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men

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put t

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e co

nsul

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the

ordi

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legi

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nece

ssar

y to

con

duct

a T

IA to

pro

-vi

de e

vide

nce

on th

e te

rrito

rial d

istri

butio

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exp

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grou

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ompr

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6 re

pres

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tives

of a

num

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f ass

oci-

atio

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l par

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s an

d lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al a

utho

ritie

s.

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expe

rts a

gree

d th

at in

prin

cipl

e al

l reg

ions

are

aff e

cted

by

the

polic

y an

d th

us n

o sp

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c ty

pes

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ld b

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focu

s. F

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g th

e cr

eatio

n of

the

syst

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pic

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on

polic

y ef

-fect

s, th

ey s

elec

ted

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dica

tors

to d

epic

t tho

se eff e

cts.

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cato

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xibl

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orki

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ting

the

avai

la-b

ility

of fl

exib

le s

ched

ules

to

em

ploy

ees.

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erts

det

erm

ined

the

polic

y to

infl u

ence

this

indi

-ca

tor s

trong

ly a

dvan

tage

ous,

with

the

resu

lting

map

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win

g hi

gh

and

very

hig

h im

pact

s fo

r la

rge

parts

of

east

ern,

sou

ther

n an

d ce

ntra

l Eur

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e Ba

ltic

and

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ntrie

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wel

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Aust

ria, I

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nd a

nd th

e C

zech

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ublic

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cts

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low

er d

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th

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fl ex

ible

sch

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rall

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ctiv

e w

as a

sses

sed

to h

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mai

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posi

tive

impa

cts

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incl

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g a

cohe

sive

eff e

ct.

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omic

ben

efi ts

ar

e lik

ely

conc

entra

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in u

rban

are

as, w

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cul

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ccom

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The

ESPO

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IA T

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nd t

he u

nder

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ck m

eth-

od-o

logy

has

pro

ven

its v

alue

in a

sses

sing

EU

pol

icie

s fo

r a

long

tim

e. It

is a

ppre

ciat

ed b

y m

ultip

le in

stitu

tions

and

inte

rest

gr

oups

as

a w

ay o

f gat

herin

g in

form

atio

n on

terr

itoria

l im

pact

s in

a c

onve

nien

t and

qui

ck m

anne

r. W

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e co

ntin

uous

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rade

of

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s ca

pabi

litie

s, a

ddin

g m

ore

anal

ytic

al f

unct

ions

an

d m

odul

es in

ord

er to

ena

ble

a be

tter t

ailo

ring

of th

e as

-ses

-sm

ent,

it is

sui

ted

for a

wid

e ra

nge

of p

olic

ies.

It is

how

ever

not

a m

etho

d fo

r in-

dept

h as

sess

men

t but

rath

er a

w

ay o

f fac

ilita

ting

expe

rt di

scus

sion

s, g

ettin

g a fi r

st g

lanc

e of

te

rrito

rial i

mpa

ct d

istri

butio

ns a

nd id

entif

ying

nee

ds fo

r fu

rther

re

sear

ch. M

ore

deta

iled

guid

ance

doc

umen

ts a

s w

ell a

s ex

ten-

sive

inf

orm

atio

n on

the

met

hodo

logi

cal

back

grou

nd c

an b

e fo

und

on th

e pr

ojec

t web

site

sta

ted

belo

w.

Impa

ct a

sses

smen

ts a

re a

sta

ndar

d el

emen

t of t

he le

gisl

ativ

e pr

oces

s fo

r eve

ry m

ajor

EU

-leve

l ini

tiativ

e (i.

e.

dire

ctiv

e or

regu

latio

n). T

hey

aim

to p

rodu

ce a

n ex

-ant

e pi

ctur

e of

how

the

polic

y w

ill ac

t, w

ho w

ill be

infl u

ence

d by

it a

nd h

ow. W

hile

trad

ition

ally,

env

ironm

enta

l, so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic im

pact

ass

essm

ents

are

the

man

dato

ry

parts

of t

he E

U le

gisl

ativ

e pr

oces

s, th

e re

leva

nce

of s

uch

impa

cts

on th

e te

rrito

ries

them

selv

es is

incr

easi

ngly

re

cogn

ised

with

in th

e EU

.

Terr

itoria

l Im

pact

Ass

essm

ent (

TIA)

is a

way

of i

dent

ifyin

g th

e te

rrito

rial d

istri

butio

n of

impa

cts

– in

tend

ed o

r un

inte

nded

– lin

ked

to a

spe

cifi c

pol

icy.

