The competences and the organisation of the individual structures of the Department of the Economy are defined by the Ministerial Decree of 7 August 2024.

Office I

General affairs and secretariat. Support for management functions and pre-legislative activity in the areas falling within the Directorate competence. Definition of the Directorate needs, in synergy with the Department offices in charge of cross-departmental functions. Regulatory proposals, also with the other offices of the Directorate and with the competent ministerial bodies, in the area of support to families and citizens through the banking system, to the extent of the Directorate competence, including for the purchase of the first home.

Director:
FORGIONE Ilde
Tel.+39 06-47611902
E-mail ilde.forgione@mef.gov.it

Office II

Analysis, design, implementation and monitoring for the issuance of the State guarantee for financial interventions in support of the banking sector, as well as in support of the securitisation of banking non-performing loans (GACS). Analysis, design, implementation and monitoring, within the scope of its competence, with the other offices of the Directorate and with the other ministerial bodies, of the possible interventions of the State in the economy, with particular reference to the use of financial instruments and relations with the European Investment Bank, in the context of national plans and programmes for the development and financing of economic sector policies. Analysis of the State financial interventions in the areas of competence from the perspective of resilience and risk. Assessment of contingent liabilities borne by the State budget arising from the system of public guarantees and by other State interventions in the areas of competence. Contribution to the construction, management and updating of economic modelling for risk assessment, for the areas within its competence. Analysis and definition of possible risk mitigation tools and remedies. Loans and other financial transactions in favour of companies and public bodies, with the participation of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, banks and EU bodies such as the European Investment Bank, the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the Council of Europe Development Bank and related amortisation transactions. Transfers to the various beneficiaries of financial resources budgeted and allocated to the Office. Authorisation for the use of multi-year contributions and of the Fund for compensation of their relative financial effects. Programming and accounting for the financial resources allocated to the Directorate.

Devolution, revocation and reallocation of loans granted to local authorities. Relations with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas falling within its competence.

Director:
MAURI Maurizio
Tel.+39 06-47614135
E-mail maurizio.mauri@mef.gov.it

Office III

Analysis, proposals, implementation and monitoring of financial interventions to support exports and the process of internationalisation of the production system. State guarantee for export credits and supervision of the activities of the SACE S.p.a. Group Secretariat of the Public Financial Support Committee for Export. Participation in the work of the Internationalisation Steering Committee. Participation in the work to define export support and internationalisation policies in strategic sectors (aerospace and defence industry), including interventions to be implemented through Government to Government agreements. Participation in the Facilities Committee for the administration of the Funds provided for by Law no. 295 of 28 May 1973 and Law no. 394 of 29 July 1981, in relation to financial support for exports and the internationalisation of the Italian production system entrusted to Simest S.p.a. Analysis of the State financial interventions in the areas of competence from the perspective of resilience and risk. Assessment of contingent liabilities borne by the State budget arising from the system of public guarantees and from other State interventions in the areas of competence. Contribution to the construction, management and updating of economic modelling for risk assessment, for the areas within its competence. Analysis and definition of possible risk mitigation tools and remedies. Relationships with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas of competence and participation in the work on the definition of standards for Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) under the Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credit (“Consensus”).

Director:
PELLICANO’ Guseppina Daria
Tel.+39 06-47613284
E-mail giuseppina.pellicano@mef.gov.it

Office IV

Analysis, design, implementation and monitoring of financial interventions aimed at enhancing the use of public resources in the fields of energy, transport and infrastructure, as well as for sustainable development, also with regard to economic impact assessment profiles. Assessment of national and European plans and programmes for the development and financing of economic policies in the above-mentioned sectors and analysis of financial interventions for the energy transition and sustainable development. Coordination in the areas falling within the Directorate competence and liaison, with the competent offices of the State General Accounting Department, for the preliminary and preparatory activities of the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development. Relations with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas falling within its competence.

Director:
VACANT POSITION

Office V

Analysis, proposals, implementation and monitoring of financial interventions in the economy in relation to the areas of competence. Legal-administrative analysis and regulatory proposals, coordination and liaison with relevant bodies, authorities and companies. Programming and accounting for the financial resources allocated in the areas of competence. Financial interventions, within the scope of competence, in favour of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, with particular reference to the sectors of environmental enhancement and restoration, soil protection, seismic risk prevention, national emergencies, civil protection, national civil service and sport. Financial interventions, within the scope of competence, in support of populations for damages caused by earthquakes with the Extraordinary Commissioners for Reconstruction. Analysis and definition of possible risk mitigation tools and remedies. Financial interventions, within the scope of competence, in favour of public bodies, companies and institutions. Mortgages and financial transactions with the participation of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in healthcare, education and mountain municipalities. Relations with other administrations, European Union bodies and international bodies in the areas of competence.

