In this regard, the Government has ordered that the provinces must comply with 7 signed agreements and in the event of non-compliance, measures must be adopted to to seek the correction of said irregularity with the possibility that funds can be recovered. Also, the Secretariat of Public Works, which is dependent on the Ministry of Economy, may evaluate the relevance of adopting measures so that the Provinces and municipalities can carry out the works without financial assistance from the National Public Sector (SPN).
Public works: what are the agreements that provinces and municipalities must comply with?
According to Resolution 933/2024 published this Monday in the Official Gazette, the Provinces and Municipalities must comply with the following signed agreements:
- “CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM”
Financial assistance was allocated to Provinces or Municipalities, regarding projects that involved the construction of Child Development Centers, intended for boys and girls from FORTY-FIVE (45) days to FOUR (4) years in conditions of greater vulnerability, where they would receive health care, education, support, recreational and play activities.
- “HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM”
The objective is to strengthen the public health system through the construction, expansion and remodeling of health centers, modular hospitals, primary care centers, rapid care units, hospitals of different scales and specialties, health posts, laboratories, diagnostic centers, sanitary isolation centers in prison and border establishments and health centers in tourist areas, among others, which would allow expanding the health and medical care capacity in those territories of the ARGENTINE REPUBLIC where necessary.
- ““TRANSPORT, MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM”
In order to strengthen transport infrastructure and ensure increased levels of connectivity, safety and transitability for the various stakeholders demanding mobility in the main urban areas of the country.
- ““INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FOR CARE”
In order to strengthen the care infrastructure network to guarantee the effective exercise of rights, not only of those who receive care (children, adolescents, the elderly, etc.) but also of those who provide care (workers who, in their great majority, are women), including the infrastructure necessary to house health services, care for early childhood, for the elderly, comprehensive protection services for women and genders, centers and spaces for youth, etc.
- PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
With the aim of encouraging public works as an essential tool for the fulfillment of public policies, promoting innovation, environmental protection, job creation, the promotion of small and medium-sized businesses and the comprehensive development of the different regions of the country.
- “PROGRAM TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE”
The aim is to contribute to strengthening the infrastructure network of community spaces located in popular neighborhoods throughout the country, with the aim of developing social, family and health care strategies for the population in critically vulnerable conditions.
- “INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FOR TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS”
In order to strengthen a public policy that guarantees access to compulsory secondary education for young people between FIFTEEN (15) and EIGHTEEN (18) years of age, favoring their professional training and promoting their inclusion and comprehensive development in the community framework of belonging.
Public works: what happens if provinces or municipalities do not comply with agreements
According to article 1, the Secretariat of Public Works may:
– Check whether the appropriate measures were taken to correct the irregularity.
– Recover the corresponding funds.
– The feasibility of the province, the municipality and another executing entity assuming financing will be analyzed.
In those cases in which the Province, Municipality and/or other Executing Entity does not accept or find it unviable to continue with the execution of the work Assuming the financing of this without financial assistance from entities of the National Public Sector, it must be determined in a restrictive and reasoned mannerthe convenience or not of continuing with the execution of the agreement, taking into account especially: 1) the degree of progress of the work; 2) the public interest involved in the execution of the work; and 3) the costs involved in the execution of the work.
As for those agreements that are decided to be terminated, The relevant notification must be made to the Province, Municipality and/or other Executing Entity under the terms provided for in the relevant agreement; and with respect to those agreements whose execution is decided to continue, this must be done in accordance with the provisions of the applicable regulations.
Article 2, in turn, establishes that the works whose execution is decided to continue, They must be completed within a maximum period of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) days from the entry into force of this resolution, The SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC WORKS of the MINISTRY OF ECONOMY may extend this period for well-founded reasons.
Once a period of SIX (6) months has elapsed following compliance with the deadline established in the first paragraph of this article, the aforementioned programs will be void.
Source: Ambito
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