Breakdown and capitalisation of ESPON results on different levels

ESPON SCALES

Lead partner: Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) – DE

Project partners• University of Luxemburg – LU• Federal Office for Spatial Development – CH/LI• Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning – AT• VÁTI Hungarian Non-profit Limited Liability, Company

for Regional Development and Town Planning – HU

Priority 4: Transnational Networking Activities

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Elaborate strategies that deal with the challenges of scales within the capitalisation of ESPON results.

Development of a manual bringing together the results of the seminars to provide:• guidelines to facilitate presentation of ESPON

results at different scales depending on the involved countries

• thematic guidelines dedicated to specific European challenges and focusing on the themes of seminars

Objective

Strategy

• Zooming-In• European

Comparison• Bi/multi-

lateral comparison

Strategy

• Zooming-In• European

Comparison• Bi/multi-

lateral comparison

Zooming-InEuropean

ComparisonBi/multi-

lateral comparison

Strategy

Seminar: urban-rural relations, Budapest (27.10)Seminar: cities, regional development and

planning, Luxembourg (11.11)Participants: scientists, practitioners, politicians,...

- Presentations and thematic inputs- Panel discussions- Reflections with other ECP Partners

Concept of guidelines

Results so far…

Some impressions…

Photos: Seminar in Budapest, Source ECP HUPhotos: Seminar in Budapest, Source ECP HU

Seminar:„Urban-rural relationships“ in Budapest, Hungary (27.10)

Some impressions…

Photos: Panel discussion in Luxembourg, Source ECP Photos: Panel discussion in Luxembourg, Source ECP LULU

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24,00%

Function of participants in LU (n=25)In total ca. 70 participants

scientist

practitioner

politician

civil servant

other

Seminar: „Polycentric territorial development“ in Luxembourg(11.11)

Seminar: economy, innovation and accessibility, Switzerland (May 2012)

Seminar: risk management, climate change and culture, Austria (June 2012)

Final seminar: SCALES–ESPON results intransnational and national focus, Germany (Sept 2012)

Draft final report: 31 January 2013, Final report: 30 April 2013

Next steps…

Thank you for your attention!

Yours ESPON SCALES TEAM