Plenary session 5: The usefulness of the ESPON Scientific Platform for policy makers

European Territorial Monitoring SystemOriol Biosca, MCRIT SL (obiosca@mcrit.com)

ESPON Open Seminar 2014 “Opportunities and threats for territorial cohesion:

Blue Growth and Urban Poverty”

• To provide “a continuous monitoring of territorial trends and structures,

• so to provide policy relevant information to target groups,

• for specific type of territories, metropolitan regions, cities and towns,

• in relation to the policy aims and priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy, EU Cohesion Policy and the TA 2020”.

Aim of the European Territorial Monitoring System

Partners behind the development of the ETMS

MCRIT, Barcelona

UAB. Autonomous University of Barcelona

UNIGE. University of Geneva

Nordregio, Stockholm

GISAT, Prague

ETMS Web Interface

Main Products: State of Territory & Facts&Figures periodic reports

Main Service: Interactive data analysis tool by territorial specificities

Main Service: Interactive data analysis tool by territorial specificities

ETMS Indicators

Analysis of current policy debates / issues Economy

Environment

Human capital

Social Inclusion

Accessibility

• Around 30 indicators

• 5 Area Topics

• 2000-2012 time series

• Including several EU2020 headline indictors

Territories with specificities

Cities

Transnational Cooperation Areas

Analysis of current policy debates / issues

Maps by types of territory

ETMS Indicators

ETMS allows mapping indicators filtering by different territorial typologies and structures

Regional typologies (based on NUTS)

Selected examples of maps produced with the EMTS

DG Regio Urban Rural typology: urban – intermediate - rural

1. Maps based on NUTS data by regional typologies

eg Birth rate (children per 1000 inhabitants) for “Rural Regions”

ESF/ERDF 2014-2020: less developed – transition - more developed

1. Maps based on NUTS data by regional typologies

Eg. Birth rate (children per 1000 inhabitants) for “Less Developed Regions”

EUROSTAT Metropolitan Typology: Capitals - 2nTier – Small Metros

1. Maps based on NUTS data by regional typologies

Eg Birth rate (children per 1000 inhabitants) for “Capital Cities”

Mountain ranges as defined in ESPON GEOSPECS

2. Maps for territories with regional specificities (based on LAU)

e.g. Old age dependency ratio (% population > 64 / % population 16-64)

Islands as defined in ESPON GEOSPECS

e.g. Old age dependency ratio (% population > 64 / % population 16-64)

2. Maps for territories with regional specificities (based on LAU)

e.g. Employment rate (%employed / population 20-64)

3. Maps based on data at City level Large Urban Zones - LUZ

INTERREG Cooperation Areas 2006 2012

4. Maps by Areas of Regional Cooperation

Eg Migrations (persons per year) in the Mediterranean and the Northern Peripheries

Analysis of current policy debates / issues

Analyses

Regional typologies (based on NUTS)

Territories with specificities

Cities

Transnational Cooperation Areas

ETMS Indicators

Maps by types of territory

Two examples of different territorial resolution in ET

1. Benchmark a region against others in the same typologye.g. Old age dependency ratio for Mountain Massifs in Europe

Two examples of different territorial resolution in ET

1. Benchmark a region against others in the same typologye.g. Old age dependency ratio for Mountain Massifs in Europe

2. Compare selected regions for a given indicator e.g. discontinuities on Birth Rate in the Frenco-Italian border

2. Compare selected regions for a given indicator e.g. discontinuities on Birth Rate in the Frenco-Italian border

Italian regionsFrench regions

2. Compare selected regions for a given indicator e.g. discontinuities on Birth Rate in the Franco-Italian border

3. To compare 2 indicators on a scatter charte.g. Birth Rate vs Old-Age dependency ratio

Italian regionsFrench regions

3. To compare 2 indicators on a scatter charte.g. Birth Rate vs ODR in the Frenco-Italian border

4. Time series of indicators by territorial typologiese.g. GDP per capita in different urban/rural areas in Europe

Plenary session 5: The usefulness of the ESPON Scientific Platform for policy makers

Thank youOriol Biosca, MCRIT SL (obiosca@mcrit.com)

ESPON Open Seminar 2014 “Opportunities and threats for territorial cohesion:

Blue Growth and Urban Poverty”