Assessment and avenues for improvement regarding the measures envisaged by spanish Royal Decree-Law 36/2020 on economic-administrative management

Abstract

The arrival of funds from Next Generation EU instrument, with 750,000 million euros budget to repair the damage brought about by the pandemic, requires the adoption of urgent measures so that they can be executed in the most efficient way. The purpose of these funds is that the post-COVID-19 Europe will be greener, more digital and resilient and better fit for the current and forthcoming challenges. Although the measures to faster management and economic-administrative procedures, regulated by Real decreto-Ley 36/2020, may initially be considered as «timid», they can serve as a shuttle for an extensive modernization of public administration, more professionalized and results-based management culture. The main innovation is the new regulation of PERTE, a new form of public-private partnership that will have to keep a close eye on, so that it works properly without extra-costs, as it has happened in the past with the concession contract for public works or services.