The Network of Evaluation
Offices for Public Investments
(Retenuvv)
Mauro Masselli
Responsible for Technical Unit
Why institutionalize evaluation:
Decentralization and the “new programming”
• Responsibilities and tasks of regional authorities increase, especially
on planning and implementing development programs and projects;
• Roles and responsibilities of central ministries change;
• Public investment decisions and development planning must be based
on sound technical information
THEREFORE
• Necessary to insert qualified technical competences and functions in
the Public Service, in order to give an adequate answer to:
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Territorial programming
Program and project appraisal
Selecting projects
Evaluating public investments (ex ante, on going and ex post)
Monitoring interventions
Why institutionalize evaluation:
Elements of a strategy
• To provide regional & central authorities with:
– staff specializing in programming, evaluation, and
monitoring of public investments
– specific “evaluation” structures
• To establish evaluation offices (Nuclei)
• To establish a Network of evaluation offices (Rete dei
Nuclei)
Legal framework
evaluation offices
The Net
• Law n. 144 of 1999
• Directive of the President of
the Council of ministries
issued 10/13/1999
• Other normative agreements
(regional laws and ministerial
decree)
• Law. N. 144/1999
• Directive of the President of
the Council of ministries
issued 10/13/1999
• A Working Group (regions
and central ministries)
established
• La Conferenza Stato –
Regioni (ottobre 2002)
approves il “Protocollo di
intesa”
• Regolamento della Rete dei
Nuclei and yearly
programme
•The Offices are co-financed while ReteNuvv is fully financed by the State
Law n. 144 of 1999 – art. 1
“In order to improve and to increase the quality and
efficiency of the process of programming for development
policies, central and regional authorities […] institute and
make operational […] own units for evaluation and
inspection of public investments; these units work in
connection among each other and with the unit of the
Ministry of the Economy and Finances. They ensure
technical support for programming, evaluation,
implementation, and inspection of the performance of
plans, programs, and policies promoted and
implemented by of each administration […]".
Protocollo di intesa Stato-Regioni
In October 2002 the (State-Regions Memorandum
of Understanding) was endorsed and provided for
the establishment and start up of the Nuvv
Network (ReteNuvv) and determined its structure,
operational methods and overall policies and
goals.
The Evaluation Offices (Nuvv)
Nuclei di valutazione
The Evaluation Offices competences
• General competencies - from law
n.144/99
• Specific competencies – from every
administration
• Further competences from national
bodies
Main competences
from law 144/99 & regional laws / ministerial decrees
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Technical support to programming ;
Technical support to other line offices;
Drawing guidelines
Programs monitoring
Projects monitoring
evaluation (ex ante, on going, ex post)
Extension of the structural funds techniques to territorial programs and projects.
The active participation to the monitoring system for public investments
A specific role of the regional feasibility studies
Programming procedures for mountain communities (Comunità montane)
A role in the AIR (Impact analysis for the regulations) procedure in the central
administrations
The ex ante evaluation of Accordi di programma quadro (APQ)
Monitoring of Programmi integrati Territoriali (7 Nuvv)
National evaluation system ob.1- QCS 2000-2006 (7 Nuvv)
Several administrations have entrusted its own Offices with
new, specific and different responsibilities.
Evaluation offices (Nuvv)
Different organizational “models” of evaluation
offices: freedom to choose the model
– each Region issued a specific regional law
– each Ministry issued a specific ministerial decree
Provisional data related to 25 Nuvv – december 2005
Offices (Nuvv)
Number
of
Offices
Members
Internal
%
Members
stagers
average
South
7
92
49 %
13,9
9
Centre North
11
139
68 %
15,8
3
Ministries
7
86
74 %
13,4
0
25
317
64 %
14,6
12
total
The Nuvv Network
La Rete dei Nuclei di Valutazione
ReteNuvv
ReteNuvv
• The Network of Evaluation Offices for Public Investments (Retenuvv)
was officially established on April 17th, 2003.
