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

2. 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?

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

4. Integrated sustainable urban development Example: Member State A
Total allocation
for ITI at least 5% of Member State’s ERDF, delegated to cities
Regional
ERDF OP
National/sectoral
ERDF OP I T
ESF OP
+ additional ESF and CF,
if appropriate
City 3
CF OP 
City 1
City 2
City 3 
City 25
City …

5. 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)
Innovative urban actions
(0.2% of ERDF at EU level)
Cities selected for platform
Urban development
platform

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

7. Thank you very much for your attention!