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lied

early

in th

e le

gisl

ativ

e pr

oces

s, T

IA c

an a

id in

sha

ping

a p

olic

y,

redu

cing

the

unev

en d

istri

butio

n of

neg

ativ

e an

d po

sitiv

e im

pact

s. D

ue to

the

ofte

ntim

es a

bstra

ct n

atur

e of

po

licie

s an

d diffi

culti

es in

tran

slat

ing

EU-le

vel p

olic

ies

into

pot

entia

l im

pact

s on

a lo

w re

gion

al s

cale

, the

re is

de

man

d fo

r an

acce

ssib

le a

nd e

asy

to a

p-pl

y m

etho

dolo

gy p

rodu

cing

evi

denc

e ba

sed

resu

lts.

For t

his

purp

ose,

ESP

ON

has

bee

n en

gage

d in

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd o

pera

tiona

lisat

ion

of a

qui

ck a

nd e

asy

to u

se a

sses

smen

t met

hod

for t

errit

oria

l im

pact

s. T

his

has

led

to th

e in

trodu

ctio

n of

the

“ESP

ON

TIA

Qui

ck

Che

ck” m

etho

dolo

gy th

at h

as b

een

succ

essf

ully

app

lied

to s

ever

al E

U-r

egul

atio

ns a

nd c

ontin

uous

ly d

evel

oped

ov

er th

e ye

ars.

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met

hodo

logy

is e

mbe

dded

in a

wor

ksho

p se

tting

led

by tw

o m

oder

ator

s an

d is

ass

iste

d by

th

e TI

A w

ebto

ol a

pplic

atio

n in

ord

er to

ste

er a

n ex

pert

disc

ussi

on o

n te

rrito

rial eff e

cts

of p

olic

ies.

How

the

ESPO

N T

IA Q

uick

Che

ck w

orks

The

met

hodo

logi

cal b

ackg

roun

d be

hind

the

TIA

Qui

ck C

heck

is

the

vuln

erab

ility

con

cept

dev

elop

ed b

y th

e IP

CC

. In

gen

eral

, th

is m

eans

the

com

bina

tion

of th

e se

nsiti

vity

of a

ny g

iven

ent

ity

tow

ards

a s

pecifi c

mec

hani

sm w

ith th

e ex

posu

re to

that

mec

ha-

nism

. In

the

cont

ext o

f Ter

ritor

ial I

mpa

ct A

sses

smen

t, th

e “e

xpo-

sure

” re

late

s to

the

eff e

cts

of th

e sp

ecifi

c po

licy

(e.g

. red

ucin

g C

O2

emis

sion

s),

the

unde

rlyin

g m

echa

nism

s as

sum

ed t

o be

eq

ual f

or a

ll re

gion

s in

the

sco

pe o

f the

impa

ct a

sses

s-m

ent.

The

sens

itivi

ty o

n th

e ot

her h

and

rela

tes

to th

e ch

arac

ter-i

stic

s of

the

spec

ifi c

regi

on (

e.g.

soc

io-e

cono

mic

feat

ures

) an

d th

us

varie

s ac

ross

the

terr

itory

. The

exp

osur

e th

us is

spe

cifi c

to th

e po

licy

(i.e.

it is

equ

al fo

r all

regi

ons,

but

cha

nges

with

the

polic

y in

que

stio

n) a

nd d

eter

min

ed q

ualit

ativ

ely

whi

le th

e se

nsi-t

ivity

is

spec

ifi c

to th

e re

gion

(i.e

. it c

hang

es fo

r eac

h re

gion

, but

is in

de-

pend

ent o

f the

pol

icy)

and

det

erm

ined

by

quan

tita-

tive

data

.

The

com

bina

tion

of e

xpos

ure

and

sens

itivi

ty t

hen

crea

tes

the

info

rmat

ion

on t

he r

esul

ting

impa

ct o

n a

regi

on.

