The total value of the Call is EUR 681.27 million.

These funds will be used by 22 cities with urban areas, a total of 192 local self-government units.

Eligible applicants under this Call are 22 cities that have established urban areas in accordance with the Law on Regional Development of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry's guidelines:

4 urban agglomerations: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek
10 larger urban areas: Zadar, Slavonski Brod, Pula, Karlovac, Sisak, Varaždin, Šibenik, Dubrovnik, Bjelovar and Vinkovci
8 smaller urban areas that are the seat of counties: Koprivnica, Vukovar, Čakovec, Požega, Virovitica, Krapina, Gospić and Pazin.
Applications are submitted electronically to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and the deadline for submitting applications is February 28, 2023.

The main document by which cities prove that they meet the prerequisites for the implementation of the ITU mechanism is the draft urban area development strategy, therefore it is one of the key documents submitted with the application, and more detailed information about it, as well as about the ITU mechanism itself and its implementation, is available in the Invitation to can be accessed through the Ministry's website.

ABOUT THAT MECHANISM

The ITU mechanism is one of the tools used to encourage integrated territorial development through European Union funds. In order to strengthen the territorial approach of the ITU mechanism from the period 2014-2020. it was expanded to a total of 22 cities with urban areas. The basis for the implementation of the ITU mechanism is the development strategies of urban areas, that is, territorial strategies in which urban areas determine their development goals and priorities, as well as key strategic projects.

Financial support to urban areas in achieving their goals is provided from EU funds through calls for submission of project proposals published by the Ministry in accordance with program documents for the use of EU funds. In this particular case, support for urban areas is planned within the Integrated Territorial Program 2021-2027, which was approved at the beginning of December, and through which an allocation of as much as 681.27 million euros was secured for the sustainable development of urban areas in Croatia.

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