(Finance) – “During the Council of Ministers of 13 April, with my colleagues holding PNRR investments of regional interest, I signed the Protocol between Dara and other Ministries – a kind of “Framework Agreement” – which has as its primary objective to identify a “Flag project” proposed by each Autonomous Region and Province, to favor its implementation and to systematically monitor the various implementation steps “, said the Minister for Regional Affairs Mariastella Gelmini, adding that “the PNRR represents a historic opportunity for the country “.
“Regions, Provinces and Municipalitiesparticipating in tenders and adhering to the various projects financed by the Plan – Gelmini argues – will have the opportunity to take concrete action to improve material and digital infrastructures, to modernize health facilities, to accelerate the maintenance of territories and the ecological transition, to promote culture and training, just to give a few examples “.
“With the “Flag projects” – the Minister continues – we want to exalt the protagonism of the territories for the grounding of the Recovery.
Each Region or Autonomous Province will be able to propose a project of particular strategic importance for its own community: 21 macro interventions that will be the beating heart of the PNRR declined in the territorial bodies. From the strengthening of the Marconi Center in Bologna to the Erzelli Park in Genoa, from the Hydrogen Valley of Piedmont to the projects for the digital PA in Trento and Bolzano, from the ’10 km of science ‘of Rome to a greener Sicily with decarbonisation works, and etc”.
“Thanks to the Protocol signed yesterday – he underlines – each Ministry, in relation to its own competences and duties, will be alongside the Regions to develop these projects from now until 2026.
The Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies – which has already established the State-Regions Nucleus, to support local administrations and especially small municipalities in the processes of accessing tenders and using investments – it will coordinate the dialogue between local authorities and the government to spend European resources quickly and well and to carry out the correct implementation of these works.
A synergy, that between the executive and the Regions, which in the 14 months of Draghi’s government has recorded concrete and tangible results, a positive method that we will continue to pursue “.
The Protocol – the note clarifies – “as well as by the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, it was signed by the Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition, Vittorio Colao, by the Minister for Public Administration, Renato Brunetta, by the Minister for South and territorial cohesion, Mara Carfagna, by the Minister for Youth Policies, Fabiana Dadone, by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Daniele Franco, by the Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, by the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Stefano Patuanelli, by the Minister for Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, by the Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, by the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, by the Minister of University and Research , Maria Cristina Messa, the Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, and the Undersecretar me with responsibility for Sport, Valentina Vezzali “.