The Catalan government’s Office for Support to Cultural Initiative (Oficina de Suport a la Iniciativa Cultural) granted Plataforma per la Llengua a subsidy of 512,000 euros on 10 June 2026, recorded as a «nominative grant in the field of the Catalan language», according to Spain’s National System for the Publicity of Grants and Public Aid. It is the largest award to the organisation that appears in that register.
Three years of 135,000 euros
The same office of the Catalan government awarded the organisation 135,000 euros on 30 August 2023, another 135,000 euros on 3 September 2024 and another 135,000 euros on 21 July 2025, all of them also as a nominative grant in the field of the Catalan language, according to the same register.
Seventy-one awards
The register records 71 awards of public money to Plataforma per la Llengua. Besides the Office for Support to Cultural Initiative, the grantors include several departments of the Catalan government, such as the Presidency, Business and Labour or Social Rights and Inclusion, and other administrations such as the Barcelona provincial council, Valencia City Council or the Island Council of Menorca. The register does not show any award to the organisation from Lleida City Council or the Diputació de Lleida.
The organisation
Plataforma per la Llengua is chaired by Òscar Escuder, who in July 2026 presented the organisation’s InformeCAT report on the situation of the Catalan language, according to the newspaper Ara.
Sources and verification
Information based on Spain’s National System for the Publicity of Grants and Public Aid, searched by the organisation’s tax identification number as it appears in its own legal notice, and on the newspaper Ara for the organisation’s presidency. The amounts of the awards come from a single official source. Neither the Catalan government nor Plataforma per la Llengua was contacted before publication.
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