The Programme ERDF finances projects with shared responsibility between the European Commission and the national and regional authorities of the Member States. Member State administrations choose the projects to be financed and take responsibility for day-to-day management. The ERDF strategy is defined at EU level, but the implementation of its funding is the responsibility of the Member States and regions. At the beginning of the seven-year programming period, the Commission sets the main priorities for ERDF investments, which are outlined in the national and regional programmes. The planning of ERDF programmes by Member States and their regions provides for the direct involvement of partners and stakeholders at all stages of the programme in accordance with the partnership principle. In fact, the strategy of the ERDF 2021-2027Programme of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano is based on a co-design process built during a broader context analysis and consultation with local economic, social and institutional stakeholders. On the basis of this process, the strategy has identified the priorities for the territory, as well as the investment needs that are most effectively suited to respond to the European guidelines, taking into consideration the context and the impacts related to the health, economic and social crisis resulting from the COVID19 pandemic.

The strategic priorities identified by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano are:

• Technology Challenge: Strategic Objective 1 - A more competitive and smarter Europe
• Priority 1. Smart - promoting technological change
• Climate challenge: Strategic Objective 2 - A resilient, greener and low-carbon Europe
• Priority 2. Green - combating climate change
• Priority 3. Mobility - enhance sustainable mobility

*Source: Summary of the ERDF Programme 2021-2027 - Autonomous Province of Bolzano 

For further information, please consult

https://europa.provincia.bz.it/it/fesr-fondo-europeo-di-sviluppo-regionale https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funding/erdf_en