Millions for the “always partying”
Albufeira is the ‘top’ of the authorities who spent more money in animation in the last two months: More than 100 000 euros.
In recent years, municipalities have become the new animating agents, most particularly when it comes to artists in vogue in the setting of direct recruitment and organization of the event.
The private entrepreneurs consider it popular not do this work, most of them giving up even the attempt to organize parties and concerts, face “dishonesty carried out by competition absurd” – some say, about the new cultural entertainment imposed by local councils offering the show to the public at no charge to the viewer.
And the numbers being spent speak for themselves.
A month after the entry into force of the new public procurement code, the only swing that you can do is the number of direct negotiations carried out by public entities. In August, www.base.gov.pt were advertised on the site, as required by the new law, about 160 contracts held by private treaty. The total value amounts to 2.8 million euros for this type of contract, usually of low value, that is not delivered by public tender, public consultation or negotiation with more than one entity.
The local authorities are public bodies that made the most of these awards, nearly 80, with a total value of around 1.3 million euros.
In the month of holidays and festivals will not be as surprising to note that about 40% of this expenditure was made by mounting shows, animation and performing concerts. This type of event mobilized a financial outlay of approximately 530 000 euros.
The Board of Albufeira appears prominently as the local authority that more money spent by private treaty, this type of service, with an expenditure of more than 100 000 euros. This was followed by the Boards of Cascais, Elvas, Aljezur and Lagos.
Only a show paid by the Board of Albufeira fado singer Mariza, held on August 20, amounted to 68,233 Euros, payable to the Strategy – Production of Cultural Events, a sub-contractor of the company that represents the singer.
The amount paid by the producer of Lagos Chamber of Marco Polo by erspectáculo that the singer gave the city was 20,440 Euros, but in return and without apparent justification, the Board of Elvas paid only 14,000 Euros, a concert by the same singer.
Faro, which is presented as a Board with financial difficulties of management, will pay 26,000 Euros for hiring the former lead singer of Trovante Luis Dams in concert to be held on September 6.
In addition to hiring artists, especially national, was also spending festivals and fireworks. Values in contracts that may be considered as a promotion, and videos that go through the presentation of the county or attending events represent a portion of the order of 150 000 euros of direct expenditure by private chambers. The acquisition of equipment is the second largest share in the costs.
Out of these values are all the performances and promoted under the program ‘Allgarve’ which is the responsibility of the Government under the Ministry of Economy.
Understandably, this is a big business deal, which will now be the alcanse of common mortals. Not surprisingly, therefore, that the business class that once was dedicated to the recruitment and organization of concerts has been no activity in practice and operating collapsed, some of them associated to the artists represented as their exclusive agents.
Posted by admin on March 16th, 2012 :: Filed under Society