The Ministry

Pursuant to art. 5 of the Law-Decree n°22 of March 1st, 2021, published in the Italian Official Journal n° 51 of March 1st , 2021, the Ministry of infrastructures and transport has been taken on the new name of “Ministry of sustainable infrastructures and mobility".

The Ministry of infrastructures and transport is responsible for a wide range of policy areas such as:

• planning, financing, implementing and managing the infrastructure networks of national interest as well as the public works falling under State responsibility;
• urban and housing policies also concerning both city systems and metropolitan areas;
• activities related to transport, viability and logistics on the Italian territory including:

• navigation, safety, maritime and inland waterway transport;
• civil aviation and air transport;
• road traffic, safety and land transport;

The Ministry, in performing its functions:

• collaborates with the Italian Coast Guard  and the High Council of Public Works;
• acts in coordination with regional and local institutions also providing guidelines;
• handles international relations and agreements for Infrastructures and Transport sectors;
• guides, monitors and controls supervised or state-owned bodies as well as transport managers.