PNRR, MEF-CDP Agreement on Advisory and Support Services for the Public Administration

The collaboration between the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti will allow central government entities and local authorities to benefit from advisory services and technical assistance for achieving the objectives of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan
 

Rome, 27 December 2021 – The collaboration has begun between the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (MEF) and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) on initiatives to support Public Administrations in the planning, definition, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the interventions under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). 

The shared objective is to strengthen the administrative capacity of Public Administrations (PAs) in order to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the PNRR, speed up the implementation of investments, and facilitate compliance with deadlines and achievement of targets and milestones set. 

The Framework Agreement signed today sets out the procedures for engaging CDP to support central government entities and local authorities under the PNRR. The agreement will lead to the definition of “Action Plans” for each Ministry, which will contain a detailed description of the initiatives to be carried out. In addition, under specific agreements, the administrations responsible for implementing the interventions under the PNRR at local level will be able to directly engage CDP (and companies directly or indirectly controlled by it) for technical and operational assistance and support, management of funds and related activities.

Specifically, the support measures envisaged in the Framework Agreement will involve:

• support to PAs in planning and designing interventions and setting priorities (strategic background analysis, impact assessment, etc.); 
• identification of investment lines to be implemented through public-private partnerships;
• support for monitoring and verification of compliance with the implementation schedules for milestones and targets (qualitative and quantitative objectives respectively) and with the principles of gender equality, empowerment and protection of young people and reduction of regional disparities;
• support to potential beneficiaries of the funds in the preparation of funding applications; 
• technical assistance to public administrations that implement selection procedures for the allocation of funds, also through support for the development of dedicated IT applications for the management of the PNRR’s lines of action. 

The strong impetus and the coordination by the MEF will facilitate the implementation of the activities carried out by CDP for the administrations.