Álava allocates 4.86 million for the socio-health agreement with the IFBS

The Provincial Government Council of the Provincial Council of Álava approved on November 3, 2026, a credit authorization of 4,862,200 euros to fund the newly created budget line “Transfer to the IFBS Sociosanitary Agreement.” The agreement, 721/2026, appears in the summary of provisions approved in the ordinary session published in the Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA) number 130, dated November 11, 2026 (official reference 2026-03186, p. 2). In the same session, a credit transfer of 708,000 euros was authorized for the enhancement of the Vitoria-Gasteiz airport.

The decision is part of the block of budgetary modifications that the Provincial Government Council processes upon the proposal of the various departments and which the Department of Treasury, Finance, and Budgets submits to the governing body. The published summary includes two provincial decrees—Provincial Decree 39/2026, which repeals Provincial Decree 25/1999, and Provincial Decree 40/2026, which approves the bases of the Forestry Aid Plan—and agreements 712/2026 to 741/2026, all dated November 3, 2026.

The amount of the sociosanitary agreement is double the volume of the other social budget lines approved in the same session and is structured as a newly created line, meaning it had no prior allocation in the expenditure statement, which requires the authorization of credit to execute the transfer.

A new budget line of nearly five million

The credit authorization M_S01/2026/0000000020, for 4,862,200.00 euros, was requested by the Department of Social Policies and is destined for the transfer to the Provincial Institute of Social Welfare (IFBS), an autonomous body of the Provincial Council of Álava upon which the provincial social services depend. The budget line is named “Transfer to the IFBS Sociosanitary Agreement” and was created specifically for this operation.

The IFBS manages, among other resources, the nursing homes Ajuria, Lakua, Txagorritxu, Zadorra, and those in the rural area of the territory, according to the agreements that the provincial institution itself publishes in the BOTHA. Its Board of Directors is chaired by the Provincial Deputy for Social Policies, Gorka Urtaran Agirre.

The other social modifications approved in the same session are:

• 708,000 euros in credit transfer for the airport (agreement 720/2026).
• Budget modification for the “Accessibility Observatory” item, at the joint request of Social Policies and Territorial Balance (agreement 722/2026).
• Allocation for the items “Ethical Management of Feline Colonies. Associations” and “Ethical Management of Feline Colonies. City Councils” for 2027 (agreement 725/2026).
• “Tree Felling Txagorritxu Residence” item for 2027, at the request of the IFBS (agreement 726/2026).
• 928,919.40 euros in commitment credit modification, with redistribution of the 2027 annuity to 2029, for “Promotion of Collective Agreement for Private Residences” (agreement 727/2026).

708,000 euros for the Vitoria-Gasteiz airport

The credit transfer M_T00/2026/0000000121, amounting to 708,000.00 euros, was requested by the Department of Economic Development and Sustainability and funds the item “VIA: Strengthening of Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport CCA” (agreement 720/2026). It is approved under the same budgetary umbrella as the IFBS operation and shares a session with other decisions of economic significance, such as the procurement file for the energy transition office, with a base tender budget of 270,000 euros (VAT included) and an execution period of one year (agreement 732/2026).

Regarding infrastructure, the Provincial Government Council also gave the green light to the draft provincial regulation for the ratification of the agreement with the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility for the maintenance and road safety of the AP-68 (agreement 714/2026) and to an addendum to the direct management agreement with Arabako Bideak-Vías de Álava, SA (Arabat) for the management of the same highway within the territory (agreement 717/2026).

Accessibility, housing, and local aid

The budget package is completed with the creation of the Accessibility Observatory item, shared by the departments of Social Policies and Territorial Balance and Land Use Planning, and with the second call for grants for unforeseen events and emergency works in local entities (agreement 733/2026). In the municipal sphere, the following stand out:

• Nominative grant to the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council for investments in infrastructure and public-use constructions (agreement 735/2026).
• Partial payment of the grant to the Salvatierra City Council to acquire social rental housing, with an extension of the execution and justification deadlines (agreement 736/2026).
• Direct grant to the Arraia-Maeztu City Council to remodel the Isaac Puente square in Maeztu (agreement 728/2026).
• Direct grant to the CIC energiGUNE Foundation to reinforce scientific-technological capacities in energy storage and conversion (agreement 729/2026).

The allocation of 4.86 million for the socio-health agreement has a direct effect on the financing of social and health services in the territory: as it is a newly created item, its approval guarantees the budgetary coverage of the transfer to the IFBS for the fiscal year and clears the execution of residential resources and care for elderly people managed by the provincial body.

Source: Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA), no. 130, of November 11, 2026, section I, page 2 (official reference: 2026-03186).