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A quick check to assess the impacts of European policies // TERRITORIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL // ESPON 4/4 References ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade https://www.espon.eu/TIA-Tool This flyer has been published within the framework of the ESPON – EGTC project: ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade project espon.eu tal sector. On the other hand, the correct implementation of the CVD was estimated to contribute to increase the overall quality of government procurement procedures, creating “catching up” effects in especially Eastern European (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria) and Southern European (Italy, Greece, Spain) regions. No specific exemptions or regionally targeted actions on the policy level were proposed. However with procurement being strongly nationally and regionally determined, experts con- clud-ed that support points for authorities on applying procure- ment procedures were necessary. Furthermore, special consid- era-tions should be given to island regions as the lacking connec-tion to the mainland power grid could create problems with electric vehicles. The “Work Life Balance Directive” Work-Life-Balance as a part of fair working conditions being demanded by the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Com- mission introduced a proposal for a corresponding directive. Main actions put forward are rights to paternity leave, more flexible parental leave time, entitlement to reduced working hours and days to care for ill relatives as well as provisions for remuneration. Providing input to the consultations in the ordinary legislative pro- cedure, the CoR considered it necessary to conduct a TIA to pro- vide evidence on the territorial distribution of impacts. The expert group was comprised of 16 representatives of a number of associ- ations, social partners and local and regional authorities. The experts agreed that in principle all regions are affected by the policy and thus no specific types should be in the focus. Following the creation of the systemic picture on policy ef-fects, they selected 9 indicators to depict those effects. One of those Indicators was “Flexible Working” depicting the availa-bility of flexible schedules to employees. Experts determined the policy to influence this indi- cator strongly advantageous, with the resulting map showing high and very high impacts for large parts of eastern, southern and central Europe. In the Baltic and Scandinavian countries as well as Austria, Ireland and the Czech Republic impacts are lower due to the already high availability of flexible schedules. Overall the directive was assessed to have mainly positive impacts also including a cohesive effect. Economic benefits are likely concentrated in urban areas, while cultural benefits (e.g. relating to a shift in traditional gender roles) are likely to be concentrated in rural areas. The experts concluded, that no need for territorial exemptions or speci fic provisions are nec-essary in the directive, however they identi fied a number of accompanying measures in order to ensure an effective and equally fair implementation. Figure 6: Map example WLB Conclusion The ESPON TIA Tool and the underlying Quick Check meth- od-ology has proven its value in assessing EU policies for a long time. It is appreciated by multiple institutions and interest groups as a way of gathering information on territorial impacts in a convenient and quick manner. With the continuous upgrade of the webtools capabilities, adding more analytical functions and modules in order to enable a better tailoring of the as-ses- sment, it is suited for a wide range of policies. It is however not a method for in-depth assessment but rather a way of facilitating expert discussions, getting a first glance of territorial impact distributions and identifying needs for further research. More detailed guidance documents as well as exten- sive information on the methodological background can be found on the project website stated below. Impact assessments are a standard element of the legislative process for every major EU-level initiative (i.e. directive or regulation). They aim to produce an ex-ante picture of how the policy will act, who will be influenced by it and how. While traditionally, environmental, social and economic impact assessments are the mandatory parts of the EU legislative process, the relevance of such impacts on the territories themselves is increasingly recognised within the EU. Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) is a way of identifying the territorial distribution of impacts – intended or unintended – linked to a specific policy. Applied early in the legislative process, TIA can aid in shaping a policy, reducing the uneven distribution of negative and positive impacts. Due to the oftentimes abstract nature of policies and difficulties in translating EU-level policies into potential impacts on a low regional scale, there is demand for an accessible and easy to ap-ply methodology producing evidence based results. For this purpose, ESPON has been engaged in the development and operationalisation of a quick and easy to use assessment method for territorial impacts. This has led to the introduction of the “ESPON TIA Quick Check” methodology that has been successfully applied to several EU-regulations and continuously developed over the years. The methodology is embedded in a workshop setting led by two moderators and is assisted by the TIA webtool application in order to steer an expert discussion on territorial effects of policies. How the ESPON TIA Quick Check works The methodological background behind the TIA Quick Check is the vulnerability concept developed by the IPCC. In general, this means the combination of the sensitivity of any given entity towards a specific mechanism with the exposure to that mecha- nism. In the context of Territorial Impact Assessment, the “expo- sure” relates to the effects of the specific policy (e.g. reducing CO2 emissions), the underlying mechanisms assumed to be equal for all regions in the scope of the impact assess-ment. The sensitivity on the other hand relates to the character-istics of the specific region (e.g. socio-economic features) and thus varies across the territory. The exposure thus is specific to the policy (i.e. it is equal for all regions, but changes with the policy in question) and determined qualitatively while the sensi-tivity is specific to the region (i.e. it changes for each region, but is inde- pendent of the policy) and determined by quantita-tive data. The combination of exposure and sensitivity then creates the information on the resulting impact on a region. Figure 1 de-picts the methodological scheme of the vulnerability con- cept in the circumstances of the TIA Quick Check. The vulnerability concept How to apply the ESPON TIA Quick Check The backbone of the TIA Quick Check being the combination of expert knowledge and expert judgement on the “exposure” towards a policy with the quantitative data on “regional sensi- tiv-ity”, the application of the methodology has to be embed- ded in a workshop setting. Within such a workshop, a trained ESPON TOOLS // GUIDANCE SHEET // Territorial Impact Assessment Tool A quick check to assess the impacts of European policies October 2019
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nsul
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ordi
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d it
nece
ssar
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con
duct
a T
IA to
pro
-vi
de e
vide
nce
on th
e te
rrito
rial d
istri
butio
n of
impa
cts.
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exp
ert
grou
p w
as c
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ised
of 1
6 re
pres
enta
tives
of a
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ber o
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oci-
atio
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ocia
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tner
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
ecifi
c ty
pes
shou
ld b
e in
the
focu
s. F
ollo
win
g th
e cr
eatio
n of
the
syst
emic
pic
ture
on
polic
y ef
-fect
s, th
ey s
elec
ted
9 in
dica
tors
to d
epic
t tho
se eff e
cts.
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of t
hose
Indi
cato
rs w
as
“Fle
xibl
e W
orki
ng” d
epic
ting
the
avai
la-b
ility
of fl
exib
le s
ched
ules
to
em
ploy
ees.
Exp
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
sho
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
ope.
In th
e Ba
ltic
and
Scan
dina
vian
cou
ntrie
s as
wel
l as
Aust
ria, I
rela
nd a
nd th
e C
zech
Rep
ublic
impa
cts
are
low
er d
ue to
th
e al
read
y hi
gh a
vaila
bilit
y of
fl ex
ible
sch
edul
es.
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rall
the
dire
ctiv
e w
as a
sses
sed
to h
ave
mai
nly
posi
tive
impa
cts
also
incl
udin
g a
cohe
sive
eff e
ct.
Econ
omic
ben
efi ts
ar
e lik
ely
conc
entra
ted
in u
rban
are
as, w
hile
cul
tura
l ben
efi ts
(e
.g. r
elat
ing
to a
shi
ft in
trad
ition
al g
ende
r rol
es) a
re li
kely
to
be c
once
ntra
ted
in ru
ral a
reas
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exp
erts
con
clud
ed, t
hat n
o ne
ed
for
terr
itoria
l ex
empt
ions
or
sp
ecifi
c pr
ovis
ions
ar
e ne
c-es
sary
in th
e di
rect
ive,
how
ever
they
iden
tifi e
d a
num
ber
of a
ccom
pany
ing
mea
sure
s in
ord
er to
ens
ure
an eff e
ctiv
e an
d eq
ually
fair
impl
emen
tatio
n.
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ESPO
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IA T
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nd t
he u
nder
lyin
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uick
Che
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
ith th
e co
ntin
uous
upg
rade
of
the
web
tool
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.
App
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.
The
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.
Figu
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
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uick
Che
ck.
