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

but also through financial instruments (European Parliament, 2013) where they are appropriate to deliver

actions defined in the development strategy.

For example, ITI Danube Delta is composed by all funds, as it has indicative allocations for all operational
programmes in Romania. These allocations are listed below.

TABLE 1 - INDICATIVE ALLOCATIONS FOR ITI DANUBE DELTA
Programme Fund Indicative allocations
Regional Operational Programme European Regional Development 358.11 mil Euro
2014-2020 Fund (ERDF)
Big Infrastructure Operational European Regional Development 407.64 mil Euro
Programme 2014-2020 Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund
Human Capital Operational European Social Fund (ESF) 60 mil Euro
Programme 2014-2020
Technical Assistency Operational European Regional Development 5 mil Euro
Programme 2014-2020 Fund (ERDF)
Competitiveness Operational European Regional Development 60 mil Euro
Programme 2014-2020 Fund (ERDF)
Administrative Capacity European Social Fund (ESF) 16 mil Euro
Operational Programme 2014-
2020
Rural Development National European Agricultural Fund for 168 mil Euro
Programme 2014-2020 Rural Development (EAFRD)
Fishing and Marine Affairs European Maritime and Fisheries 37 mil Euro PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11 TH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” 30 th – 31 st October 2015 Bucharest
Operational Programme 2014- Fund (EMFF)
2020
TOTAL 1,125 billion Euro
Source: www.itideltadunarii.com

The last key element of an ITI is regarding governance arrangements for the management of the ITI.
Ultimately the ‘Managing Authority’ for the Operational Programme will be responsible for managing and

implementing the operations of an ITI. It is not specified who a managing authority is, but one could
presume that these could be the various government departments responsible for the different strands of

funding. The managing authority can designate intermediary bodies to manage all or some of the
operations of the ITI, e.g. a local authority or non-government organisation. Again, this multi-stakeholder
approach does not appear to be a compulsory element.

For example, in the case of ITI Danube Delta the Managing Authority for each Programme is the main
responsible for managing and implementing the operations of an ITI. In Romania, for all the programmes
part of this instrument there are three main ministries:

1. Ministry of European Funds;

2. Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration;

3. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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