Data Card - #PONGOV, a series of innovation and cohesion paths
14/03/2024
The NOP ERDF ESF GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 2014 – 2020, hereinafter #pongov has financed and enabled in Italy a series of innovation and cohesion paths that involved around 100 administrations, with the aim of accompanying the growth of a more efficient, effective PA that is close to territories, citizens and enterprises.
The #pongov managed a budget of almost 2 and a half billion euros, of EU and national resources. By joining the REACT EU initiative, the Programme's initial allocation of 805 million euros was integrated between 2021 and 2022 with 1.485 million euros. The resources of the Operational Complementary Programme to the #pongov - the POC Gov, which supports the implementation of the Programme pursuing the same objectives but exclusively with the support of national resources, amounting to 739 million euros.
There are a total of 190 projects that refer to the Programme and to POC Gov monitored on the OpenCoesione portal as of 31st December 2023, with registered payments amounting to 2.2 billion euros and, although the monitoring data are gradually being updated also taking into account the closure rules typical of the 2014-2020 Structural Funds, approximately 60% of the overall Programme budget is associated with completed or settled projects. #pongov has contributed to strengthening institutional and administrative capacity in numerous areas including digitalisation, transparency and simplification, skills development, institutional cooperation, efficiency of the law system, availability of statistical information and data to support local intervention strategies as well as capacity building for the implementation of sectoral policies relating to the environment, energy, healthcare and competitiveness of the production system.
On the occasion of the #pongovexpo on 19 March 2024, the event that represents the final stage of the programme's activities and an opportunity for presentation and discussion on the interventions carried out, OpenCoesione publishes a Data Card that describes the Programme projects most directly linked to the strengthening of the PA in the generation of data and in the promotion of transparency and open government.
The #pongovexpo is the space in which the administrations involved, including the Department for Cohesion Policies and for the South itself, today the Managing Authority of the Programme and the POC Gov and direct beneficiary of some projects including the OpenCoesione 2.0 project, have the opportunity to present to the public the main results achieved and the innovative solutions developed, thus offering elements for evaluating the impact of the investments made.