From school building to research on quantum computing and AI. From social-health facilities for minors and young people to innovation in tourism businesses. From the digitalization of State Police archives to the reduction of hydrogeological risks. These are just some of the areas covered by the six “cohesion agreements” (for a total value of 1.7 billion) signed yesterday at Palazzo Chigi between as many ministers, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the head of the Department for European Affairs, Pnrr and Cohesion Policies, Tommaso Foti.
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Meloni: 34 agreements signed for a value of 50 billion
A sextet that adds to the 21 agreements signed with the Regions and Autonomous Provinces and the seven reached with other ministries in October 2025. In total – as highlighted in a note by the President of the Council – these are 34 agreements “worth over 50 billion euros in total. Extremely valuable resources – she added – that finance strategic interventions to reduce territorial disparities and make Italy stronger, more cohesive and competitive.” With yesterday’s six, Foti echoed, we intervene “for our young people in the field of education, to relaunch tourism as a strategic growth factor, to strengthen our healthcare system, to increase the safety of our cities, to promote research oriented towards new technologies and to make our territories more resilient to calamitous events.”
New resources for protection for 470 million
Moving on to the projects, the most substantial allocation concerns the Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies, Nello Musumeci: 470 million from the Cohesion Development Fund, to which are added 28.1 million in co-financing with other resources, for a total of 498.1 million. The resources are intended for interventions to reduce hydrogeological risk, strengthen the National Civil Protection Service (Snpc), mitigate flood risk, and develop, redevelop, and modernize small ports, landings, and seaside villages.
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For research and specialization 381 million
Slightly lower is the allocation for her colleague from the University, Anna Maria Bernini. With 381.18 million (of which 306.76 million from FCS resources and 74.41 million from the Revolving Fund), the aim will be to strengthen research infrastructures and highly specialized technical-scientific human capital, as well as applied research and technology transfer projects with priority attention to quantum technologies, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence. Slightly less is the amount of resources allocated to the Mim. We are talking about 360 million for interventions aimed at improving the safety conditions of school buildings through fire adaptation works, asbestos removal, and bringing systems and spaces for educational, laboratory, sports, and recreational activities up to standard.
To the Interior 278 million more for security
For the Ministry of the Interior, there are 278 million euros on the table. A substantial part, about 80 million, will be directly allocated to the territories. The objective is to strengthen control in the most exposed areas: video surveillance systems in difficult neighborhoods, technological outposts in emergency rooms, and monitoring tools along roads and highways, where crime prevention intertwines with crime repression activities. The other resources will largely finance the strengthening of the State Police and Fire Brigade infrastructures. Not only headquarters, operational structures, and equipment, therefore, but also interventions with a broader impact on the territory. These include the recovery and requalification of sports facilities in areas at risk of degradation – from Rome to Campania, from Calabria to Sicily – overcoming the isolation conditions of some internal areas, and urban regeneration projects in areas of the country marked by a higher incidence of crime.
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