ESPON Seminar17-18 November 2010 in Liège

The ESPON 2013 Programme:

The Next Steps

P1: Applied Research (1)

17 Project themes final or ongoing:– Cities and Urban Agglomerations/Functionality and

development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion/FOCI

– Development Opportunities in different types of Rural Areas/EDORA

– Demography and Migratory Flows affecting European regions and cities/DEMIFER

– Effects of Rising Energy Prices on Regional Competitiveness/RERISK

– Territorial Impact Assessment of Policies/TIP TAP– Climate Change and Territorial Effects on regions and

local economies/CLIMATE

P1: Applied Research (2)

– Attractiveness of European regions and cities for residents and visitors/ATTREG

– European patterns of land use/EU-LUPA– Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across

internal/external borders/TERCO – Accessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in

Europe/TRACC– Secondary growth poles in territorial development/SGPTD – European perspective on specific types of

territories/GEOSPECS – Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge

economy/KIT– Continental territorial structures and flows

(globalisation)/TIGER

P1: Applied Research (3)

– Territorial and Regional sensitivity of EU Directives/ARTS– Services of General Interest

– European Seas in Territorial Development

Last 7-8 Applied Research projects for calls in 2011

P2:Targeted Analyses: Use of ESPON results (1)

16 projects ongoing– The Case for Agglomeration Economies in

Europe/CAEE – The Development of the Islands – European Islands

and Cohesion Policy/EUROISLANDS – Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan

Regions/MetroBorder – Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies/SURE – Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional

Territories/SS-LR – Territorial Diversity/TeDi – Potential of Rural Regions/PURR– Transnational Support Method for European

Cooperation/ TranSMEC

P2: Targeted Analysis (2)

– ESPON and TIA/EATIA – Yardsticks for Cross-border Spatial Development/ULYSSES– Regional Integrated Strategies/RISE – Polycentric Metropolisation in Central Europe/POLYCE– Territorial Performance Monitoring/TPM– Development conditions for Paris, Berlin, Warsaw/BEST

METROPOLISES– Migration and gender balance in rural regions/SEMIGRA– Smart Institutions for Territorial Development/SMART-IST

P2: Targeted Analysis (3)

2 projects for MC decision in January 2011– Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES– Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER

4-5 Targeted Analyses for Calls in 2011

P3: Scientific Platform and Tools

Ongoing/final projects:

– ESPON Database phase I

– Typology Compilation

– Territorial Indicators/Indices/INTERCO

Project for MC decision in January 2011

– ESPON 2013 Database – phase II

Larger projects in calls in 2011:

– Territorial Monitoring and Reporting– One more larger project (tbc)

Transnational Networking Activities

2 projects ongoing involving partners of the ESPON Contact Point Network:

–ESPON in Integrated Strategies/ESPON-INTERSTRAT

–Nordic-Baltic Dialogue on Spatial Planning/NORBA

3 additional projects decided by MC:–SCALES–CaDEC–ESPONTrain

2-3 more projects optional in Call for Proposals in January 2011

Progress Overview by 18 November 2010

Programme Implementation progress: • Applied Research projects:

−17 projects ongoing, final or just starting−7-8 additional Applied Research projects remain

• Targeted Analysis (based on stakeholder demand): −16 ongoing plus 2 for decision January 2011−4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up

• Scientific Platform and Tools:−2 major projects ongoing/final −2-3 larger projects remaining

• Transnational Networking Activities:‒ 5 projects ongoing‒ 2-3 additional projects foreseen

Calls Third Call 2010 on KSS:‒ Opens 23 November 2010 and closes 21 January 2011

MC decisions on new projects from latest 2010 Calls:‒ 1 February 2011:

‒ 2 Targeted Analyses and ESPON Database II

Calls in 2011:

‒ Open 24 January 2011/Info Day 9 February2011:‒ Call for Proposals for 4 Applied Research projects‒ Call for Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses‒ Call for Proposals for Territorial Monitoring and Reporting‒ Call for Proposals for Transnational Networking Activities

‒ Open 24 August 2011/Info Day 13 September 2011: ‒ Call for Proposals for 3-4 Applied Research projects‒ Call for Proposals for 4-5 Targeted Analyses

Major Capitalisation in 2011

Media and Publications– First Scientific Report in January – Territorial Observation 4/IT in March – Territorial Observation 5/Creative Workforce in November – ESPON Brochure, Video clip, MapArt, etc. Events

– ESPON Workshop/Rural on 8 December 2010 in Luxemb.

– ESPON Stakeholder Conference on Targeted Analyses in Bruxelles, March/April 2011 (tbc)

– ESPON Workshop in April/May 2011 (tbc)

– ESPON Open Seminar 21-22 June 2011 in Budapest

– ESPON Workshop/Territorial Indicators in October 2011

– ESPON Internal Seminar on 29-30 November 2011 in Krakow

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