Public Investment Verification Unit

(UVER)

Department for Development and Cohesion Policies (DPS)

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

•The Unit reports directly to the Head of Department

•Staffed by thirty professionals with the following main qualifications and group of support staff and external consultants

9 engineers/architects8 lawyers6 economists5 statisticians2 officers seconded from the Economic and Financial Police (GdF)

•Activity is organised through 3 operational areas

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

ProjectVerification

InvestmentanalysisAssessment of results

On-site inspections

Monitoringdatabases

Assistanceand support

Forecastingmodels

EffectivenessEvaluation

Monitoringand Statistics

Audit activities

Area 1 Project Verification

Controls are performed during implementation of projects in order to:

Provide relevant information to decision makers

Provide support and technical assistance to project managers

Denounce irregular behaviours carried out by implementing administrations/bodies (Italian Court of Auditors; OLAF).

By means of:

Audit activities

On-site controls

Desk monitoring

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

Area 1 Project Verification:

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

• National additional resources

• EU Funds The Unit has been indicated as Audit Authority in 4 operational programmes for the 2007-2013 period

• Funds for major infrastructures (“Legge Obiettivo”)

Verification activities are:

Project orientedProcess oriented

On projects funded by:

Area 2 Monitoring and Statistics

Integrates information collected by the major national monitoring systems, acting as informational keystone for DPS and other administrations.

Builds models for analyses and forecasts on public investments, supporting the policy-maker on investment decisions and resource planning.

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

Area 2 Monitoring and Statistics APQ: Forecasting system

Expenditureforecast

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Territorial data

Current Expenditure

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Cost

Duration

Sector

…

Procedural data

Benchmark

Anticipationof constraints

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

Area 2 Monitoring and Statistics APQ: Expenditure forecasts

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

0bn €

5bn €

10bn €

15bn €

20bn €

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Data at planning (62.0bn €) Data at latest monitoring (73.8bn €)

Real expenditure (22.1bn €) UVER forecast (73.8bn €)

Area 3 Effectiveness Evaluation

Verifies and measures actual product and impact of concluded projects in terms of improved or added servicesto beneficiary communities.

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

Is it producing the service for which it

was financed?

What is this road/building/plant

for?Was it worth to spend

our money for it?

Disseminate evaluation culture (ex ante /ex post)

Foster good governance of projects (transparency,

accountability, involvement of key stakeholder at all

stages)

Create a public interest by disseminating

evaluation results

Provide guidelines for decision making by selecting

best practices and quantitative indicators to be used

to measure the main results

Public Investment Verification Unit (UVER)

Area 3 Effectiveness EvaluationGeneral Goals