The
vuln
erab
ility
con
cept
How
to a
pply
the
ESPO
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IA Q
uick
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ck
The
back
bone
of t
he T
IA Q
uick
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ck b
eing
the
com
bina
tion
of e
xper
t kno
wle
dge
and
expe
rt ju
dgem
ent o
n th
e “e
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to
war
ds a
pol
icy
with
the
quan
titat
ive
data
on
“reg
iona
l sen
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tiv-it
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he a
pplic
atio
n of
the
met
hodo
logy
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to b
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ded
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ksho
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tting
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orks
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Terr
itoria
l Im
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essm
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ick
chec
k to
ass
ess
the
impa
cts
of E
urop
ean
polic
ies
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ober
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ick
chec
k to
ass
ess
the
impa
cts
of E
urop
ean
polic
ies
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RR
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antit
ativ
e da
ta b
acki
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r tha
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ssar
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fi cie
nt ti
me
has
to b
e se
t asi
de fo
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sear
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a an
d in
te-
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Step
2: R
egio
ns &
Exp
osur
eTh
is
step
m
arks
th
e ac
tual
sta
rt of
the
wor
k-sh
op p
art.
With
hel
p an
d gu
idan
ce b
y th
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.
O
rient
ing
them
selv
es
alon
g th
e fo
ur
dim
en-
sion
s of
im
pact
s,
Econ
omy,
S
ocie
ty,
Envi
ronm
ent a
nd G
over
n an
ce,
caus
e-eff
ect
rel
a-tio
ns h
ave
to b
e id
enti-
fi ed
by t
he p
artic
ipan
ts.
Thro
ugh
thes
e ca
use
eff e
ct c
hain
s, t
he e
xpo-
sure
sid
e (i.
e. th
e eff
ect
s cr
eate
d by
th
e po
licy
prop
osal
) an
d th
e se
nsiti
vity
sid
e of
the
vuln
erab
ility
con
cept
(i.
e. th
e su
scep
tibili
ty o
f the
re-g
ions
) are
link
ed.
Furt
herm
ore,
the
exp
erts
hav
e to
det
erm
ine,
if
the
impa
ct
mec
hani
sm w
ill b
e diff e
rent
for
diff e
rent
type
s of
reg
ions
, i.e
. th
e ex
posu
re w
ill v
ary.
Typ
es o
f reg
ions
to b
e co
nsid
ered
can
be
e.g
. rur
al re
gion
s, is
land
regi
ons,
indu
stria
l reg
ions
etc
., fo
r w
hich
the
tool
off e
rs a
num
ber
of p
redefi n
ed t
ypol
ogie
s. It
is
also
pos
sibl
e to
cre
ate
cust
om t
ypol
ogie
s re
late
d to
the
sp
ecif-
ic n
eeds
for a
sses
sing
a p
olic
y pr
opos
al.
Figu
re 3
: sys
tem
ic p
ictu
re
Fina
lly, t
he c
reat
ed s
yste
mic
pic
ture
has
to b
e tra
nsla
ted
into
a
set
of i
ndic
ator
s ab
le t
o be
com
pute
d by
the
web
tool
. Th
e ex
perts
sel
ect t
hose
indi
cato
rs v
ia g
roup
con
sens
us o
ut o
f the
st
anda
rd s
et o
f 80
indi
ctor
s as
wel
l as
any
addi
tiona
l ind
icat
ors
uplo
aded
by
the
mod
erat
ors
in s
tep
1. F
or e
ach
indi
cato
r an
d ea
ch ty
pe o
f reg
ion
a vo
ting
take
s pl
ace,
whe
re e
xper
ts d
eter
-m
ine
the
stre
ngth
(i.e
. st
rong
or
wea
k) a
nd t
he d
irect
ion
(i.e.
ad
vant
ageo
us o
r dis
adva
ntag
eous
) of i
mpa
cts.
Step
3: M
appi
ngBa
sed
on t
he s
elec
ted
indi
cato
rs a
nd g
athe
red
vote
s, t
he
web
tool
cal
cula
tes
an im
pact
val
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-
