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Ministry of Economic Development

Tito BianchiDepartment for Development and Cohesion Policies

Ministry for Economic Development of Italy

Seminar "Territorial cohesion: what scales of policy intervention? “, Bruxelles March 12 2010

Integrated Territorial Projects in Italian Cohesion Policy


has taken a clear territorial orientation seeks the contribution of local actors, adjusts

to specific territorial needs and ambitions SF programming drives/catalyzes other forms

of public expenditure for economic development at each territorial scale

In 2000-2006 this was done done mainly through Integrated Territorial Projects in the Italian South

Since the mid 1990s, italian regional development Policy


Integrated Territorial Projects definition

“Composite project for the development of an area, which includes a set of different operations that all contribute, in interaction with each other, to a common development strategy, devised by local actors in response to concrete needs and opportunities.”

2000-2006

Community Support Framework introduced in Italy….

Ministry of Economic DevelopmentFew Central–level guidelines provided by the Framework. Integrated Territorial

Projects (ITP)…

• Must include operations that add up to an “adequate critical mass”;

• Must identify a core-objective, a centre of responsibility, a territory;

• should not amount to an additional funding line or measure, but represent a special mode through which existing program measures operate


Historic preservationEnvironment (restoring

buildings, cleaning polluted sites)

Infrastructure(Roads,

telecommunications Tourist Info points)

Productive sector (Support to local manufacturers of typical products)

Human Resources

(training in skills needed in the

tourism sector)

Measurable Expected Outcomes:Increased N. of visitors, Employment, reduced out-migration

Example of an ITP focused on tourism development

Unified Project Management (one municipal govt. chosen to lead

the project)

Operations of different nature

CORE OBJECTIVE(Strategic idea: provides coherence, integration)

Example: To increase cultural tourism


THEMATIC MAP OF ITPs: SECTOR FOCUS OF CORE OBJECTIVES

Ministry of Economic DevelopmentHow multi-sector INTEGRATION of ITPs is made

compatible with sectoral organization of Regional OPs

REGIONAL PROGRAMmeasure

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PROJECTSINTEGRATEDTERRITORIAL

PROJECT

Ministry of Economic DevelopmentTwo types of identification and selection procedures

A: competitive, bottom-up

B: negotiated, top down

Municipalities associate. Prepare and submit detailed project

proposal

Regions established bidding criteria for municipalities and published a

call for projects

Municipalities jointly prepare project following Regional geographical, financial, and sectorial decisions

Regions divide up all territory, aggregate municipalities, allocate

funds ex-ante

Regions appraise and approve projects, on the basis of project quality and other criteria

Regions appraise and approve projects once they reach a quality

threshold


ITPs approved by Region, sources of funding, and incidence on resources of EU

Regional Operational programs

ERDF ESF EAGGF FIFG

Basilicata 10 310.063.563 72% 6% 23% 0% 18,3%Calabria 29 428.308.290 83% 13% 0% 3% 10,6%Campania 51 2.035.108.947 93% 7% 0% 0% 26,3%Molise 7 63.119.837 74% 10% 17% 0% 13,4%Puglia 10 714.503.537 60% 20% 20% 0% 13,7%Sardegna 13 353.365.299 86% 2% 12% 0% 8,3%Sicilia 36 1.342.045.951 80% 7% 13% 0% 15,9%

Total 156 5.246.515.424 83% 9% 8% 0% 16,4%

Share of ROP ResourcesRegion

Resources OP

Share of Structural Funds#

ITPs


Example: ITP n.9 Region Puglia

Core Objective:“To consolidate and innovate the local productive

system based on diffused

manufacturing”

ITP Salentino-Leccese Territorial Area


Traditional garment- and shoe manufacturing base is in crisis. In late 1990s, municipalities associate to promote industrial diversification

PA Modernization & informatization

Industrial Infrastructure & Logistics

Business Missions,Tech. Dissemination

& Forecasting

HR development:Vocational education,

Graduate Masters

MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

ITP Salentino-Leccese Background

Integrated Strategy


ITP Salentino-Leccese Main Operations

Infrastructure

Industrial Areas

Worth€ 3.987.000



Infrastructure Projects:

Logistic Platform

Worth€2.800.000

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Projects in Vocational

High Schools

ESF:

(apprenticeship, school to work)

Worth

€ 5.868.000


Subsidies to firms’

Investment (ERDF+ESF):

Worth9.2 M€


11 enterprises invested, their plans including

training and industrial research.

Sectors:Food processing, Pharmaceuticals,

Bathroom Furniture, B to B Software,

digital filing systems


The experience on integrated projects carries on in 2007-2013:

• Extends to both convergence and competitiveness regions;

• with less national level guidance, becomes less standard across regions;

• In most regions, integrated projects for urban settings follow different procedures from those designed for marginal areas


Concluding remarks:

• Structural Funds are compatible with sub-regional scale of economic development planning;

• Strength (I): sectoral lines of economic development intervention are reconciled at the local scale

• Strength (II): Local public institutions develop capacity to plan economic development in an integrated fashion;

• Covering all territories is overly ambitious • Integrated terrritorial approach encounters some

resistance, adds one level of coordination • Cohesion programs should not build special ad-hoc

institutions, but involve “ordinary” local governments

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territorial project

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common development strategy

projects municipalities

cohesion policies ministry

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quality threshold slide

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