- The budgets of the Department of Economy and Industry amount to 453.8 million euros, 6% more than in the previous financial year, because, despite losing 41.7 million euros from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM), own funds have been increased
- Lorenzana pointed out that the Fiscal and Administrative Measures Act includes various initiatives to streamline procedures and make the mechanisms for selling or renting industrial land more flexible
- She announced that in 2026 a cartographic database and a first draft of the sectoral wind plan will be developed, including renewable acceleration zones, as well as the Initial Strategic Document and the subsequent drafting of the Strategic Environmental Study
- “With these budgets we continue to welcome industrial projects that arise from Galicia or come to Galicia, because in Galicia, industry is welcome,” she said
Santiago de Compostela, 24 October 2025
The Minister for Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, highlighted today the commitment that the Xunta de Galicia will make to industrial innovation in the 2026 Budget, which includes five new specific aid schemes for companies totalling more than 47 million euros.
Lorenzana appeared this afternoon before the 3rd Commission on Economy, Finance and Budgets to explain her department’s accounts for 2026, which amount to 453.8 million euros, 6% more than in the previous financial year. This is because, despite losing 41.7 million euros from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM), own funds increase by 11.5 million euros and investment expenditure by 22 million, 8.5% more, while current expenditure is reduced.
Specifically, Igape will have a budget of 280.7 million euros for 2026, featuring, as a novelty, specific lines of aid for innovation. One of them, Business Innovation Fast Track, aims to attract and consolidate innovative projects linked to strategic sectors that had applied for European or nationally recognised calls for proposals and, despite meeting technical evaluation criteria, were not selected due to budget exhaustion. Another is the Galicia Strategic Autonomy Programme (TIC‑MAQ), which addresses the need to reduce dependence on external solutions, foster a proprietary technological offer in Galicia, and promote the design and manufacture of capital goods within the region.
Another new measure will be the Innomercado programme, to promote the marketing within Galician companies of products or services developed by start‑ups participating in the Business Factories. The Innotalento programme seeks to support strategic projects involving the recruitment of high‑level management profiles (CEO, COO, CTO, etc.) specifically to design and execute significant improvement, transformation or innovation projects. The Industria Innova line (formerly Intelligent Factory) will support industrial research, experimental development, and process and organisational innovation projects in Galician companies.
In addition, Lorenzana stated that the support programme for artificial intelligence will continue, but in this case applied to industry, giving priority to projects linked to Galicia’s strategic sectors. There will be two types of aid: one for technology development and another for the implementation and application of commercial services and solutions using artificial intelligence.
Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace
“We must focus on attracting and driving business initiatives that create quality employment and promote strategic industrial sectors, both established ones and those emerging or with greater future potential, such as security and defence,” she said. In this regard, she announced that the Xunta will allocate 2.6 million euros to award the first major technological development contracts with the lead companies that will be the Xunta’s strategic partners in the Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace (IESDA), following the identification of 29 investment projects of high interest to be developed either through these partnership agreements or through planned aid calls.
Industrial Land
Regarding industrial land, Lorenzana explained that the 2026 Budget of the Department of Economy and Industry includes an allocation of 30.3 million euros for 26 operations covering more than nine million square metres (9,051,746.23) across different business parks. Of this total, 6.6 million euros will be invested in the province of A Coruña, 7.2 million in Lugo, 5.4 million in Ourense, and 11.1 million in Pontevedra. She also mentioned that the budget for calls to improve infrastructure and services in Galicia’s industrial estates amounts to more than 7.1 million euros for 2026.
In this context, the Minister also noted that the Fiscal and Administrative Measures Act accompanying the budget includes various initiatives to streamline procedures and make the mechanisms for selling or renting business land managed by Xestur more flexible. These will include improvements in terms, forms and payment conditions, allowing for a continuous and permanently open offer of land. In addition, the cost of plots will be adjusted to achieve more competitive prices, with the aim of promoting activity in areas that are currently less developed industrially.
Industrial and Mining Safety
Lorenzana highlighted as another novelty of this budget the exceptional measure that will allow facilities subject to industrial safety regulations that were built or refurbished without the required registration with the competent department to be regularised, provided it can be demonstrated that they complied with the relevant regulations at the time of installation.
Industrial safety measures will have a budget of 0.4 million euros, while in the specific case of mining safety, a new inspection plan will be introduced to ensure better control of mining rights, thereby supporting proper exploitation and maintenance.
Forestry Industry
The budget for the Galician Forestry Industry Agency (Xera) increases by 23.7% to reach 24 million euros, mainly allocated to regular aid lines for forestry technologies, added‑value processes, and timber construction. The allocations for forestry innovation and project development, totalling 1.5 million euros, will reinforce forestry improvement work and provide alternatives to address the current health issues affecting pine trees.
Renewable Energy
In the energy sector, Lorenzana announced that in 2026 a cartographic database and a first draft of the sectoral wind plan will be prepared, including renewable acceleration zones, the Initial Strategic Document, and subsequently the Strategic Environmental Study.
“With these budgets, we continue to welcome industrial projects that arise from Galicia or come to Galicia, because in Galicia, industry is welcome,” she concluded.