Director:
CEFALONI Maria Concetta
Tel.+39 06-47617824
E-mail mariaconcetta.cefaloni@mef.gov.it

Office VI

Analysis, design, implementation and monitoring, also with the other offices of the Directorate and with the competent ministerial bodies, of the financial interventions aimed at enhancing the use of public resources to support the liquidity and capitalisation of enterprises, with particular reference to interventions through public guarantees, also in implementation of national and European plans and programmes for the development and financing of economic policies in support of the production system. Analysis of the State financial interventions in the areas of competence from the perspective of resilience and risk. Assessment of contingent liabilities borne by the State budget arising from the system of public guarantees and from other State interventions in the areas of competence. Contribution to the construction, management and updating of economic modelling for risk assessment, for the areas within its competence. Analysis and definition of possible risk mitigation tools and remedies. Relations with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas falling within its competence.

Director:
CRISTOFARI Andrea
Tel.+39 06-47610754
E-mail andrea.cristofari@mef.gov.it

Office VII

Analysis of State financial interventions from a resilience and risk perspective. System for assessing contingent liabilities borne by the State budget arising from the system of public guarantees and from other State interventions in support of the economy. Construction, management and updating of economic modelling for risk assessment, also in conjunction with the departmental innovation and information office and the structures responsible for designing and monitoring the above-mentioned assessment system. Analysis and definition of possible risk mitigation tools and remedies.

Coordination with the activities of the offices of the Directorate responsible for the individual interventions, with the other ministerial offices and with the other institutions responsible for the economic and financial analysis of the interventions, also from the point of view of the correct accounting of the commitments undertaken by the State with the issue of guarantees. Relations with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas falling within its competence.

Director:
VACANT POSITION

Office VIII

Supervision of non-banking bodies and foundations for which supervision by the MEF is expressly provided for by law. Analysis, proposal, implementation and monitoring of financial interventions in the sectors in which the above-mentioned foundations operate, with particular reference to the research, development and new technology sectors in the context of national development plans and programmes and the financing of sector-based economic policies, also for the purpose of defining the financial structure of individual interventions. Handling of relations with the competent offices of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministries involved in relation to the analysis, implementation and monitoring of financial interventions in the context in which the above-mentioned research foundations operate. Analysis and assessment, from a legal and economic-financial sustainability perspective, of public policies aimed at the implementation of industrial policy interventions, in particular in sectors of major national strategic interest, also for the purpose of assessing the compatibility profiles of such interventions with European Union regulations. Liquidation of state-owned companies. Appointment of directors and auditors in public bodies. Office for the Control of the Special State Coin and Debit Bank. Settlement of exchange rate differences for payments in foreign currencies and supervision of treasury currency accounts. Relations with the Bank of Italy on payments to and from abroad by State administrations. Relations with other administrations, European Union institutions and international bodies in the areas falling within its competence.

Director:
SGANGA Francesco
Tel.+39 06-47618552
E-mail francesco.scanga@mef.gov.it

Office IX

Supervision and control over the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.a. in the field of bank notes and ordinary metal and numismatic coinage. Coin administration. Reimbursement of coins unfit for circulation and of erroneous payments for the issuance of passports and residence permits. Determination, in agreement with the administrations concerned, of the requirements for bank notes and their characteristics, common printed matter, publications of the public administration and Official Journals.

Ordering, budgeting, settling and reporting on supplies by managing the relevant expenditure categories and e-billing.

Analysis, assessment and proposals for the enhancement of the financial resources granted to IPZS S.p.a. Secretariat of the Permanent Technical and Artistic Commission for Metal Coinage and of the Price Commission. Cooperation, analysis and proposals in IPZS S.p.a. interventions for the computerisation and digitisation of public administration services. Policies to prevent euro counterfeiting and fraud involving means of payment.

Analysis and monitoring of information on euro counterfeiting. Relations with the Coin National Analysis Centre (CNAC), the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Guardia di Finanza, the Euro Counterfeiting Experts Group Committee and other relevant national and foreign authorities. Activities related to the adoption of measures and sanctions provided for in current legislation on electronic coinage and means of payment. Financial aspects of the Ordinary Purchasing Card Programme, of the Purchasing Card Fund, as well as of the Integrated Management Service for the Purchasing Card Programme and of the “reddito di cittadinanza” (Guaranteed minimum income). Monetary Agreements between the EU and the Vatican City State and the Republic of San Marino. Relationships with other administrations, the Bank of Italy, the ECB and the other EU institutions, international bodies, EU countries and the Coin National Analysis Centre (CNAC), in the areas of competence. Fulfilment of tasks in relation to syndicated inspection activity and the management of disputes in the areas of competence.

Director:
PURILLI Enrico
Tel.+39 06-47613986
E-mail enrico.purilli@mef.gov.it

Office X

Supervision of banking foundations. Preparation of supervisory instructions and examination and approval of foundation statutes. Examination of the foundations' accounts, budgets and final accounts and adoption of the relevant measures. Verification of the requirements of the members of foundation bodies. Monitoring the process of divestment of banking shareholdings owned by foundations and adopting consequent measures. Management of the database of banking foundations. Drafting of regulatory proposals, at primary and secondary level, in the areas of competence and preparation of the consequent measures of the Ministry.

Director:
MEOLA Vincenzo
Tel.+39 06-47610586
E-mail vincenzo.meola@mef.gov.it