Part LIBenter, a joint action of universities, civil society and institutions
for monitoring the implementation of the PNRR
Tuesday 1st June
Catholic University, CNEL, Ethical and Free Foundation,
together with ASes, Openpolis, ISTeA, Pnrr Civic Observatory, Gran Sasso Science Institute,
presented the LIBenter initiative at the press conference, an acronym for a “Italy Common Good New Transparent European Responsible”.
The Rector of the Catholic University Franco Anelli, the President of Libera/Gruppo Abele don Luigi Ciotti, the President of the Ethics Foundation Gregorio Gitti and the President of CNEL Tiziano Treu, with the coordination of the professors Nicoletta Parisi and Dino Rinoldi, took part.
What is LIBenter? Another observatory on the PNRR?
No. LIBenter is not simply an observatory, because it is not simply watching.
Faced with a national recovery and resilience plan built almost entirely within the so-called "Roman palaces", LIBenter does not wait to be involved and tries to open a door that should have already been open to people, given that, beyond that door, their future is decided.
This is how LIBenter was born: out of commitment and responsibility in an unprecedented historical contingency, but also out of passion for that general interest that cannot remain relegated to the abstract sphere of values. LIBenter was born as an action, as well as a reaction, where the action is to bring into play the skills and experiences that civil society collects within it.
The initiative started fromSC Catholic University, and especially by the grit of Nicoletta Parisi, who, after his experience as an ANAC councilor, didn't feel like resting. It has rallied many civic organizations and Fondazione Etica was among the first to join together with Free. Other associations, and indeed networks of associations, then joined: ASeS, Openpolis, ISTeA, Pnrr Civic Observatory, Gran Sasso Science Institute. With the arrival of a constitutionally relevant body such as the CNEL, the panel has become complete: universities, civil society and institutions, working together on the PNRR.
What kind of work? What we hope the Government will make possible: monitoring the transparency and correct execution of the projects envisaged by the PNRR as it will be reviewed by the EU.
And here lies the first characterizing point of LIBenter's action: the evaluation model. In fact, to monitor seriously, a method is needed: a working group, made up of professors from the Catholic University and representatives of the participating associations, has already begun to study it. A method which, however, will not be built only within the university walls, but will go outside, to involve the monitoring communities.
And here is the second characterizing point of LIBenter: the scientific model will be thought of as a tool for the monitoring that will be carried out by the communities on the territories, but, at the same time, it will be enriched by what those communities want to suggest, first, for the construction of the model and, later, for its adaptation to the evolution of the projects.
They will call each other monitoring communities, which Libera has always had in its DNA and which, with ASeS, will also involve rural communities, often marginal in our country.
Fondazione Etica will contribute his own system for measuring the administrative capacity of Municipalities called to carry out the PNRR projects, and will work with the monitoring communities by providing an additional information tool, which will allow them to deal with the institutions on an equal footing.
The initiative has a website (www.libenteritalia.eu), which is meant to be a call to action for those who want it. A call that has just begun on June 1st.
