A new tool to support Local Authorities, promoted by the Department for Cohesion Policies and for the South of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and by Eutalia SpA, the implementing body. The initiative, completely free for the entities, was presented in Botricello, thanks to the collaboration between the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Municipality and is part of the activities to strengthen relations with the local beneficiaries of the projects co-financed by the ERDF/ESF+ Regional Program 2021-2027 and to raise awareness of the opportunities offered by the Territorial Services Centre.
During the morning, the potential of the project was presented and, above all, the needs of the territory were collected, so as to define consultancy support paths according to the methods provided by the AppCOE platform.
The meeting was attended by Cristiano Capone, representing Eutalia; Enrico Cari for the Kpmg company; Giovanni Puccio, senior advisor of Kpmg, led by Eutalia project manager Nunzio Gesualdi. The experts held a fruitful discussion in the presence of Mayors, technicians and administrators of various municipalities in the provinces of Catanzaro and Crotone. This is the first event of this kind in Calabria and the first held in collaboration with a Municipality, allowing the organization of services that can be provided via the AppCOE platform to be better oriented.
During the morning, the role of the Territorial Services Center in the strategy and participation of the territory was explored, followed by discussions with the administrators present to gather needs and ideas to build interventions that are increasingly in line with territorial specificities and make the support offered more effective.
The works were opened by the Mayor of Botricello Saverio Simone Puccio, by the President of the Province of Catanzaro Mario Amedeo Mormile and by the Vice President of the Regional Council of Calabria Filippo Mancuso.
During the speeches, Vice President Mancuso underlined the importance of these initiatives which allow the necessary support to local authorities in complex financing procedures, complimenting the Municipal Administration of Botricello for having promoted this event. Themes also taken up by President Mormile, while Mayor Puccio underlined “the pride of our Administration for having hosted this important national initiative, confirming the central role acquired in recent years by our community”.