public investment verification unit (uver)
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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