The Baixo Alentejo Intermunicipal Community (CIMBAL), based in Beja, will have a budget of EUR 12,2 million in 2027, below 13.8 million planned for this year. The Major Options of the Plan, Budget and Staff Map 2027-2031 of CIMBAL were unanimously approved on Monday during an ordinary meeting of the inter-municipal council.
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12/11/2026
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Lusa
A The Intermunicipal Community of the Lower Alentejo (CIMBAL), based in Beja, will count in 2027 on a budget of €12.2 million, below 13.8 million planned for this year.
The Great Options of the Plan, Budget and Staff Map 2027-2031 of CIMBAL, which brings together 13 of the 14 municipalities of the district of Beja (except Odemira), were unanimously approved on Monday during an ordinary meeting of the intermunicipal council.
In statements to the agency Lusa, the president of the intermunicipal community, António José Brito (PS), today said that the institution “has stable accounts” and presents a “recommended budgetary balance, although always in a framework of great demand”.
“ People do not always have the perception of the great dimension of the work done in CIMBAL, but, in fact, we are doing a lot and there is much more to do in a framework of great harmony and strategic agreement of the municipalities of the Lower Alentejo ", argued also the president of the Chamber of Castro Verde.
In this context, he said, in 2027 CIMBAL will continue to play a “very important role in the management and distribution of Community funds for the development of the territory”.
“ We will remain an articulating entity between the 13 municipalities of Lower Alentejo and the entities responsible for European funds, namely the Alentejo Regional Coordination and Development Commission”, said António José Brito.
Another priority area in the action of the inter-municipal community next year will be mobility, as Transport Authority, with emphasis on the ongoing international competition, which “will have a multiannual investment of more than EUR 4.7 million”.
Alongside this, António José Brito highlighted the continuity of the “Linis” project, transport on request upon reservation.
“ It is a very differentiating and important project in a rural region and demographically demanding as the Baixo Alentejo ", stressed.
The mayor also pointed out other “important sectors associated with several projects promoted by CIMBAL”, including the initiative “Integrated Tourism of the Lower Alentejo”, with an investment of EUR 423,000.
To this, the president of the intermunicipal community joined the projects “Cultivar a Inclusão por Cultura”, amounting to 562,000 euros, and “Patrimonios do Baixo Alentejo”, valued at around 474,000 euros, in addition to the action “Recolha BIO”, which represents an investment of more than one million euros.
The president of CIMBAL also acknowledged that the situation of Diário do Alentejo, the only public newspaper in Portugal and property of the 13 municipalities, remains “of great demand”, due to “very relevant budgetary responsibilities”.
“The volume of burden is significant and, in recent years, it always has an average annual loss value of around 200,000 euros,” said António José Brito.