Abstract
The economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic have been devastating, placing major strains on the economic governance of the European Union (EU) and its member states. Confronted with these major challenges, the EU has adopted the ‘Next Generation EU’ funding programme worth €750 billion, the centrepiece of which is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which amounts to €672 billion in loans and grants to support economic reforms and investments in EU countries. In order to access this funding, EU member states have to submit National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs). Whereas most scholarly work has so far focused on the ‘EU level’ of post-pandemic institutional and policy changes, a systematic examination of the ‘domestic level’ is still at its infancy. The REPLAN-EU project sets out to contribute to this important debate by bringing together three research units led by three specialists in EU and national policy-making. By leveraging their respective expertise along the whole policy cycle, from the definition of the policy goals to their formal and substantial implementation, the project aims at shedding light on the domestic politics of the RRF. Specifically, our research objective is to develop a systematic comparative explanation of the political-economy factors that influence both the formulation and the formal and practical implementation of NRRPs. In doing so, the project will shed light on both the domestic politics of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and on its second-order effect on the relationship between member countries and European institutions. The insights of the REPLAN-EU project will be relevant for both policymakers and citizens, for whom NRRPs are often black boxes. To speak to both publics and achieve the highest impact, a wide range of dissemination tools will be used: academic articles, Op-eds to submit to newspapers, academic workshops as well as a dedicated website.
Dettagli del progetto
Responsabile scientifico: Lucia Quaglia
Strutture Unibo coinvolte:
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Coordinatore:
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna(Italy)
Contributo totale di progetto: Euro (EUR) 166.600,00
Contributo totale Unibo: Euro (EUR) 79.468,00
Durata del progetto in mesi: 24
Data di inizio
28/09/2023
Data di fine:
28/02/2026
