This document discusses tools for sustainable urban development in Europe. It outlines the shift from territories defined by administrative boundaries to territories defined by projects, and the potential for integrated territorial investments (ITI) and community-led local development (CLLD) to promote involvement of stakeholders. For ITI to be successful, the summary emphasizes it requires clear definition of the area, issues and population; quality strategy; involvement of players; and clear definition of the intervention territory.

1. URBACT European programme for sustainable city development
The urban dimension - points of reference for new tools
Leipzig 24th October 2012

2. Changing the paradigm. “From the “territoire guichet”
to the “territoire projet.”
› From the “territoire guichet” – administrative boundaries – the
administrative authority allocates subsidies.
› To the “territoire projet” – What is your project? Which
partners have to be involved? In which functional territory?
CLLD in cities. Monday, 21 May 2012 I Page 2
Territory Partnership
Strategy

3. The Commission’s proposal for integrated urban
development
5% of the structural funds (ERDF) for integrated urban
development
At ITI: administration and implementation delegated to
the cities
ITI can be funded from various operational programmes
(OP)
CLLD with local action groups to promote getting players
involved

4. What have we learnt from URBACT?
› A strategy for territorial interventions
- with horizontal integration
- with vertical integration
› Getting players involved
- URBACT local support groups
- Combined use of ITI and CLLD

5. For ITI to be a success
› A clear definition of ITI: area, issues, population
group
› Quality of the strategy
› Getting players more involved
› A clear definition of the territory concerned

6. For ITI to be a success
area-issues-population group

7. For ITI to be a success
Quality of the strategy
› Analyse the needs and problems
› Analyse the players to be brought on board
› Allocate responsibility, time and financial means
› During implementation, monitoring through
constant assessment

8. For ITI to be a success
Getting players more involved
› Composition of the partnership
› Capacity of those supporting the partnership
› Ways of working together

9. For ITI to be a success
Choosing territories for intervention
› Concentration on priority territories: criteria?
› Minimum requirements for strategy, partnership,
definition of the territories for intervention
› A multi-stage process: competition, a development
and an implementation phase