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re 1

de

-pic

ts t

he m

etho

dolo

gica

l sch

eme

of t

he v

ulne

rabi

lity

con-

cept

in th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

of th

e TI

A Q

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Che

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vuln

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to a

pply

the

ESPO

N T

IA Q

uick

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ck

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back

bone

of t

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ck b

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the

com

bina

tion

of e

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t kno

wle

dge

and

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rt ju

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n th

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ure”

to

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pol

icy

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on

“reg

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Terr

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l Im

pact

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essm

ent T

ool

A qu

ick

chec

k to

ass

ess

the

impa

cts

of E

urop

ean

polic

ies

Oct

ober

201

9

A qu

ick

chec

k to

ass

ess

the

impa

cts

of E

urop

ean

polic

ies

// TE

RR

ITO

RIA

L IM

PAC

T A

SS

ES

SM

EN

T TO

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// E

SP

ON

2/4

erat

or. A

s qu

antit

ativ

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ta b

acki

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r tha

t is

nece

ssar

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fi cie

nt ti

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has

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e se

t asi

de fo

r re

sear

ch o

f dat

a an

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te-

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web

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osur

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step

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arks

th

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tual

sta

rt of

the

wor

k-sh

op p

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hel

p an

d gu

idan

ce b

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e m

oder

a-to

rs,

the

expe

rts

trans

-la

te t

he p

olic

y pr

opos

al

into

a s

yste

mic

pic

ture

of

the

polic

ies

impa

cts.

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rient

ing

them

selv

es

alon

g th

e fo

ur

dim

en-

sion

s of

im

pact

s,

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ronm

ent a

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ce,

caus

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ect

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a-tio

ns h

ave

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enti-

fi ed

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artic

ipan

ts.

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ugh

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use

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ct c

hain

s, t

he e

xpo-

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sid

e (i.

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ect

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eate

d by

th

e po

licy

prop

osal

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d th

e se

nsiti

vity

sid

e of

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erab

ility

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cept

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scep

tibili

ty o

f the

re-g

ions

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link

ed.

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herm

ore,

the

exp

erts

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e to

det

erm

ine,

if

the

impa

ct

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hani

sm w

ill b

e diff e

rent

for

diff e

rent

type

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reg

ions

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posu

re w

ill v

ary.

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f reg

ions

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e co

nsid

ered

can

be

e.g

. rur

al re

gion

s, is

land

regi

ons,

indu

stria

l reg

ions

etc

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r w

hich

the

tool

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rs a

num

ber

of p

redefi n

ed t

ypol

ogie

s. It

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also

pos

sibl

e to

cre

ate

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late

d to

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sp

ecif-

ic n

eeds

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sses

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opos

al.

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re 3

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tem

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ictu

re

Fina

lly, t

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reat

ed s

yste

mic

pic

ture

has

to b

e tra

nsla

ted

into

a

set

of i

ndic

ator

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le t

o be

com

pute

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web

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perts

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hose

indi

cato

rs v

ia g

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icat

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aded

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the

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or e

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ting

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stre

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he d

irect

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vant

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adva

ntag

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sed

on t

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cato

rs a

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red

vote

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tes

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pact

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ue fo

r eac

h si

ngle

indi

cato

r in

each

sin

gle

NU

TS 3

reg

ion.

The

se v

alue

s ar

e su

bseq

uent

ly

map

ped

out

by t

he t

ool

and

show

a d

iff er

entia

tion

betw

een

Figu

re 2

: fro

ntpa

ge o

f the

TIA

web

tool

mod

era-

tor

guid

es t

he e

xper

t di

scus

sion

fro

m i

dent

ifyin

g po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct m

echa

nism

s of

a p

olic

y th

roug

h id

entifi

cat

ion

of s

uita

-ble

indi

cato

rs to

the

crea

tion

of m

aps

on im

pact

pat

-te

rns

on a

ter

ritor

ial

leve

l w

ith t

he a

id o

f th

e TI

A w

ebto

ol.

Sub

sequ

ently

, the

exp

ert g

roup

is le

d th

roug

h th

e in

terp

reta

-tio

n of

thos

e pa

ttern

s as

w

ell

as d

educ

ting

rec-

omm

enda

tions

for p

olic

y de

sign

to

re

duce

or

el

imin

ate

unde

sira

ble

eff e

cts

and

to

fost

er

desi

rabl

e eff

ect

s.

In o

rder

to

ensu

re t

he

valid

ity a

nd r

elia

bilit

y of

re

sults

as

wel

l as

in o

rder

to

ass

ist t

he m

oder

ator

s in

pre

parin

g an

d im

ple-

men

ting

the

wor

ksho

p,

the

proc

ess

of a

TIA

fol-

low

ing

the

Qui

ck C

heck

m

etho

dolo

gy

is

stru

c-tu

red

alon

g 5

dist

inct

st

eps.

