The NP CapCoe participates in the European network of communicators INFORM EU
From 16 to 18 June 2025, Tallinn (Estonia) will host the 8th meeting of the European communication network #INFORMEU. The event, organised by the European Commission, will bring together communication
People and Relationships at the Core of the National Programme Capacity for Cohesion 2021–2027
The series of podcast episodes titled "CapCoe – Cohesion Starts with People", promoted by the Department for Cohesion Policies and the South of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
The National Programme “Capacity for Cohesion” at FORUM PA 2025: All the Details on Our Participation
The 2025 edition of FORUM PA will kick off in one week, with this year’s central theme being the concept of an “Augmented Public Administration”—a vision rooted in the integration
ONE STEP BEYOND: launch of the communication campaign by the Department for the cohesion policy and the south on the STEP Platform
On the occasion of Europe Day, the Department for the Cohesion Policy and the South launches a new communication campaign on STEP—the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform—introduced by the European
NP Capacity for Cohesion: an integrated strategy to improve the use of EU Funds across the territories. See you on May 19 at Forum PA 2025.
The National Programme “Capacity for Cohesion” – managed by the Department for the Cohesion Policy and the South – is based on a strategy that integrates support and administrative capacity-building
CapCoe at glance
The 2021-2027 National Technical Assistance Programme Capacità per la Coesione (CapCoe) is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund Plus with an overall budget of EUR 1,267,433,334, including national co-financing.
In line with the objectives pursued by the administrative capacity building strategy defined in the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement, the CapCoe will support Public Administrations (PAs) to improve Cohesion Policy implementation effectiveness.
Within the CapCoe strategic framework, major attention is paid to the territorial dimension by strengthening local PAs on topics such as human capital, organisation and processes, administrative regeneration, support for partnership processes, and knowledge sharing.
Consistently with the aim of providing Cohesion Policy-focussed support, it is also planned to establish aNational School of Cohesion Policy, dedicated to subject-specific training and ongoing refresher courses for young graduates, administrators and professionals.
Most of the resources will be allocated to Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Apulia, Sardinia, and Sicily – Italy’s seven less developed Regions in the 2021-2027 programming period – through the mechanism of Financing not linked to costs – FNLC that allows the reimbursement of expenditures according to the achievement of targets, as for the Recovery Plan.
The CapCoe was approved via European Commission’s Implementing Decision C(2023) 374 of 12 January 2023.