Six public schools in the Algarve will be refurbished with funding from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), benefitting from works totalling 42 million euros of investment.
Following the approval of applications from the Municipalities of Monchique, Vila Real de Santo António, Albufeira, Faro and Lagos,
The EBI de Ferreiras is part of the first group of four schools in the Algarve approved under the “School Recovery and Rehabilitation Programme”, signed between the Government and the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, which also includes the EB Manuel do Nascimento (Monchique), the EB D. José I (Vila Real Santo António) and the EB Dr. José de Jesus Neves Júnior (Faro), whose financing contracts were signed in Monchique on 29 May, in the presence of Manuel Castro Almeida, Deputy Minister and Minister for Territorial Cohesion.
Yesterday morning, president of the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR), José Apolinário, participated in the public ceremony to lay the first stone for the refurbishment and expansion of the Ferreiras Integrated Basic School (EBI), promoted by the Municipality of Albufeira.
A statement from CCDR Algarve reveals that, subsequently, two more applications were joined by the Municipalities of Faro (EB 2+3 D. Afonso III) and Lagos (EB das Naus), which will be financed using funds from the European Investment Bank, contracted by the Portuguese State.
The planned work must be completed by June 30, 2026.
Photo: Preview of the new EBI de Ferreiras building, in the auditorium area
