Ten Madeiran sports clubs have maximum grants of 82,356.84 euros for travel to competitions, under the Regional Sports Support Plan.
The Official Journal of 28 September 2026 publishes ten sports development programme contracts that set maximum financial grants of €82,356.84 to help ten clubs in the Region pay for the travel and daily allowances of athletes, coaches and officials in regional and national competitions in the 2025/2026 season. The Regional Sports Directorate (DRD) only pays after the clubs submit proof of expenses, and the final amount may fall below the set ceiling.
The contracts were approved by the Regional Secretary for Education, Science and Technology, Elsa Maria dos Santos Fernandes, and signed by the Regional Sports Director, David João Rodrigues Gomes. A sports development programme contract (CPDD) is a written agreement between the Region and a club that defines a specific financial support for a programme of activities. In this case, the purpose is to support the travel of sports participants to take part in championships organised by regional sports associations or national federations.
There are ten clubs, each with one contract. The amounts shown are the maximum amounts of each contract:
The sum of the ten ceilings is €82,356.84. The amounts are all of the same nature, that is, maximum grants for travel, so they can be added together.
Each contract has its own budget commitment number, recorded in the DRD budget. If the eligible expenses submitted are lower than the ceiling, the grant amount becomes that figure, with the necessary adjustments (clause 4..ª, no. 3). The grants refer to the sporting season from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, and the contracts take effect from signature until 31 December 2026, unless revised by agreement between the parties.
The contracts may end when the programme concludes, when it becomes impossible to meet its objectives for reasons not attributable to the club, or through termination or breach under Regional Legislative Decree No. 12/2005/M. Termination is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within a maximum of 90 days from becoming aware of the fact that justifies it.
The clubs must submit to the DRD, through the electronic platform, proof of expenses and sporting indicators, under article 7..º of the Sports Support Regulation. They must also provide declarations that their situation is regularised with the Portuguese State, the Region and Social Security, an up-to-date Central Register of Beneficial Owners (RCBE), the Report and Accounts for the last financial year with the minutes of the General Assembly and the opinion of the Fiscal Council, and the Activity Report for the previous season. They are further obliged to strictly apply public funds and to combat violence, doping, corruption, racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination in sport.
Portaria No. 625/2025, of 18 November, approves the Regional Sports Support Plan for the 2025/2026 season, and is the instrument under which payments are processed. A portaria is a regulatory act of the Regional Government that regulates the implementation of rules approved in higher-ranking instruments. The contracts are also based on Regional Legislative Decree No. 12/2005/M, which defines the regime of grants to sports associations, on Resolution No. 810/2012, which approves the Sports Support Regulation, in its amended version, and on Regional Legislative Decree No. 8/2025/M, which approves the Region's Budget for 2026. Each contract also cites a resolution of 30 April 2026, published in the JORAM, Series I, No. 86, of 15 May, which authorises its conclusion.
The preamble of the contracts invokes the fact that travel is more expensive because of the island and outermost location of the clubs' headquarters, and states that the principle of territorial continuity is not being safeguarded by the Portuguese State.
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