The

des

ign

of th

e w

ebto

ol

refl e

cts

thos

e an

d is

spe

cifi c

ally

cre

ated

to a

id m

oder

ator

s in

pre

parin

g an

d de

liver

ing

a Te

rrito

rial I

mpa

ct A

sses

smen

t.

Step

1: S

etup

TIA

The

prep

arat

ory

phas

e of

the

TIA

wor

ksho

p in

clud

es a

naly

sis

of

the

polic

y, d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

wor

ksho

p co

ncep

t and

gro

up c

om-

posi

tion

as w

ell a

s ta

ilorin

g of

indi

cato

rs to

like

ly p

olic

y eff

ect

s.

As

a st

artin

g po

int,

a pr

epar

ator

y an

alys

is o

f the

pol

icy

to b

e as

sess

ed h

as t

o be

con

duct

ed.

Mod

erat

ors

have

to

cons

ider

po

tent

ially

rele

vant

impa

ct m

echa

nism

s ba

sed

on th

e m

easu

res

set

by t

he p

olic

y. B

uild

ing

on t

hat

know

ledg

e of

the

pol

icy

a w

orks

hop

conc

ept c

an b

e de

velo

ped.

Fi

rstly

, the

dec

isio

n on

the

type

of T

IA w

ithin

the

web

tool

has

to

be m

ade.

Mod

erat

ors

have

4 o

ptio

ns a

vaila

ble:

• G

ener

al T

IA c

over

ing

all r

egio

ns w

ithin

the

EU re

spec

tivel

y th

e ES

PON

spa

ce (E

U +

NO

, CH

, IS,

LI)

• C

ross

-Bor

der T

IA c

over

ing

cros

s bo

rder

are

as a

nd p

rovi

ding

sp

ecia

l ind

icat

ors

for s

uch

regi

ons

• U

rban

TIA

cov

erin

g ur

ban

regi

ons

in p

artic

ular

• C

usto

m T

IA a

llow

ing

for

a nu

mbe

r of

adj

ustm

ents

suc

h as

lim

iting

the

regi

ons

cove

red

Furth

erm

ore

the

wor

ksho

p co

ncep

t inc

lude

s in

ter

alia

con

sid-

er-a

tions

on

polic

y op

tions

(i.e

. is

the

re o

ne c

oncr

ete

polic

y al

-rea

dy s

et, o

r doe

s th

e pr

opos

al off e

r diff

eren

t opt

ions

?), n

eed

for e

xter

nal i

nput

(i.e

. doe

s th

e re

spon

sibl

e au

thor

ity fo

r a p

olic

y ne

ed t

o ex

plai

n ba

ckgr

ound

s or

con

side

ratio

ns i

n de

tail?

Is

ther

e a

need

for

a th

emat

ic e

xper

t pre

sent

ing

an o

utsi

de v

iew

on

the

top

ic?)

, a

prio

ri te

rrito

rial

diff e

rent

iatio

ns (

e.g.

if

the

im-p

act

mec

hani

sms

diff e

r be

twee

n ty

pes

of r

egio

ns s

uch

as

urba

n an

d ru

ral r

egio

ns?)

. A

long

tho

se li

nes

parti

cipa

nts

and

spea

kers

can

be

sele

cted

and

invi

ted.

As

a fu

rthe

r pr

epar

ator

y st

ep,

mod

erat

ors

have

to

give

con

-si

d-er

atio

ns to

like

ly eff e

cts

of th

e po

licy

and

indi

cato

rs n

eede

d to

dep

ict

the

sens

itivi

ty t

owar

ds t

hose

eff e

cts

on a

ter

ritor

ial

leve

l. Th

e w

ebto

ol off e

rs a

roun

d 80

sta

ndar

d in

dica

tors

, whi

ch

can

be e

nric

hed

by a

dditi

onal

rele

vant

indi

cato

rs b

y th

e m

od-

ES

PO

N //

TE

RR

ITO

RIA

L IM

PAC

T A

SS

ES

SM

EN

T TO

OL

// A

quic

k ch

eck

to a

sses

s th

e im

pact

s of

Eur

opea

n po

licie

s3/

4

“min

or”,

“mod

erat

e”,

“hig

h” a

nd “

very

hig

h” im

pact

s bo

th in

a

nega

tive

or p

ositi

ve d

irect

ion

(fi gu

re 4

).

