Progress report for
PNRR Investments in primary water infrastructure for water supply security - Italy
Achievement at a glance
Regarding the initiative, all available financial resources have been allocated to a variety of implementing bodies, in line with the timelines set by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). Specifically, a total of 124 projects were identified across the country, amounting to two billion euros, and for 111 of them all the steps required have been successfully completed so far. The administrative activity was preceded by a reform, which mandated the drafting and annual updating of a national water infrastructure plan – instrumental to efficiently identify initiatives to be funded - while simultaneously centralizing competencies within the General Directorate for Dams and Water Infrastructure of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, to ensure the success of the intervention within the planned timelines.Challenges faced in implementation
The main challenges regarding investments in water infrastructure under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan essentially concern three aspects: firstly, these are projects of high complexity, generally higher than other public investments, due to engineering, environmental, and administrative factors. The complexity of these interventions highlights the need to undertake upskilling and capacity-building initiatives for the offices involved, especially concerning local authorities and entities, with whom coordination is sometimes challenging.Next Steps
Lorenzo R.S. SanchezBeneficiaries
The funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan for water infrastructure have been allocated to a variety of actors who are the Implementing Bodies of the Plan. These include municipalities, Basin Authorities, Water Management Bodies, and public or private companies responsible for interventions on the aqueduct network. The final beneficiaries of the Plan, however, are the citizens and the national system, which will see an improvement in water resource management.