Carlo Cottarelli's Recipe for the Spending Review

There are six key points to ensure that the operation of the spending review functions , according to Carlo Cottarelli , the special Commissioner appointed by the government, host of the XIX CLAPI Day at Bocconi. First, it is essential " to decide how to use the proceeds arising from the reduction of spending," and then "we need to do things that in the past were considered taboo, such as a structural reform of public spending." In addition, " it is necessary to increase the transparency of the public administration, publish databases that are not yet accessible, engage local governments in public spending, work together as one team, and above all, act quickly."

Cottarelli took the stage of the Aula Magna in Via Roentgen to give account of the objectives and operation mechanism of the spending review , as part of the conference organized on the occasion of the day of celebration of the Master of Science Degree in Economics and Management of Public Administration and international institutions , opened by Giovanni Valotti , Vice Rector for Institutional Relations at Bocconi.

In an exchange with Elio Borgonovi , president of Bocconi CERGAS , with respect to the target of the spending review , the Commissioner explained that " for the period 2014-2016 the goal is to find € 32 billion , 2% of the GDP , defined as difference in spending without and with the spending review . " And on the spending of public administration, he has pointed out that a myth should be dispelled : " It is not true that government spending is always growing . If you look at the period between 2009 and 2012 , the state primary spending in nominal terms was reduced by 10% in the regions (also in nominal terms ) by 16 %, 14% in the provinces and in the municipalities 8%. " This is different from health care spending " that has remained the same and spending for the pensions, which instead increased by 7 %."