Government authorises transfer of €8.2 million for active employment policies
The Regional Government Council authorised the transfer of €8,230,814.50 from the Madeira Social Security Institute to the Regional Secretariat for Finance, corresponding to the remaining 2026 allocation for active employment policies.
The Regional Government Council approved Resolution No. 1006/2026, which authorises the transfer of €8,230,814.50 from the Instituto de Segurança Social da Madeira, IP-RAM, to the Regional Secretariat for Finance. This amount corresponds to the remaining budget available for funding active employment policies and professional development in 2026.
Legal framework#
Under Article 52(3) of the Contribution Regimes Code of the Social Security System, approved by Law No. 110/2009 of 16 September, an allocation equal to 5% of the contributions budgeted in the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores constitutes their own revenue and is earmarked for this purpose.
The amount budgeted for 2026 is €16,461,629.00, in accordance with Article 54(2) of Law No. 73-A/2025 of 30 December, which approved the State Budget for 2026.
Amounts already transferred#
According to the resolution, €8,230,814.50, corresponding to 50% of the budgeted amount, had already been transferred under Government Council Resolution No. 581/2026 of 12 June. This authorisation concerns the other half of the allocation.
Budget allocation#
The expenditure is charged to the budget of the Instituto de Segurança Social da Madeira, IP-RAM, under fund/economic classification DA211005/04.04.02.02 - Transfers for employment and professional development, with commitment number 2926006441 recorded in the SIF - Financial Information System.
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