Thursday, August 18, 2016

Hunting EU funds: the control room for the Capital – Il Sole 24 Ore

What the coffers of Rome cry is nothing new: in short, to take just one example, the junta Rays will have to find the other 40 million for rolling stock Atac that the mayor has called “gone”. And investments are needed on all fronts, from transport to waste. While the commissioner to balance and participate Marcello Minenna works for starting a control room on the monster debt by 13 billion euro, in tandem with the management commissioner, there is another one at the start, coordinated by ‘councilor to the simple Rome Flavia Marzano: the one on Community funds. Objective: To maximize participation in the call Brussels.

“First of all – says MEP M5S Fabio Massimo Castaldo, one of the three components of the mini-directory that combines Rays – we tried to understand what the previous clasped took advantage of this opportunity. Soon, in our opinion: the efforts are multiplied. ” In the era German, 2007-2013 – as is clear from a survey carried out by the staff of M5S Europe – four projects for the Municipality have been approved, including two as a participant and two partners as capofila.Per mostly cooperative projects which always include an international partnership. Added to these is the project at the local impact of revaluation of the Porta Portese, financed by the Regional Development Fund (ERDF). In total, the resources allocated to the capital amounted to 3.8 million euro.

In the age of Ignazio Marino, the design activity was less intense but fruitful: the focus has mainly targeted Pon Metro (national operational program metropolitan cities, always in the context of regional development funds), which according to Five Star is an unmissable opportunity for infrastructure projects aimed at sustainable mobility and social inclusion: in play money to 40 million, released in early June. Ten million will be allocated to digital technologies to improve quality and efficiency of services, 13.5 million to sustainable mobility (bicycle trails to intelligent transport systems), 13.2 million to social inclusion. In evaluation, finally, the Roman nomination Urban Innovative Actions notice in a project dedicated to innovative services for asylum seekers and refugees.

“My role in the team of the mayor is to create a direct link between Brussels and the Capitol for the good use of funds,” said Castaldo. “We want to participate in as many calls as possible, especially for direct funding. And we are launching a transversal work with the departments and with the ad hoc offices, which should be placed in a position to do serious planning, including through the training of personnel. ” The programs in which the Five Star look more are on the Life + environmental governance, which has a budget of 3.4 billion euro, and Horizon2020 of digitization and technological innovation (almost 80 billion at stake) but also mentions EuropaCreativa Castaldo, Europe for the citizen, Urbact. He promises: “We want to strengthen the doors for entrepreneurs, creating a reality more and more usable for craftsmen and small and medium enterprises. Cosme program, which is worth 2.3 billion euro, goes in this direction. ” Crucial will be the ability to create partnerships. That’s assures the MEP, the spirit in which it was thought the staff of the mayor, who did so much to discuss. “I guarantee a direct line between Strasbourg and Rome. They are already in progress with Barcelona to reason together on digitization of Pa and participatory democracy. We would like that the capital was returned to the European and international image it deserves. ”

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