- Funding Programme
- Year
- 2021
General technical support for the implementation of Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan
The European Commission aimed at developing the capacity of Recovery Portugal Taskforce to effectively plan, monitor and control the implementation of RRP reforms and investments. This was addressed through targeted support for enhancing the monitoring, reporting and control mechanism related to the milestones and targets in the Council Implementing Decision approving the RRP, the investment management framework for RRP investments, and for building the capacity of the Taskforce.
Context
In relation to the requirements of the RRF Regulation, Member States need to ensure an effective monitoring and implementation of the RRP, including the commitments set out in the CID and in the operational arrangements. This requires a structure tasked within the Member State with the implementation of the RRP, the monitoring of progress on milestones and targets and the reporting.
Within Portugal, the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure is responsible for the implementation,
monitoring and overall coordination of the RRP, as well as for reporting to the European Commission. Within the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure, the Taskforce «Recovering Portugal» was established on 4 May 2021 to monitor the implementation of the Portuguese RRP.
The significant resources made available under the RRF require public administrations to have sufficient capacity to effectively coordinate and monitor the overall implementation of the RRP and to put in place sound implementation, monitoring, reporting, control and audit mechanisms and systems. To support its efforts, Portugal has requested the European Commission to provide technical support to support the authority and/or to further improve the capacity of the authority to fulfil these tasks.
Support delivered
The Portuguese authorities benefited from the following support measures:
- Development of recommendations and tools for enhancing the data collection, monitoring and reporting mechanism for the reforms and investments of the Portuguese RRP
- Development of recommendations and tools for strengthening the evaluation of the reforms and investments of the Portuguese RRP
- Development of an audit and control mechanism for the RRP
- The mapping of investments and investment management framework for the RRP
- Hands-on support provided by resident experts.
Results achieved
The technical support led to the establishment of mechanisms for monitoring and reporting progress on the completion of milestones and targets set out in the CID, as well as a management framework for RRP investments, and for the application of the “DNSH principle”.
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