The Government extends municipal deadlines for climatizing schools under the Actualitza Clima plan

The Government has extended the deadline for city councils to submit expressions of interest for the Pla Actualitza Clima (Update Climate Plan) until December 31, 2026, inclusive; the deadline previously ended on November 17, 2026. This is established by Agreement GOV/272/2026, dated November 3, published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (no. 9789, of November 6, 2026), in the other provisions section, with the reference CVE-DOGC-A-26307076-2026. The decision affects all municipalities with public educational centers included in the scope of the plan.

A plan to climate-control educational centers

The starting point is Agreement GOV/228/2026, dated September 15, which deployed the Pla Actualitza Clima for educational facilities where ownership of the activity corresponds to the Department of Education and Vocational Training. The objective is to improve the environmental conditions of the centers through the renovation of thermal installations, the incorporation of cooling systems, and other measures for climate comfort, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

That agreement recognized the role of city councils in the management and conservation of educational buildings and opened the door for them to directly assume the execution and advancement of resources, due to their proximity to the centers. The deployment is structured through expressions of interest from the councils and the subsequent signing of collaboration agreements with the Generalitat, within an initial period of two months.

According to the preamble of the now-approved agreement, the complexity of the actions and the desire to encourage municipal participation justify the extension, which comes after the first actions demonstrated the convenience of the Generalitat collaborating in the cost estimation.

Beyond the initial centers

The agreement also modifies the scope of application: climate-control actions may likewise be carried out in other public educational centers of the Generalitat, beyond those initially planned.

For the applications, the following rules are established:

• A new standardized model will be made available to city councils on the EACAT extranet, with a data form that applicants must complete.
• Once the information has been analyzed, the Generalitat will notify the requesting entity of the estimated cost of the action, and the entity may confirm or withdraw its expression of interest.
• City councils that have already submitted an expression of interest will receive this standardized model by notification and must return it completed via EACAT.
• Submitting an expression of interest does not create any obligation for the administrations: effective participation and the resulting rights and obligations derive from the agreement.
• Submitting it within the deadline does not grant any preference or priority in the allocation of resources.

Indemnity and reimbursable expenses

Municipal participation in the execution is based on the principle of indemnity: expenses are eligible for reimbursement and recovery charged to the plan’s fund, within the limits of the budgetary allocation and according to the agreements. The following are considered as such:

• Technical studies and projects to determine the most appropriate technical solutions in each case.
• The contracting of necessary works, services, and supplies.
• Expenses from borrowing operations arranged to finance the actions, including interest, commissions, and any other proven financial expense.

Reimbursement requires that the expenses have been effectively incurred and paid, and that they are justified according to the agreement. Furthermore, participation must be governed by the principles of objectivity, transparency, equal treatment, and adequacy to budgetary availability.

Amounts pending a new agreement

Once the deadline has closed, the Government must determine, by means of an agreement, the maximum amount of financeable expenditure for each municipality and educational center, charged to the fund, and approve the corresponding multi-annual expenditure. The assigned amounts and the reimbursement schedule will be specified in each agreement.

The agreement, signed by the Secretary of the Government, Javier Villamayor Caamaño, in Barcelona on November 3, 2026, enables the Department of Economy and Finance and the Department of Education and Vocational Training to execute it and orders its publication in the DOGC.

The extension provides an additional two and a half months of leeway for city councils that often have to evaluate works, projects, and borrowing before committing. The schedule is especially relevant for municipalities that had already submitted the request, which will have to formalize the data again in the new model, and for those that had not yet done so and gain a window to join the plan.

Source: Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, no. 9789, November 6, 2026, section I, other provisions, pp. 1-2 (official reference: CVE-DOGC-A-26307076-2026).