Integrated Territorial Investments Rudolf Niessler Director European Commission

Integrated Territorial Investments Rudolf Niessler Director, European Commission DG for Regional Policy

Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) What is the idea? • Sustainable urban development requires actions where financial contributions come from different thematic objectives and priorities • To make this happen, funding programmes need to dedicate specific contributions to such integrated urban actions • Every Member State should dedicate at least 5% of the ERDF resources to such integrated urban actions and delegate the management and implementation to the cities How does it work?

Entry point for the programming of funds: Thematic dimension: Territorial dimension: Concentration on priorities of Europe 2020 Smart growth Sustainable growth Inclusive growth Research & Innovation IT SME Low-carbon Resource-efficient Risk-prevention Transport Employment Social inclusion Education Integrated strategies and actions Cities and towns Deprived urban neighbourhoods Functional urban areas, metropolitan regions Rural areas … Governance mechanism I T I

Integrated sustainable urban development Example: Member State A Regional ERDF OP I Total allocation for ITI at least 5% of Member State’s ERDF, delegated to cities National/sectoral ERDF OP ESF OP City 3 City 1 City 2 City 3 City 25 City … CF OP + additional ESF and CF, if appropriate

Cities and urban areas benefiting from cohesion policy investments and instruments Integrated and sectoral investments in urban areas ITIs delegated to cities (min. 5% of ERDF of Member States) Cities selected for platform Urban development platform Innovative urban actions (0. 2% of ERDF at EU level)

Urban Development Platform Member State A I T I City 3 Total allocation at least 5% of ERDF, delegated to cities City 1 2 3 21 Proposal Member State A City City City 3 4 5 7 10 11 15 20 21 Proposal Member State B City City . . . 1 2 8 12 15 5 cities (max. 20) 9 cities (max. 20) Max. 300 cities selected by Commission + all cities implementing innovative actions

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