Pnrr, there is an agreement for nursery schools and kindergartens: what to know

At the end of the control room on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and following a long discussion with the Italian Government on nursery schools and kindergartensit emerged that the European Commission, for the purpose of achieving the related milestone, has positively evaluated the percentage of contract awards by local authorities so far, equal to over 91%, thus deeming the PNRR objective achieved.

Thanks to the simplification and support interventions prepared and implemented by the Ministry of Education and Merit, the average times for the design and for the contracting of the works were 7-9 months instead of about 3 years for works of less than 1 million euro and about 4 years for interventions between 1 million and 5 million euros.

«Great success of the Government/Municipalities teamwork», is the comment of the Minister of Education and Merit, Joseph Vallettara. «We are very satisfied with the result achieved, which was unexpected until a few months ago, and with the fruitful dialogue with the European Commission on a decisive PNRR dossier. It is a strong signal», says Valditara, «which goes in favor of children, families, female work and the birth rate». «The data – continues the Minister – tell us that the simplification of procedures and rules, accompanied by adequate support to the administrations, under the banner of the “friendly state”, are strategic prerequisites for making the country more competitive. We will continue on this path with determination».

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Among the elements submitted to the assessment of Brussels, for the purposes of its own decisions, the data relating to sharp increase in prices – in some regions it exceeded 50% for the main school building works – which affected the awarding times and the tender procedures for the works, given that the Municipalities had to re-approve the projects before going to tender with the new price lists regional between July 2022 and March 2023.

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With regard to the issue of achieving the final target relating to the total number of places to increase, which is equally affected by the sharp increase in prices especially on the number of new places that can be activated in the 0-6 age group, Brussels proposes to identify and finance (with another announcement or decree) further interventions useful for the purpose of achieving this final target. It is also necessary to work on a different target that is in any case consistent with the actual needs, given that already with the interventions admitted up to now we are in line with the objectives of the Barcelona Council and with the European average of 33% coverage of the service 0-6 years.