Figu

re 4

: Map

exa

mpl

e St

ep 3

On

the

basi

s of

the

resu

lting

map

s an

d w

ith th

e he

lp o

f a n

um-

ber

of fu

rthe

r an

alyt

ical

func

tiona

litie

s bu

ilt in

to th

e to

ol (

e.g.

di

strib

utio

n pl

ots

of im

pact

val

ues,

pie

cha

rts

depi

ctin

g ab

un-

danc

es o

f im

pact

cat

egor

ies,

com

paris

on o

f a re

gion

s im

pact

w

ith t

he a

vera

ge i

mpa

ct e

tc.),

exp

erts

ide

ntify

and

dis

cuss

te

rrito

rial p

atte

rns.

In th

e w

orks

hop

setti

ng, m

aps

are

prin

ted

out

in o

rder

to

allo

w f

or s

ide-

by-s

ide

com

paris

ons

aidi

ng i

n fi n

ding

suc

h pa

ttern

s. R

evis

iting

the

crea

ted

syst

emic

pic

ture

of

im-p

acts

, log

ical

link

s to

the

polic

ies

actio

ns a

nd th

us c

ausa

l re

latio

ns c

an th

en b

e de

bate

d.

Step

4: A

ggre

gatio

nTh

e to

ol off e

rs th

e po

ssib

ility

to c

alcu

late

an

aggr

egat

ed im

pact

ov

er a

ll in

dica

tors

, com

bini

ng im

pact

val

ues

for e

ach

regi

on fo

r ev

ery

sing

le in

dica

tor a

nd s

ubse

quen

tly m

appi

ng it

out

. Mea

n-in

gful

ness

and

esp

ecia

lly in

terp

reta

bilit

y of

suc

h a

map

how

-ev

-er

varie

s w

ith s

pecifi c

indi

cato

r set

s. A

ggre

gatio

n of

impa

cts

over

m

ultip

le

dim

ensi

ons

can

be

diffi

cult

and

som

etim

es

mis

-lead

ing,

as

stro

ng im

pact

s in

one

indi

cato

r ar

e av

erag

ed

out b

y w

eak

impa

cts

in o

ther

indi

cato

rs th

us c

reat

ing

a te

nden

cy

to h

omog

enou

s im

pact

s ra

ther

tha

n w

ell d

evel

oped

pat

tern

s.

Mod

erat

ors

and

expe

rts a

like

thus

hav

e to

app

roac

h th

e us

e of

ag

greg

ated

impa

ct m

aps

care

fully

.

Step

5: R

ecom

men

datio

nsTh

e re

sults

of t

he e

xper

t dis

cuss

ion

on th

e sy

stem

ic p

ictu

re o

f po

licy

actio

n, th

e re

late

d te

rrito

rial p

atte

rns

and

the

iden

tifi e

d ca

usal

rela

tions

to th

e po

licy fi n

ally

feed

into

the

deve

lopm

ent

of p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

ns. T

hose

rec

omm

enda

tions

can

be

base

d fo

r ex

ampl

e on

a d

ispr

opor

tiona

lly h

igh

impa

ct o

n ce

r-ta

in t

ypes

of

regi

ons,

par

ts o

f th

e EU

or

spec

ifi c

mem

ber

stat

es. O

n th

e op

posi

te s

ide

a la

ck o

f hig

h im

pact

s on

cer

tain

ar

eas

mig

ht c

reat

e a

need

for a

djus

ting

the

polic

y. S

tatin

g th

e id

entifi

ed

reas

ons

behi

nd s

uch

likel

y un

even

dis

tribu

tions

of

impa

cts,

the

exp

ert g

roup

can

for

exa

mpl

e su

gges

t prin

cipa

l ad

just

men

ts t

o th

e po

licy,

adj

ustm

ents

or

spec

ifi c

prov

isio

ns

for

cert

ain

regi

ons/

area

s or

mor

e ge

nera

lly e

xem

ptio

ns f

or

som

e pa

rts

of th

e EU

from

the

polic

y.Fo

llow

ing

the

wor

ksho

p, th

e m

oder

ator

s w

ill h

ave

to p

rovi

de a

co

ncis

e re

port

docu

men

ting

the

proc

ess,

the

use

of th

e to

ol,

the

resu

lts o

f th

e po

licy

disc

ussi

on a

nd fi

nal

ly t

he d

educ

ted

polic

y re

com

men

datio

ns.

