As part of the memorandum of understanding with the Department of Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the vice-president Paola Caporossi works directly on the “Italiae” project.
This is a project co-financed under the PON “Governance and Institutional Capacity” 2014-2020. The aim is to achieve a qualitative leap in the perspective of intervention on the territories, starting from the wealth of knowledge consolidated up to now, to develop specific methods and methods of supporting the system of local autonomies, making available the know-how and skills available to the territories.

“Italiae” was created with the aim of strengthening the administrative and service management capacities of local authorities, and is structured around three lines of intervention: aggregation, intercommunality and associated management of functions.
The main objectives of the Project are:
- to modernize the territorial administrative system,
- to improve the performance of local authorities,
- to strengthen the governance capacity.

To achieve these objectives, a series of  capacity building actions will be implemented throughout the country , aimed at all the administrations concerned.
The project is divided into different lines of intervention, designed and structured to help all local public bodies, with differentiated actions and accompanying tools. An indispensable approach considering the polycentric nature of the Italian territorial system, which is based on an objective territorial and orographic peculiarity.

In line with the project aims, action will also be taken on other issues related to technological and managerial innovation, through the experimentation of organizational models and solutions; as well as enhancing and disseminating successful experiences achieved by other administrations on a large scale.