INTA is an unparalleled network bringing together the major actors in urban development: policymakers of national, regional and local government; business leaders in real estate development, construction, engineering, service provision, product development; preeminent thinkers and research institutes; influential architecture and urbanism firms, to jointly establish new parameters for sustainable and integrated development of urbanised areas. Unlike other associations, INTA’s comprehensive approach to urban development allows to work across sectors, departments and disciplines. Thanks to its active, generous and diverse membership, INTA has been achieving over the last decades to release new opportunities for cities and regions and encourage further collaborations between partners by identifying inclusive links between punctual projects managed by diverse actors. As a non-profit organisation, INTA can operate beyond political horizons to identify long-term strategies to maintain and increase a region’s economic competitiveness and quality of life. INTA facilitates the peer-to-peer exchange between decision makers and practitioners, allowing the direct transfer of experiences and know-how. INTA’s most known activity, the INTA Peer-to-Peer Advisory Service, brings members together to voluntarily work on a programme of a member city and share their proper experience in the management of similar projects. Since 1987 up to now INTA has been involved in almost 100 urban projects in over 40 countries around the world.
