ESPON Workshops5 and 6 October 2010 in Bruxelles

The ESPON 2013 Programme:

Achievements and Prospects

The ESPON 2013 Programme

Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013:– Support policy development with evidence on European

territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts based on comparable information on regions and cities revealing territorial capital and potentials.

Budget 2007-13:– 47 mill Euro

(ERDF 34 mill. Euro and 13 mill. Euro from 31 countries)

Programme Priorities:– P 1: Applied Research – P 2: Targeted Analyses based on stakeholder interest – P 3: Scientific Platform with Tools– P 4: Capitalisation

P1: Applied Research (1)

17 Project themes 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

– European patterns of land use– Territorial cooperation in transnational areas and across

internal/external borders – Accessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe– Secondary growth poles in territorial development – European perspective on specific types of territories – Territorial dimension of innovation and knowledge economy– Continental territorial structures and flows (globalisation) – Territorial and Regional sensitivity of EU Directives– Services of General Interest – European Seas in Territorial Development

Last 6-8 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 (Manchester, Barcelona, Dublin and Lyon) – The Development of the Islands – European Islands

and Cohesion Policy/EUROISLANDS (Ministry of Economy and Finance, GR plus 9 stakeholders)

– Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions/ MetroBorder (Ministries in CH, LU, BE, DE and FR)

– Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies/SURE (Campania Region plus regions in PO, ES and GR)

– Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories/SS-LR (Regions of Barcelona, Torino and Herault)

– Territorial Diversity/TeDi (Ministries in NO, FI, CH, CY, MT, RO and SE)

P2: Targeted Analyses (2)

– Potential of Rural Regions/PURR (Notodden municipality, Cesis District, North Yorkshire county and Wales)

– Transnational Support Method for European Cooperation/ TranSMEC (North West Europe Programme)

– ESPON and TIA/EATIA (Ministries UK, Portugal and Slovenia) – Yardsticks for Cross-border Spatial Development/ULYSSES

(Region Alsace plus 17 cross-border regions)– Regional Integrated Strategies/RISE (West-Midlands (UK),

Västerbotten (SE), Sealand (DK) and Randstad Flanders Brussels)– Polycentric Metropolisation in Central Europe/POLYCE

(Vienna, Bratislava, Ljubljana and Prague plus Hungary)– Territorial Performance Monitoring/TPM (Belgium (Flanders),

Catalonia, North-Rhine Westphalia, Navarra and Dublin Region)– Development conditions for Paris, Berlin, Warsaw/BEST

METROPOLISES (Cities of Warsaw, Berlin and Paris)

P2: Targeted Analyses (3)

– Migration and gender balance in rural regions/SEMIGRA (Saxony-Anhalt Region plus development agencies of Hungary, Finland and Sweden)

– Smart Institutions for Territorial Development/SMART-IST (Ministries of Italy and France)

2 projects launched on 24 August 2010– Airports as Drivers in Peripheral Regions/ADES (Regions

of Savona and Western Greece plus City of Jyveskyla)– Advanced Monitoring of regional R&D/AMCER (Regions of

Tuscany, Catalonia, Andalusia, Alpes Cote d’Azur, Brittany, Ostrobotnia, Lower-Saxony and Flanders)

4-5 Targeted Analyses for Calls in 2011– Call for Expression of Interest in January 2011– Call for Proposals in August 2011

P3: Scientific Platform and Tools

Ongoing larger projects:

– ESPON Database phase I

– Territorial Indicators/Indices

Project launched on 24 August 2010

– ESPON 2013 Database – phase II

Larger additional project for 2010-2011

– Territorial Monitoring and Reporting

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

2 new projects approved by the MC:

–ESPON Concepts/CaDEC

–ESPON results at different scales/SCALES

2-3 additional projects in call by January 2011

Summing up: Progress by end 2010

Programme Implementation progress: • Applied Research projects:

−17 projects ongoing or final −6-8 additional Applied Research projects remain

• Targeted Analyses (based on stakeholder demand): −18 ongoing −4-5 additional Targeted Analyses coming up

• Scientific Platform and Tools:−3 major projects ongoing −1 major projects remaining

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

Summing up: Future Calls

Future rounds of calls

‒ 24 August – 19 October 2010‒ Call for Proposals for 2 Targeted Analyses ‒ Call for Proposals for Database II

‒ 23 November 2010 – 21 January 2011‒ Call for Expression of Interest on becoming expert

in Knowledge Support System‒ January 2011 and September 2011 will include:

‒ Call for Proposals for 6-8 Applied Research projects‒ Call for Expression of Interest for Targeted Analyses‒ Call for Proposals on 4-5 Targeted Analyses‒ Call for Proposals on Territorial Monitoring‒ Call for Proposals on Transnational Networking

Activities

Major Capitalisation activities in 2010

Media and Publications– Territorial Observation 3 on Lisbon/Europe 2020 – First Synthesis Report in October 2010– First Scientific Report in December 2010

Events

– ESPON Seminar on 15-16 November 2010 in Liege (together with the Belgian EU Presidency)

– ESPON Workshop in December 2010

More Information

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