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It is composed by the offoces of 12 Ministries and 21 Regions and
Autonomous Provinces.
• ReteNuvv is the main instrument for exchanging information and
experiences, for accumulating and disseminating professional
knowledge and establishing good practices among those involved
with the Evaluation Offices.
• It is an infrastructure that would provide services to a professional
community engaged in the technical sector it was based on a wellestablished framework of common objectives.
• ReteNuvv is characterised as a “federal” system, self-managed and
independent from any of the participating administrations.
• It is made up of Offices with a common mission and common
principles (as defined by Law 144/99), although they may play a
different role within their own administrations.
The ReteNuvv organization
• The Network is managed by the General Assembly, which is
composed of a representative from each Office appointed by the
respective administration.
• An additional eighth member of the Board is appointed by the General
Assembly, half of whose members are ministry delegates and half
regional.
• The President is elected from the General Assembly.
• At the beginning of each year, the General Assembly establishes, by
means of the Yearly Program, the general objectives and main
activities to be carried out. The program is prepared and then
introduced to the Assembly by the President and the Board, who are
also responsible for its implementation with the support of the
Technical Unit.
• The Board selects the Director of the Unit, and has responsibility for
carrying out all the activities needed for the implementation of the
program. At present, the Unit consists of a staff of six full-time experts.
The BOARD
3/4
Members
3/4
Members
Responsible
President
Technical Unit
Delegates
Delegates
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Ministries
Regions
Main characteristics
• Formalised
• flexible
General assembly,
Board
Technical Unit
small service enterprise
• federal
• technical
Is ReteNuvv portable to other
situations in the new institutional framework?
ReteNuvv is an innovation
in the Italian PA
• In the contents - To make “evaluation” a necessary
step in decision-making
• The Offices – creating an in-house evaluation capacity
within Public Sector
• The network – working together
• The ReteNuvv organization
NUVV
NUVV
NUVV
NUVV
General Assembly
Board
Technical Unit
NUVV
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NUVV
NUVV
ReteNuvv as
an institutional structure
a professional community (Participants)
ReteNuvv products
• Implemented by ReteNuvv itself,
according to yearly programme
• implemented by the Offices and
disseminated by ReteNuvv
ReteNuvv activities
• Developing the web-site as a tool for daily job
• Meetings and workshop
– yearly meetings (3)
– A meeting on project financing
– Seminars on I/O matrices; evalsed; site developing
• Activities in
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Ex post evaluation on contratti di programma impacts
Monitoring Progetti Integrati Territoriali (PIT)
• Services
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evaluation offices develop outlook : ad hoc surveys, documents analysis
On-line Data Base on norms and laws directly related to evaluation offices
outlook on Accordi di Programma Quadro evaluation process
On-line Data Base on selected web site on evaluation and monitoring in different countries and
sectors
ReteNews – electronic bulletin to Participants
Evalsed translation
I metadati statistici per la valutazione
Security policies sub-site: laws, financial data, documents, links
• Guideliness
 Guide to feasibility studies certification
 Methodological guidelines for the ex ante evaluation of Accordi di Programma Quadro
The site
NUVV
Restrained
to
Participants
data
metadata
public
others
Critical factors
How to
build up a
network ?
To have common objectives and interests
To communicate –
to be recognised
as a network
To consider the
net as a useful
tool / to feel
membership
To use the net “technology”:
To share and exchange experiences,
doing together
The knots of institutional network
• heterogeneity
 Organisation
 Competencies
 Position in the administration
 mission
• Not yet stable
Implications for the net activities: a large variability
during the time and across the offices
ReteNuvv as a cluster-network depending on specific organisation,
different activities and interests of the Nuvv
heterogeneity: a critical factor or opportunity?
Tema C
Tema A
Tema B
Thanks for your attention
www.retenuvv.it
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