The National Recovery and Resilience Plan Monitoring Commission (CNA-PRR) will release its 2022 report this Wednesday, which should include recommendations to speed up the plan once it is 17% complete.
The presentation, which will take place in Lisbon, will be curated by CNA President Pedro Dominginhos, who this month already revealed the report’s preliminary findings to Presidency Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva.
Subsequently, the implementation of the PRR was presented at a meeting also attended by President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa.
CNA has already published some of the recommendations proposed in this report, such as speeding up application evaluation processes and speeding up advances and payments when liquidity is available.
“On the one hand, we want to speed up the process of evaluating candidates. We have a number of notifications that are taking longer than originally anticipated,” Pedro Dominguinos noted on February 8 at the end of a meeting with the Interministerial Commission of the PRR.
Recognizing that public institutions are experiencing difficulties with human resources, the head of this body recommended, by analogy with what is already happening with organizations such as the Environmental Fund or MAPPMIA – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, resorting to the hiring of higher education institutions to speed up the assessment process applications.
The PRR Monitoring Committee also claims that it is possible to increase the rate of payment and deferment, which at the initial stage can reach 13%.
Describing 2023 as a “difficult year” in terms of achieving the goals set for Brussels, Domingiños stressed that if there is liquidity, payments to various institutions must be accelerated.
The CNA President also said that legislative changes, which are “made as problems are identified,” are an important aspect to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the plan, requiring “a critical review of the implementation of various projects on the ground.” “.
The chief executive maintains a performance target of 32% in 2023, above the 17% of targets achieved so far.
The total PRR (€16,644 million) managed by the Portuguese Recovery Mission Framework is divided into three structural dimensions: resilience (€11,125 million), climate change transition (€3,059 million) and digital transformation (€2,460 million). million euros).
Of the total, approximately 13,900 million euros are grants and 2,700 million euros are loans.
The three dimensions of the plan show a 100% hiring rate.
This plan, calculated until 2026, aims to implement a set of reforms and investments in order to restore economic growth.
In addition to the goal of repairing the damage caused by covid-19, PRR also aims to support investment and create jobs.