Urban initiative and urban development financing throught european structural and investment fonds

Abstract

Urbanizacija je proces porasta gradova, a on je aktualnost suvremene EU budući da 360 milijuna ljudi na tom području živi u gradovima, prigradskim naseljima ili predgrađima, ovisno o definiciji. To je 72% ukupnog stanovništva EU. Zbog toga su Komisija EU i ostale Institucije zadužene za regionalni razvoj potakle Urbanu agendu za EU u kojima je definirano 12 tematskih cjelina u koje se želi ulagati kako bi se kvantitativno smanjili izazovi sa kojima se susreću urbane sredine. Urbani razvoj na području EU financira se putem ESIF fondova. Programi kroz koje gradovi i urbane sredine iskorištavaju sredstva EU za održivi urbani razvoj jesu: Inicijativa Urban, URBACT, ITU mehanizmi i Lokalni razvoj pod vodstvom lokalne zajednice. U radu je dat pregled korištenja sredstava do 2018. godine po svakom od analiziranih programa.Urbanization is a process of growth within a city and it's the actuality of contemporary EU. A total of 360 million people which stands for 72% of its population, resides in cities or suburbs.For this reason, the EU Commission and other Regional Development Institutions have spurred the Urban Agenda for the EU, with 12 Priority Themes to be invested in to quantitatively reduce the challenges urban environments are facing. Urban development in the EU is funded through ESIF funds.The main programmes through which cities and urban areas use the EU funds for sustainable urban development are: Urban Innovative Actions, URBACT, Integrated Territorial Investments and Local Development; under governance of the local community.This paper gives an overview of the use of funds by 2018 for each of the analyzed programmes