Integrated territorial investments as a tool of the "New regional policy"

The Partnership Agreement for Poland, 2014–2020 (PA), a main document defi ning the rules of interventions of European funds in Poland in the years 2014–2020, indicates the Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) as an im-portant instrument of the territorial dimension of interventions in the area of urban development and access to public services. The paper presents general conditions of the application of that instrument and a case study of its im-plementation in the Krakow Urban Functional Area (KUFA). The authors, contracted for the preparation the Strategy of the ITI for KUFA, observe the early stage of this implementation. Conclusions of the paper contribute to the understanding of the current level of territorial cooperation in Poland