The deadline to submit
offers is 27 April 2018. Further information is available on the ESPON website.
Job Adverts
Vacancy – Project
Expert/European Outreach
The
ESPON EGTC is looking for a Project Expert/European Outreach for a period of 2
years. Deadline for applications: 20 April 2018. Further information
at the ESPON Website.
Events
ESPON Press Conference
Live on 12 April
Commissioner Creţu to
discuss the future of Cohesion Policy in Luxembourg
Luxembourg, 12 April 2018, 14h30 – 16h00 - Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu
and Luxembourg’s Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and
Infrastructure Camille Gira will discuss the Luxembourgish position on the EU
Cohesion Policy post 2020 and the role of evidence-based policy making for the
future of Europe.
Follow us live on ESPON
YouTube Channel.
Further information at the ESPON
Website.
Regional Spatial
Strategies: the Architecture of Effective Regional Development
Dublin, 9 May 2018. Further information at the ESPON Website.
New thinking on functional
urban areas, polycentric territorial structures and cross border collaboration:
contributions from ESPON research
Nova Gorica, 16 May 2018. Further information at the ESPON Website.
ESPON Seminar
"Territorial Cohesion Post-2020: Integrated Territorial Development for
Better Policies"
Sofia, 30-31 May 2018 - The main theme of the seminar, which is organised in
cooperation with the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU, is territorial cohesion in
post 2020 planning period. The seminar programme is designed to gather insights
and seek answers how can different policies and planning tools improve a
direction towards more integrated and inclusive territorial development.
Registration is open until 16 May 2018.
Further information, programme and registration at the ESPON Website.
Applied Research Activities
Reports
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in
European Regions and Cities, Inception and Interim Reports at the ESPON Website
ESPON Locate - Territories and
low-carbon economy, Draft Final Report at the ESPON Website
ESPON Seminar “Revealing
territorial potentials and shaping new policies”, report at the ESPON Website
Transnational Outreach Support
2016-2019, Strategy, Needs Analysis and Annual Work Plan 2017 at the ESPON Website
COMPASS: Inception Report is available at the ESPON Website
ESPON Possible European Territorial Futures: Draft Final Report at the ESPON Website.
ESPON Policy Brief “Shaping new policies in specific types of
territories in Europe: islands, mountains, sparsely populated and coastal
regions”: The Brief and the background Working Paper, including maps, are
available at the ESPON Website.
“CIRCTER - Circular
Economy and Territorial Consequences”. Further reading at the ESPON Website.
"PROFECY - Inner Peripheries": National territories facing challenges of access to basic services of
general interest. Final report at the ESPON Website.
Targeted Analyses
Ongoing Targeted Analyses
“Migration flows”: Further information at the ESPON Website
“BT2050 – Territorial Scenarios
for the Baltic Sea Region”: Further information at the ESPON Website
“SPIMA – Spatial dynamics and
strategic planning in metropolitan areas”, Inception and Interim Reports at
the ESPON Website
“LinkPas – Linking networks of protected areas to territorial development”. Inception report at the ESPON Website.
ReSSI – Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development – Regional interplay and EU dialogue”, Draft Final Report, including four Case Studies (Coventry, Region of Southern Denmark, Piedmont Region, Oeiras), in now online at the ESPON Website.
Alps2050 – Common
Spatial Perspectives for the Alpine Area. Towards a Common Vision. Inception
report at the ESPON Website.
Open
invitation to submit proposals
The
next cut-off date for the submission of proposals for Targeted Analyses is 22 June 2018. Further information at the ESPON
Website.
Monitoring and Tools – ESPON TIA Tool
Upgrade
ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade – The TIA
Tool has been developed in the previous programming period in order to support
policy makers and practitioners with identifying, ex-ante, potential
territorial impacts of new EU Legislations, Policies and Directives (LPDs). The
project ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade will further develop a
user-friendly ESPON TIA web application by providing in addition the
possibility to carry out Urban Impact Assessment, Cross-border TIA and TIA
focused on other specific types of regions. In addition, new and innovative
functionalities will be integrated and existing datasets, typologies will be
updated and new indicators will be added.
Further information on TIA Tool
Upgrade is now available at the ESPON
Website.
Survey on ESPON
ESPON is running a survey
to gather feedback on the use of our evidence and tools, on participation at
our events and in our activities. Further information at
the ESPON Website.
Further information on the ESPON Programme can be obtained by
clicking here.