. The recovery Plan driven by the European Union provides financial support to states for investment and reforms through the mechanism of recovery and resilience. The government of Spain has decided that the Spanish sport partake of funds from this powerful tool.

This commitment to sport, in 2021 budgets of Higher Council of sports include 49.5 million this European fund, an amount that, according to current estimates, will multiply in the coming years.

“ thanks to this European initiative from the council we designed a recovery Plan of the sport Sector that is structured into four goals defined in four plans: a Plan of digitization of the sport sector, a Plan of Ecological Transition of sports facilities, a Plan of impetus to the internationalization of the sports industry and expansion of Spain abroad and dynamization Plan esport femení ”, has assured the president of CSD.

Digitization Plan has an allocation of EUR 16.8 million, while the Ecological transition Plan will be staffed with 13.4 million. The Plan of impetus to the internationalization of the sports industry and expansion of Spain abroad, whose objectives are the development and internationalization of the sports industry and support for the internationalization of sport English, boasts an allocation of 7.5 million.

And finally, the Plan of dynamisation of sport, which aims to promote the sport and boost the professionalization of soccer, will be staffed by 2021 11.7 million euros

For the secretary of state for sport, “ the objectives of this budget are to protect as much as possible to all the social fabric of sport so cruelly beaten by the current crisis provoked by the COVID-19, promote economic revival of the sector, boosting the two major transformations that put us in a good position in the future: digitization and ecological transition and a firm commitment to the sport ”.

“ ultimately, budgets which respond to an economic crisis, not with cuts, but increased spending to protect a vital sector of Spain as is the marina ” has concluded Irene Lozano.