Prac

tical

exa

mpl

es in

whi

ch th

e TI

A To

ol h

as

been

use

d re

cent

ly

Con

duct

ing

a te

rrito

rial i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t with

the

help

of t

he

ESPO

N T

IA T

ool i

s a

frequ

ent

exer

cise

. A

part

from

the

app

li-ca

-tion

on

beha

lf of

the

Com

mis

sion

(DG

REG

IO) i

n th

e or

dina

ry

EU le

gisl

ativ

e pr

oces

s, T

IAs

have

bee

n co

nduc

ted

e.g.

in s

uppo

rt of

the

wor

k of

the

Com

mitt

ee o

f Reg

ions

, IN

TER

ACT

and

in s

ev-

eral

stu

dies

on

beha

lf of

var

ying

EU

inst

itutio

ns a

sses

sing

pot

en-

tial i

mpa

cts

of p

ropo

sed

polic

ies.

Tw

o ex

am-p

les

of th

e pr

actic

al

appl

icat

ion

of th

e TI

A to

ol a

re d

escr

ibed

ens

uing

.

The

“Cle

an V

ehic

les

Dire

ctiv

e”Th

e ro

ad tr

ansp

ort s

ecto

r stil

l is

resp

onsi

ble

for a

con

side

rabl

e sh

are

of th

e EU

s em

issi

ons

and

the

Uni

on is

unl

ikel

y to

mee

t its

set

targ

ets

in th

at re

gard

. With

the

exis

ting

Cle

an V

ehic

les

Dire

ctiv

e sh

owin

g lit

tle eff e

cts,

the

Euro

pean

Com

mis

sion

pro

-po

sed

diff e

rent

sce

nario

s fo

r st

reng

then

ing

the

dire

ctiv

e an

d al

low

ing

for

a gr

eate

r in

crea

se in

upt

ake

of c

lean

roa

d tra

ns-

port

vehi

cles

.Th

e C

omm

issi

on c

onsi

derin

g th

e te

rrito

rial d

imen

sion

of r

ele-

vanc

e fo

r th

e di

rect

ive

fore

seei

ng a

like

ly u

neve

n di

strib

utio

n of

impa

cts,

a T

errit

oria

l Im

pact

Ass

essm

ent

with

the

hel

p of

th

e TI

A w

ebto

ol w

as c

ondu

cted

. The

bro

ad th

emat

ic n

atur

e of

ex

pect

ed im

pact

s cr

eate

d th

e ne

ed fo

r an

exp

ert g

roup

of 2

0 pe

ople

com

pris

ed o

f rep

rese

ntat

ives

of t

he a

utom

otiv

e se

ctor

, N

GO

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

nstit

utio

ns, a

cade

mic

exp

erts

, loc

al

and

regi

onal

aut

horit

ies

and

num

erou

s Eu

rope

an in

stitu

tions

su

ch a

s S

EC G

EN

, DG

REG

IO, D

G M

OV

E, D

G E

NV,

CoR

and

ES

PO

N E

GTC

.

Figu

re 5

: Map

exa

mpl

e C

VD

The

expe

rts a

gree

d to

focu

s on

one

par

ticul

ar s

cena

rio o

f the

di

rect

ives

’ re

visi

on,

nam

ely

the

conc

rete

pro

visi

ons

for

pur-

chas

es o

f veh

icle

s by

pub

lic a

utho

ritie

s. T

hey

deci

ded

that

no

spec

ifi c

type

of r

egio

n is

rele

vant

but

the

asse

ssm

ent s

houl

d be

co

nduc

ted

for a

ll re

gion

s of

the

EU. F

ollo

win

g th

e cr

eatio

n of

the

syst

emic

pic

ture

of i

mpa

cts,

a to

tal o

f 8 in

dica

tors

, mos

tly in

the

dim

ensi

ons

of e

nviro

nmen

t and

eco

nom

y w

ere

sele

cted

.

Ove

rall,

mos

t im

pact

s id

entifi

ed

wer

e pr

edom

inan

tly p

ositi

ve

and

show

ed a

qui

te e

qual

dis

tribu

tion

acro

ss th

e EU

. Tw

o di

s-tin

ct p

atte

rns

how

ever

wer

e id

entifi

ed,

with

urb

an a

gglo

mer

a-tio

ns m

ainl

y ar

ound

the

capi

tal c

ities

profi t

ing

mor

e th

an o

ther

re

gion

s. T

his

eff e

ct h

owev

er is

lim

ited

mos

tly to

the

envi

ronm

en-