1. Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI)
Zsolt SZOKOLAI
CC Inclusive growth, urban and territorial development
European Commission
DG Regional and Urban Policy 1

2. Urban (and area-based) development
Integrated
with a global and comprehensive vision of the city
taking into account the need to improve the economic performance, the eco-efficiency and social cohesion of the city
assuring citizens’ quality of life and welfare in all the existing communities and neighbourhoods of the city
Participative
involvement in urban development through citizen participation
URBAN ex-post: successful projects are the participative ones
Inclusive
Reduce social polarisation by paying special attention to deprived neighbourhoods within the context of the city as a whole
‘Integrated’ also refers to ‘inclusive’: inclusive shared project of coexistence, to combat social exclusion and spatial segregation 2

3. Reinforced urban dimension of the Cohesion policy
"Cities should be in the heart of the debate" – Cannot achieve our goals without cities
Increase role of cities in the delivery of our policy objectives
Involve in programming and implementation
Proposing tools for sustainable territorial development
Need for addressing territorial challenges
We offer flexible tool to facilitate integrated approach
Thematic objectives – linked to Europe 2020
Priority axes: correspond to one or more investment priorities of a thematic objective 3

4. Integrated sustainable urban development strategies
Setting out integrated actions to tackle
Economic
Environmental
Climate
Social
Demographic challenges (EP position)
Article 7 ERDF 4

5. Implementation tools for integrated actions for SUD strategies
Multifund OP (priority axes funded by different funds)
New territorial tools to implement integrated strategies
ITI, CLLD, Multi-objective priority axes
URBACT: capacity building to improve performance on CP implementation
Urban Development Platform: dialogue on the use of new territorial instruments
Urban Innovative Actions: try new ideas 5

6. 6 Urban and territorial dimension of the future CP URBACT ITI OP Urban
Minimum 5% of ERDF for integrated urban development with Urban authorities responsible for implementation
Cross-border and inter-
regional cooperation
ITI
Multi-objective priority axis
Community-led local development
Thematic objectives, (Urban) investment priorities OP
URBACT
Urban
development
platform
Urban innovative actions
(0,2% of ERDF at EU level) 6

7. Sustainable urban development – 5% is just the minimum
At least 5% of ERDF under Investment for jobs and growth goal for SUD with Urban authorities responsible for implementation (at least selection of operations)
May be implemented
through an operational programme
through multi-objective priority axes
through ITI
5% is linked to the involvement of cities, not to the use of one particular implementation tool
No direct relations between the content of ITI and the urban- specific priorities 7

8. Urban and inclusive investment priorities of ERDF
4(c) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructures and in the housing sector;
7(c) promoting sustainable urban mobility
8(b) local development initiatives and aid for structures providing neighbourhood services to create new jobs
9(b) support for physical and economic regeneration of deprived urban and rural communities;
11 enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration 8

9. ITI – how does it work?
ITI is an implementation tool of an urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact, which requires integrated approach – Ex-Article 99(1) CPR
Bundle funding from different priority axes and programmes (ERDF, ESF, CF), may be complemented with financial support from EAFRD and EMFF
For a functional area at the appropriate territorial scale
More than one priority axis of one or more OPs
MA may designate one or more intermediate bodies to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI 9

10. ITI – what are the advantages?
ITI secures various funding streams at its inception – allow a greater degree of certainty and predictability for implementation
Selection of operations: not nesessarily competitive (calls for proposals), can be negotiated programming
Potential synergies (using different funds in a timely, strategic way) may lead to better aggregate outcome
Delegation of management has the potential to empower the sub-regional actors by insuring their involvement from the beginning of the programme
Increased ownership of strategy and actions 10

11. ITI – interventions
Intervention logic – Matrix of territorial and thematic objectives
Interventions under ITI should contribute to the objectives of the corresponding investment priorities and to the objectives of the territorial strategy
Scope
What for? instead of What?
Determined by the territorial strategy and the investment priorities of the priority axes contributing to ITI
Forms of support
Can be grant, FI. CLLD can part of it 11

