On February 23 Iván Tosics, Olga Müller, and Judit Kálmán from MRI presented the ESPON URDICO project (https://www.espon.eu/projects/urdico-urban-dimension-cohesion-policy-and-other-eu-programmes), which was completed in January, to the National Development Center – TOP Plus Managing Authority and the Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development. The presentation focused primarily on interesting foreign best practices, such as the operational program targeting metropolitan areas in Italy (NOP Metro), the functioning of integrated territorial investments (ITI) in five countries, functional urban area cooperation examples in Warsaw, Prague and Strasbourg, integrated neighborhood development programs in Ghent, and targeted social development programmes in the southern part of Rotterdam. These examples were of particular interest to the participants, as Hungary will soon be planning its next EU planning cycle, in which proven foreign experiences can be helpful. It is hoped that the foreign best practices and the comments on the distribution and use of cohesion funds in Hungary and Budapest will help in the preparation of Hungary’s programs for the next EU cycle.