Source: Government of Italy (English)
A steering committee meeting for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) was held at Palazzo Chigi this morning, chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the NRRP and Cohesion Policy, Tommaso Foti. The meeting, attended by all Ministers and Undersecretaries of State involved as well as by representatives from ANCI [National Association of Italian Municipalities], UPI [Union of Italian Provinces] and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, approved the sixth NRRP implementation progress report for its subsequent submission to Parliament. Minister Foti outlined the work carried out by the Government in the second half of 2024 to achieve all the planned objectives, allowing Italy to receive payment for the fifth instalment worth EUR 11 billion and for the sixth instalment worth EUR 8.7 billion, as well as to request payment for the seventh instalment, worth EUR 18.3 billion, which is linked to the achievement of 32 targets and 35 milestones.
“This sixth report to Parliament on the progress of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan confirms Italy’s leading position in Europe in terms of implementation, the number of goals achieved, total resources obtained and the number of payment requests formalized and received”, President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni writes in her foreword to the report. “The Government, the Administrations concerned, Prefectures and all implementing bodies will continue to work, with perseverance and determination, to complete all the investments and reforms. We will do so with the same rigor, passion and selfless approach that have enabled us to become a model in Europe in NRRP implementation. We still have a lot of work to do, but we are proud of the results achieved so far, and they are spurring us on to do even better, in the interest of Italy and Italians”, she added.
During the steering committee meeting, the main legislative measures that have been adopted to support the NRRP’s implementation were also highlighted, details of which are provided in the report. In particular, reference was made to Decree Law no. 19/2024, which led implementing bodies to update data on the ‘ReGiS’ IT platform, strengthened governance of anti-fraud measures and made over a hundred coordination committees within Prefectures fully operational, making connections between the NRRP task force, the NRRP steering committee, central government authorities and implementing bodies more effective, to ensure any critical issues with completing the projects are resolved. Decree Law no. 113/2024 was also outlined, which allows for an acceleration in transfers of financial resources, up to 90%, in order to meet the liquidity needs expressed by ANCI [National Association of Italian Municipalities] and the implementing bodies themselves during meetings of the aforementioned coordination committees. The report to Parliament also highlights that, of the EUR 145.3 billion in NRRP resources that can be assigned to specific areas, the Meloni Government has allocated EUR 59.3 billion to the Mezzogiorno, equal to 40.8% of the total of measures for specific areas.