This study will take stock of the different types of investments supported by the ERDF and the CF through the integrated territorial instruments provided for by the Common provisions Regulation during the 2014-2020 programming period. It will assess the rationale for the use of place-based policy instruments to promote territorial development and deliver cohesion policy objectives while strengthening the local effectiveness of its sectoral support. It will focus primarily on the evidence of the effectiveness of integrated territorial instruments while looking also into their efficiency, coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these place-based instruments in promoting territorial development under different territorial and socio-economic conditions, and their contribution to meeting the relevant objectives of the cohesion policy.

Ex post evaluation of Cohesion policy programmes 2014-2020 financed by the ERDF. Work package 13 – Integrated territorial development (2022CE16BAT043).