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Mirela CARAMAN
FAMP
CCASP STRATEGIC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. EXPERIENCE
OF INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL INVESTMENTS (ITI) DANUBE DELTA

implement territorial strategies on the ground, linking the thematic objectives identified in the Partnership

Agreements and Operational Programmes and the territorial dimension: community led local development
(European Parliament, 2013) and integrated territorial investments (European Parliament, 2013).

The integrated territorial investments (ITI) allows EU Member States to combine investments from several

priority axes of one or more Operational Programmes for the purposes of multi-dimensional and cross-
sectorial intervention.

Integrated territorial investments (ITI)

ITI is a tool to implement territorial strategies in an integrated way. The key elements of an ITI are:

? a designated territory and an integrated territorial development strategy;

? a package of actions to be implemented; and

? governance arrangements to manage the ITI.

It is essential to develop a cross-sectorial integrated development strategy that addresses the
development needs of the area concerned. The strategy shall be designed in a way that the actions can PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11 TH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” 30 th – 31 st October 2015 Bucharest

build on the synergies produced by coordinated implementation. Any geographical area with particular
territorial features can be the subject of an ITI, ranging from specific urban neighbourhoods with multiple
deprivations to the urban, metropolitan, urban-rural, sub-regional, or inter-regional levels. For example,

ITI existing in Romania, ITI Danube Delta, is located on an area with particular features, being on a sub-
regional level. ITI territory is the territory of 38 local public administrations from the Danube Delta

Biosphere Reserve, Tulcea County and the northern part of Constanta County, as it is represented in the
map below.

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