Infrastructure renewal is unanimously recognized as a lever for the country’s economic recovery. Yesterday Il Sole 24 Ore discussed it in a long interview with the Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility (sic), Enrico Giovannini.
What he said? “Just today I set up a commission together with Minister Brunetta” (and one). Not only that: “In parallel we have a commission with the ministries of ecological transition and culture” (two). With what goal? “The ministry has some ideas, as do the political forces, the regions, the provinces, the municipalities, the social partners”. To “summarize … we have chosen a new path in which there is interaction between political and technical forces” (three). It is quite singular that, in this regard, the only stakeholder mentioned is Asvis, of which Giovannini himself was spokesperson until a few weeks ago: one almost has the feeling that, behind the right principles of participation, a certain self-referentiality. In any case, the way identified by the latest governments is that of appointing commissioners with extraordinary powers for the construction of the works: well, “we have started a new survey at the contracting stations to understand where the commissioners can be a solution” (four) . Many point to the Procurement Code as the source of the problem, but “we await the outcome of the commission’s work”.
Furthermore, Giovannini calls for greater coordination between the various policies through “the reconstitution of the Cipu, the inter-ministerial committee for urban policies, which is the responsibility of Minister Gelmini” (five). And, as regards the ministry for which he himself is responsible, “the new organization makes it possible to integrate these different components, with the creation of a new department on medium / long-term planning” (six). And, seven, “an Institute on the future and strategic planning would be needed”. As John Maynard Keynes would say, now I’ll sign it.