12. ITI is to implement (tipically parts of a) territorial strategy with
Vision
Describe the elements of the intended territorial change
Strategy
Based on the development needs of the territory
Logical link between planned operation and intended change
Identify corresponding thematic priorities for each operation
Coherent and cohesive with the synergies between planned actions considered and presented
Result indicator related to main territorial objective of strategy
Implementation arrangements, including possible delegation
If appropriate, assessment of capacity for implementation 12

13. ITI –coherence with programmes
Territorial strategy should be coherent
With the integrated approach to territorial development of the PA
With the territorial approach of the programme (or programmes)
Critical size: Appropriate investment priorities (based on development needs of the territory) and proportionate financial allocation
Ensuring an appropriate governance arrangement 13

14. When to use ITI? 14 There is an integrated territorial strategy
Territorial strategy can have thematic focus (e.g. Urban mobility plan)
Complex sectoral policy: design the priority axis accordingly
OP divided on sub-regional level: in principle possible. Functional territory?
Implementation requires integrated investments from more than one priority axes (or operational programmes)
Can ensure that number of priorities and resources allocated to an ITI are proportionate and reflect to the need of the territory
Do not define contributing priority axes uniformly on national or regional level
Management arrangements allows simple implementation structure
Preferably single management organisation (IB) responsible for implementation 14

15. Sustainable urban development and ITI Example: Member State A
Regional
ERDF-ESF OP
National/sectoral
ERDF OP
ESF OP
Intermediary
body I T
CF OP

16. Possible implementation arrangements for multi-OP ITI
MS designate an IB for management and implementation of an ITI
Define investment priorities of priority axes of OPs contributing to the ITI
Agreed compliance and eligibility rules adopted by each MC of participating OPs
Joint Monitoring Sub-Committee with relevant OPs
Common monitoring and evaluation, progress report
Financial management: monitoring system for the programmes provides for the identification of operations of a priority axis
COM role in assessment of performance: progress report? 16

17. Programming – Why should cities follow the process?
Partnership Agreement sets out
Analysis of disparities, development needs, growth potentials with reference to thematic objectives and territorial challenges – Article 14(1)(a)(i) CPR
Integrated approach to territorial development – Article 14(2)(a) CPR
Arrangement to ensure an integrated approach to the use of CSF Funds for the territorial development, in particular the implementation arrangements for ITI, CLLD – Article 14(a)(ii) CPR 17

18. Programming – OP to describe Art 87(3)
Integrated approach to territorial development, having regard the PA, showing how the integrated approach contributes to the accomplishment of the programme objectives, specifying:
the principles for identifying the cities where integrated actions for SUD will be implemented
indicative annual allocation of ERDF support
including the resources delegated to cities for management under Art 7(2) ERDF [OP, ITI, multi-objective priority axes]
indicative allocation of ESF support
Approach to the use of ITI outside urban, and their indicative financial allocation from each priority axis
Implementation arrangements 18

19. ITI in ETC
Art 10 ETC: the intermediate body to carry out the management and implementation of an ITI shall be an EGTC or other legal body established under the laws of one of the participating countries
ITI creates the possibility to combine actions financed from different strands of ETC and mainstream programmes
Relevant to cross-border and trans-national programmes

20. Relation between ITI and CLLD
Territorial strategy to be implemented through ITI can have CLLD as one component of the strategy
If within an ITI, consistency to be ensured (eg. urban strategy ITI + specific urban neighbourhood targeting through CLLD partnership approach)
Having a CLLD within ITI is not granted: CLLD should always go through the selection procedure as required in Art 29(3)–(5) CPR and described in the PA and OPs 20

21. ITI
Urban development strategy or other territorial strategy or pact
Requires an integrated approach
Involving investments from ERDF, ESF, CF, may be complemented by EAFRD, EMFF
Implementation tool to deliver integrated strategy
Top-down, public sector-led
Selection of target areas not necessarily competitive
Optional
CLLD
Sub-regional (10000 – inh. - except duly justified cases)
Integrated & multi-sectoral, area based, partnership approach
ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, EMFF can all support joint strategy
Strategy & implementation by local action group
Bottom-up, community-led (public, private, civil society)
MS define selection criteria, selection by responsible MA(s)
Optional (except for EAFRD)

22. Useful links 22 Fact sheet on ITI: Guide to Ex-ante evaluation
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Guide to Ex-ante evaluation
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SAWP documents and presidency compromise texts 22

23. Thank you very much for your time and your attention! 23