The Reform of the Public Administration in the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRPP)

Abstract

The Italian NRRP, approved on 13 July 2021 by the Council of the European Union, provides for the realization of 134 investments, to be financed with the massive funds available to Italy under the NGEU, which amount to 235.1 billion euros (including 30.6 billion from a national fund). The PNRR includes 63 reforms, two of which have a «horizontal» character, as they refer to all the missions into which the Plan is divided: those of the public administration and the judiciary. In particular, the administrative reform concerns four subjects: the recruitment of personnel, the simplification of procedures, the improvement of employees’ skills and their enhancement; the digitalization. The forecasts of the PNRR on increasing administrative capacity have already received substantial implementation in legislation, especially as regards human resources. The success of the projects envisaged by the NRRP should lay the foundations for a wider transformation and innovation of the Italian administrative system, overcoming the present shortcomings.